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5 free Android security apps: Keep your smartphone safe

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Computerworld First Look: February 21, 2012 =============================================================== 5 free Android security apps: Keep your smartphone safe Worried that your smartphone may be vulnerable to malware or thieves? We look at five free Android apps that can help. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552513/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introducing BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Now all personal and corporate-owned BlackBerry® smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ devices can seamlessly access business data and applications on a single, secure management platform. Soon, Apple® iOS and Google® Android™ devices will be able to do the same. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552514/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Apple moves toward digital unity with Mountain Lion http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552515/0/ 2. Microsoft doubles support lifespan for consumer Windows 7, Vista http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552516/0/ 3. Europe plans exascale funding above U.S. levels http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552517/0/ 4. FAQ: What's what in OS X Mountain Lion? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552518/0/ 5. OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552519/0/ 6. From CIO.com: The Best Cities for Finding IT Jobs in 2012 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552520/0/ 7. The Agile Business: CIOs: Your next hire might not be an IT pro http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552521/0/ 8. U.S. lawmakers want FTC to probe Google over Safari cookies http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552522/0/ 9. Elgan: Rise of the 'phablet' http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552523/0/ 10. Antenna Software launches cloud-based mobile app service http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552524/0/ 11. Anonymous threatens to DDOS root Internet servers http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552525/0/ 12. Foxconn to increase workers' wages in China http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552526/0/ 13. Mozilla gives CAs a chance to come clean about certificate policy violations http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552527/0/ 14. China's ZTE unveils two Android 4.0 LTE phones http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552528/0/ 15. Apple files EU patent complaint against Motorola Mobility http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552529/0/ 16. DOJ files additional charges in Megaupload case http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552530/0/ 17. Congress passes bill that opens up TV spectrum http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552531/0/ 18. Jonny Evans: Collected: Video and news on Apple's OS X Mountain Lion http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552532/0/ 19. IT Blogwatch: Apple greens up its image with solar, biogas http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552533/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization: 1. Updated KVM hypervisor; 2. Industry-leading performance and scalability levels; 3. A power-user portal that lets you provision virtual machines, define templates, and administer your environments; 4.New multi-level administrative capabilities, improving product functionality for very large deployments http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/547735/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apple moves toward digital unity with Mountain Lion It was clear with the release of Lion in 2011 that Apple's OS X and iOS feature sets were joining forces; that trend will continue this year with the release of OS X Mountain Lion. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552515/0/ Microsoft doubles support lifespan for consumer Windows 7, Vista Microsoft has quietly extended support for the consumer versions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista by five years, syncing them with the lifespan of enterprise editions. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552516/0/ Europe plans exascale funding above U.S. levels The European Commission plans to double its investment in the push for exascale computing, even as European governments impose austerity measures elsewhere. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552517/0/ FAQ: What's what in OS X Mountain Lion? Last week, Apple took most Mac users by surprise when it released a developers preview of Mountain Lion, the company's upcoming desktop OS. We're here to fill in some of the blanks about the new cat. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552518/0/ OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business? OS X Mountain Lion is something of a mixed bag for enterprise environments: it adds some very useful features, but its tight integration with iCloud could raise red flags for CIOs and IT pros, says columnist Ryan Faas. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552519/0/ From CIO.com: The Best Cities for Finding IT Jobs in 2012 With the help of three national IT staffing firms, CIO.com pinpointed eight U.S. cities that offer enterprising, mobile IT professionals the best chances of finding jobs. We also identified the industries in each of those markets that have the most openings, and the IT skills that organizations in those cities are seeking. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552520/0/ The Agile Business: CIOs: Your next hire might not be an IT pro In 2012 a preferred IT candidate might be someone with a background in business rather than technology, who has sought supplementary tech certifications. How can this be? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552521/0/ U.S. lawmakers want FTC to probe Google over Safari cookies Three lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether last week's report of privacy violations of Safari users by Google violated a consent agreement the company had reached with the FTC last year. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552522/0/ Elgan: Rise of the 'phablet' Sunday's launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note should be one of the biggest smartphone launches ever -- its screen is 5.3 in. diagonally. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552523/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Autonomy~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Understand Your Data: The Future of Backup and Archiving Join us to hear the impact of private and public cloud solutions, “big data” and your choices while market evolves. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552534/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Antenna Software launches cloud-based mobile app service Antenna Software today unveiled cloud-based software called AMPchroma for designing, testing and managing mobile apps and mobile websites. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552524/0/ Anonymous threatens to DDOS root Internet servers An upcoming campaign announced by the hacking group Anonymous directed against the Internet's core address lookup system is unlikely to cause much damage, according to one security expert. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552525/0/ Foxconn to increase workers' wages in China Apple supplier Foxconn Technology said on Saturday it had raised wages for its assembly line workers in China by 16 to 25 percent, as the company faces public scrutiny for its working conditions at its factories. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552526/0/ Mozilla gives CAs a chance to come clean about certificate policy violations Mozilla has asked all certificate authorities (CAs) to revoke subordinate CA certificates currently used for corporate SSL traffic management, offering an amnesty to any CAs that had breached Mozilla's conditions for having their root certificates ship with its products. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552527/0/ China's ZTE unveils two Android 4.0 LTE phones Chinese handset maker ZTE announced two LTE smartphones on Monday, its first phones running Android 4.0. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552528/0/ Apple files EU patent complaint against Motorola Mobility Apple has asked the European Commission to intervene in its patent battle with Motorola Mobility, according to a filing with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) made by Motorola Mobility late Friday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552529/0/ DOJ files additional charges in Megaupload case The operators of file-sharing site Megaupload are facing new charges, after the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a superseding indictment charging the nine defendants with additional counts of criminal copyright infringement and wire fraud. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552530/0/ Congress passes bill that opens up TV spectrum The U.S. Congress has passed legislation that will allow the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to set aside a piece of unlicensed spectrum before new mobile spectrum auctions, despite opposition from some lawmakers who wanted all the available spectrum to be auctioned. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552531/0/ Jonny Evans: Collected: Video and news on Apple's OS X Mountain Lion Apple has introduced Mountain Lion, its name for the next version of OS X, due to ship in summer. I've gathered some little-known news and a clutch of video guides to the new OS, take a look. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552532/0/ IT Blogwatch: Apple greens up its image with solar, biogas Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) wants you to know it cares about the environment. It's telling us that its new NC data center has loads of solar panels, plus fuel cells powered by biogas. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers plan a pomaceous planet. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/552533/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? IDC and Computerworld are conducting a survey to assess the adoption and deployment patterns of business intelligence and analytics solutions. All participants will be able to download 1 free IDC report on business analytics and will also have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to win one of two VISA Gift cards worth $250 each. Click here to take the 15 minute survey: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7865863/869152226/548723/0/ CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL 'Windows on ARM, ' or WOA for short, is the new edition of the still-under-construction Windows 8 for traditional PCs. 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