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DMARC helps protect reputation of American Greetings' e-cards

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Tim Greene — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:37:00 GMT

E-card company American Greetings has turned to DMARC as a way to authenticate its email and protect its corporate name from being sullied by spammers and phishers.

Germany taken to court for failing to implement data retention

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jennifer Baker — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:35:00 GMT

European authorities have taken Germany to court for failing to implement the E.U. Data Retention Directive.

Mobile Tech, Social Media Force FTC to Revisit Advertising Guidelines

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Kenneth Corbin — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:05:00 GMT

The Federal Trade Commission is looking to update 12-year-old framework for disclosure and privacy as marketers increasingly seed messages on mobile devices and social networking sites.

GameReplays invites hackers to probe site following data breach

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Lucian Constantin — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:59:00 GMT

The owner of GameReplays.org has invited ethical hackers to probe the website for vulnerabilities after a recent compromise that resulted in 10,000 member accounts being exposed.

U.S. companies, government not likely burned by Flame

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Taylor Armerding — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:47:00 GMT

Hope is security vendors, enterprises will get beyond panic and use the Middle East-focused malware as a teachable moment

Juniper beefs up Mykonos Web Security to tackle more online threats

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Antone Gonsalves — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:46:00 GMT

Software now targets directory traversal, brute force authentication, among other attack techniques

Proposal aims to improve EU software repository system

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Loek Essers — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:46:00 GMT

The European Commission wants to improve its free and open-source software repository system using an enhanced metadata specification meant to help E.U. countries exchange more information about their free and open-source software projects.

Intuit Launches MoneyDue App to Turn Calendar Appointments into Payments

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Michelle Mastin — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:41:00 GMT

Today, Intuit announced a new iPhone app called MoneyDue that turns calendar appointments into billable services, with payment reminders and the option to send E-bills through the Intuit PaymentNetwork.

Government must simplify forms to benefit from citizen Big Data

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:40:00 GMT

The government should simplify the forms it asks citizens to fill in to enable the public sector to more easily manage and take advantage of Big Data warehouses, according to research.

Apple CEO Cook felt 'intense sadness' after Jobs death

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:39:00 GMT

Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that after hearing about the death of Apple’s late CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs someone had to “kind of shook me” and tell him: “it's time to get on”. And as a result he replaced the sadness he felt with an “intense determination”.

Apple CEO Cook: 'Enjoying every minute' at Apple

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:39:00 GMT

“It’s incredible every day to work with what I consider to be the smartest, most innovative people on earth. So I spend my day working with those people on many different things.”

Apple has a "unique breed" of loyal customers says CEO

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:38:00 GMT

Apple customers have a loyalty to the company that no other tech company enjoys, noted Cook during his chat with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at D10. It was this loyalty that helped Cook decide to join the company.

New fake iMac on sale in China

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:27:00 GMT

A Chinese company has revealed a rather familiar looking all-in-one computer.

Nintendo applauds first criminal arrest in Japan for selling DS flashcarts

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jay Alabaster — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:21:00 GMT

Japanese game maker Nintendo applauded the first arrest of and criminal charges against a Japanese individual for selling devices that allow illegal copies of games to be played on its DS handheld console.

Apple's Jobs was 'happy' about Tim Cook's passion for charity

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:57:00 GMT

There has been some speculation that Apple’s late CEO Steve Jobs would not be happy about Apple CEO Tim Cook’s recent decisions to pay shareholders a dividend and to contribute money to charity.

Firms suffer from 'ad hoc' financial reporting system investments

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:56:00 GMT

Inefficient financial reporting is leading to a loss of confidence, high costs and hindered decision-making at large firms, according to research from business consultancy Accenture.

Apple's Maps app images leaked, suggest new silver look for iOS 6

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Ashleigh Allsopp — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:48:00 GMT

Boy Genius Reports has revealed photographs of what it claims are Apple’s new 3D mapping app, which will reportedly launch with iOS 6. The app, along with the newly released WWDC app, suggests a new silver colour scheme may be coming to iOS.

Apple 'pulling strings' on Apple TV to 'see where it goes'

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:47:00 GMT

Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has “some incredible things coming out,” and spent some time speaking about the television business, but he added that the company would “double down on secrecy on products”.

Apple's CEO might kill Ping, do a deal with Facebook

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Karen Haslam — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:46:00 GMT

Discussing Ping, Apple’s attempt at a social network Cook said: “We tried Ping and the customer voted and said, this isn’t something I want to put a lot of energy into. Some customers love it, but there’s not a huge number that do, so will we kill it? I don’t know. I’ll look at it.”

IT industry brands Communications Green Paper delay 'a joke'

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Anh Nguyen — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT

The IT industry has called for the UK government to stop delaying the publication of the long-overdue Communications Green Paper, which was initially scheduled for release in 2011.

Five EU countries taken to court for failing to implement cookie law

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Jennifer Baker — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:40:00 GMT

Europe's top regulatory authority is taking five E.U. countries to court for failing to implement so-called cookie laws.

Intel's first smartphone goes on sale in Europe June 6, courtesy of Orange UK

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Mikael Ricknäs — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:18:00 GMT

The Intel-based San Diego smartphone, previously known as Santa Clara, will go on sale in the U.K. on June 6 via Orange, the operator said on Thursday.

U.K.'s Logica goes to CGI for $2.6 billion

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (John Ribeiro — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:04:00 GMT

CGI Group, a Canadian IT services and business process services company, has agreed to acquire its larger European competitor Logica for £1.7 billion (US$2.65 billion) in cash, in a bid to expand its European presence, the companies said Thursday.

Microsoft to ship Windows 8 Release Preview today

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Gregg Keizer — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT

Microsoft will ship Windows 8 Release Preview today, several days earlier than expected, according to a blog briefly posted by the company.

JavaScript founder dismisses Google Native Client

pcadvisor@idg.co.uk (Paul Krill — Thu, 31 May 2012 09:17:00 GMT

Brendan Eich says forthcoming ECMAScript 6 is sufficient and Native Client lacks necessary vendor support