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Microsoft to issue more critical patches next week for Win7 than XP

gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:27:00 GMT

Microsoft today said it would deliver nine security updates next week, four of them critical, to patch 21 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, .Net and Silverlight.

NextAdvisor picks its top cloud storage services for consumers

lmearian@computerworld.com (Lucas Mearian) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:06:00 GMT

Consumer and small business product review site NextAdvisor.com launched a new category, with reviews and comparisons of the best cloud storage services.

Business owner sentenced for E-Rate fraud

(Grant Gross) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:00 GMT

The former owner of two Illinois technology companies was sentenced to 30 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud a U.S. Federal Communications Commission program to help schools and libraries in poor areas connect to the Internet, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Microsoft details Windows 8 for ARM devices

(Juan Carlos Perez) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:13:00 GMT

Microsoft has released technical design details about the new version of Windows for devices that use ARM chips, outlining in a lengthy blog post different ways in which this OS, called WOA and still in the works, will be alike and different from existing versions of Windows.

March debut of 'iPad 3' a sure bet, says analyst

gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:59:00 GMT

Apple will introduce a new iPad the first full week of March, and will start selling it the following week, according to reports and industry analyst expectations.

Website operator pleads guilty to terrorist threats

(Grant Gross) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:37:00 GMT

The founder of several Muslim jihad websites has pleaded guilty to three charges related to making online threats, including threatening the writers of the television show "South Park," the U.S. Department of Justice said.

FBI reveals 1991 probe of Steve Jobs

gkeizer@computerworld.com (Gregg Keizer) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:55:00 GMT

The FBI today made public a background probe of Steve Jobs conducted in 1991, when he was being considered by the George H. W. Bush administration for a spot on the President's Export Council.

New Sony CEO: Hot gadgets aren't enough anymore

(Jay Alabaster) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:49:00 GMT

Sony's new CEO says the company needs to move on from its hardware roots.

Apple and Google disagree over licensing of essential patents

(Mikael RicknA$?s) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:00 GMT

Google is at odds with Apple, Microsoft and Cisco over the licensing and litigation of patents. While Google wants to make the most of patents it will receive if its acquisition of Motorola is approved, the others want to change the way so-called essential patents are licensed.

LTE boosts mobile gear by 17% in 2012

mhamblen@computerworld.com (Matt Hamblen) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:48:00 GMT

Thanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to IHS, formerly iSuppli.