Sprint accused of overcharging US for spying assistance

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Another executive shakeup at Microsoft Microsoft's OneDrive for Business now an option with Office Online Network World Daily News AM March 04, 2014 Share this email Sprint accused of overcharging US for spying assistance Sprint has been sued in a federal court for allegedly overcharging federal law enforcement agencies for surveillance related services by over 50 percent. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Another executive shakeup at Microsoft 2. Microsoft's OneDrive for Business now an option with Office Online 3. Google's Schmidt: Bitcoin a remarkable cryptographic achievement (video) 4. 3rd party software, not Microsoft's, blamed for 76% of vulnerabilities on average PC 5. So you want to adopt SDN: Where do you start? 6. 10 attempts to reinvent the world that flopped 7. Mozilla gives plug-in developers until March 31 to apply to whitelist 8. The paranoid's survival guide, part 1: How to protect your personal data 9. An unfamiliar ring: Kids puzzle over rotary telephones (video) 10. 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READ MORE Microsoft's OneDrive for Business now an option with Office Online Microsoft has introduced OneDrive for Business, the new name for SkyDrive Pro, and announced that companies can adopt the cloud storage service as a standalone product, without having to sign up for Office 365 or SharePoint Online. READ MORE Google's Schmidt: Bitcoin a remarkable cryptographic achievement (video) Google's Schmidt: Bitcoin is a remarkable cryptographic achievement Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Bitcoin, consequences of the Edward Snowden revelations, the global Internet revolution, regulation and other highl... From: Network World Views: 4 1 ratings Time: 05:23 More in Science & Technology READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Symantec Security Requirements for Electronic Health Records Download this whitepaper to learn about the challenges surrounding the new world of EHR technology, including the requirements that govern protecting confidential patient data online. The report also details the measures that organizations need to start taking now to prepare for the upcoming changes in the healthcare industry. Learn More>> 3rd party software, not Microsoft's, blamed for 76% of vulnerabilities on average PC Don't blame Microsoft if your PC is insecure, because three quarters of reported security vulnerabilities in 2013 were found in third-party software and not Microsoft programs. Yet also according to the Denmark-based security firm Secunia that analyzed vulnerabilities in the top 50 most-used software products, the number of holes in Windows 7 and XP doubled in 2013 and Windows 8 was the operating system... READ MORE So you want to adopt SDN: Where do you start? Software Defined Networking (SDNs) has been the hottest topic in networking over the past few years, and will likely continue to be over the next couple. It’s certainly dominated the traffic on this site and others. READ MORE 10 attempts to reinvent the world that flopped Every startup founder dreams of changing the world, and sometimes it works. But more often, even the best ideas run into resistance and obstacles from unexpected sources. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Top 10 Internet Applications Most Likely to be Mobilized Effective mobile application performance management optimizes application availability and response time, ensuring the best user experience. Learn the difference the right management tools make and why tools that monitor the network or focus only on performance at the device level are not enough. Read now! Mozilla gives plug-in developers until March 31 to apply to whitelist Mozilla is pushing ahead with its efforts to discourage the use of plug-in based content on the Web and gave developers until the end of March to apply for an exemption from the plug-in blocking planned for the Firefox browser. READ MORE The paranoid's survival guide, part 1: How to protect your personal data Who says privacy is dead? While it's true that marketers, the government, data aggregators and others are gathering and analyzing more data than ever about every individual, you can still exert some control over what's out there, who's tracking you and what they do with that information. READ MORE An unfamiliar ring: Kids puzzle over rotary telephones (video) Kids think it's funny when older folks can't always figure out which buttons to push on the latest game controllers or gadgets. Oh yeah, well you try to make sense of rotary phones, you young whippersnappers! (h/t: Devour) READ MORE Man tries to pass off rib recipe as inspection sticker The Twitter account of the Salisbury (Mass.) Police Department shared this tasty little morsel on Friday: a photograph of a clipping about recipes for short ribs that a motorist was allegedly pawning off as a car inspection sticker. 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