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Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Enterprise sales of BlackBerry smartphones have plummeted recently, but its RIM says U.S. government sales are on the rise. In the most recent quarter, RIM’s U.S. sales dropped 57 percent; however, RIM’s Scott Totzke said the news isn’t all bad. “Compared to the enterprise over the last year and a half or so, […]

Wall Street Journal: Even if you’re very careful about which apps you use on Facebook, companies may be learning personal information about you through the apps your friends use. After examining the 100 most popular Facebook apps, the Wall Street Journal “found that some seek the email addresses, current location and sexual preference, among other […]

eWeek: According to Microsoft’s “SMB Cloud Adoption Study 2011,” 39 percent of small businesses expect to be paying for at least one cloud computing service within the next three years. That’s an increase from the 29 percent who are currently paying for cloud services. The report says that SMBs using cloud services will use an […]

InformationWeek: In an open letter, Google CEO Larry Page touted his company’s accomplishments during his first year at the helm, including some very impressive stats for the company’s Android mobile operating system. “Android is on fire, and the pace of mobile innovation has never been greater,” Page wrote. “Over 850,000 devices are activated daily through […]

Computerworld:  Three of the largest Indian IT outsourcing firms–Infosys Technologies, Larsen & Toubro InfoTech and Tata Consultancy Services–are currently defending themselves in U.S. lawsuits related to visas and working conditions. Former Infosys employee Jay Palmer has sued the company because he says they fired him when he refused to participate in an H1-B visa fraud […]

Bloomberg: Strong demand for its smartphones helped propel South Korea’s Samsung Electronics to record quarterly earnings. The largest consumer-electronics maker in Asia handily beat analyst expectations with a quarterly profit of 5.8 trillion won ($5.1 billion), up from 2.95 trillion won a year earlier. The company’s mobile phone business more than doubled its earnings year-over-year. […]

PCWorld: Twitter has filed a federal lawsuit in San Francisco against what it calls “five of the most aggressive tool providers and spammers.” They include JL4 Web Solutions (a.k.a., TweetAttacks), TweetAttacks’ principal officer Jayson Yanuaria, TweetAdder, TweetBuddy and Garland E. Harris. “With this suit, we’re going straight to the source,” the company blogged. Twitter claims […]

9To5Mac: Internal Apple documents reveal that the company is investigating Wi-Fi-related problems with the new iPad. Specifically, customers have been complaining about intermittent connectivity, slow speeds and the inability to connect with Wi-Fi networks. For example, one user posted the following in a discussion forum: “I am in a hotel with my laptop and new […]

The Register: The sight of Asian workers in IT departments at western countries has become so familiar that it’s a stereotype, but now, in an interesting twist, recruiting firms are reporting that a growing number of Asian firms are looking for IT managers from the U.S. and the U.K.  “Increasing numbers of ex-pats are coming […]

PCMag: According to anti-virus vendor Doctor Web, the Flashback Trojan appears to have infected more than half a million Macs, including 303,449 located in the U.S. The malware was particularly successful because it did not require victims to download any files; the Trojan exploited a security vulnerability in Java which allowed it to infect users’ […]

ZDNet: Because of fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar, market research firm Gartner has revised it forecast for 2012 global IT spending. Instead of 3.7 percent growth, the company now projects 2.5 percent growth. However, in constant dollars, the total growth would be 5.2 percent. A weak dollar inflates IT spending numbers, and […]

The New York Times: On Wednesday, Google confirmed that it has begun testing Google Glass, augmented reality glasses that connect wearers with Google services. The company released photos of the glasses, which feature a wire rim that wraps around your forehead and a very small screen that sits over your right eye. “We’re sharing this […]