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Microsoft gives iPhone users 25GB free storage

Microsoft gives iPhone users 25GB free storage

By Matt | December 2011, Newsletter Posts

Microsoft is certainly working all angles to lure mobile customers via software or hardware: It’s now offering iPhone users 25GB free of its cloud-based, SkyDrive to store documents, photos or videos. Earlier this week the company said it would offer a free Windows phone to Android customers who have been victims of malware. The folks

NTSB Calls for Nationwide Ban on Texting

NTSB Calls for Nationwide Ban on Texting

By Matt | December 2011, Newsletter Posts

Following a meeting on a multi-vehicle highway accident last year in Gray Summit, Mo., the National Transportation Safety Board is calling for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of cell phones while driving a motor vehicle. The NTSB’s recommendation specifically calls for all 50 states and Washington D.C. to ban all non-emergency use of portable electronic devices (other than those designed

HP: Enterprises Still Fail to Manage User Access to Sensitive Data

By Matt | December 2011, Newsletter Posts

Many companies still fail to adequately manage user privileges and protect sensitive data, exposing them to the risks of data breaches, according to a study from Hewlett-Packard and the Ponemon Institute. A survey of 5,500 IT professionals around the world found that more than half the organizations were still giving employees access to sensitive, confidential