Is the Ubuntu Edge phone doomed? Plus: Scrum shortcuts

DDoS by the numbers Are we at the limit of resolution improvements that people can notice? ITworld Today August 01, 2013 Share this email Is the Ubuntu Edge phone doomed? Today in open source: Ubuntu's Edge phone crowdsourced fundraising is failing. Is the phone doomed? Plus: The state of the Linux desktop, and the Gnash flash player is stuck at the current version. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. DDoS by the numbers 2. Are we at the limit of resolution improvements that people can notice? 3. SURVEY: Share your opinions & enter to win $500 4. Snowden said to leave Moscow airport as Russia grants him asylum for a year 5. iOS app provisioning during member center outage 6. More bad news for the Wii U; Nintendo financials show continued poor sales figures 7. Samsung readies dual-mode 4G TDD/FDD LTE phones for China 8. Researchers show ways to bypass home and office security systems 9. Facebook turns on secure browsing by default 10. BOOK GIVEAWAY: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners White Paper: CommVault The Five Fundamentals of Virtual Server Protection The compelling benefits of server virtualization are driving the transition to large scale virtual server deployments. Learn More DDoS by the numbers "Three years ago I would have called DDoS a nuisance. Now it is a threat to many more businesses," -- Vann Abernethy, NSFOCUS. READ MORE Are we at the limit of resolution improvements that people can notice? Are Motorola and Ubuntu onto something? Are we floating around the limit of screen improvements that people can actually notice? READ MORE SURVEY: Share your opinions & enter to win $500 Got 10 minutes? Take this brief survey about your involvement with and interest in various technology categories and enter for a chance to win $500. READ MORE Snowden said to leave Moscow airport as Russia grants him asylum for a year National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has finally left the transit area of the Moscow airport, after Russia granted him temporary asylum, his lawyer told The Wall Street Journal. READ MORE iOS app provisioning during member center outage While most of the services related to the Apple Developer Portal outage have been restored, there is still one component left dark on the live status page that can cause you some problems. Xcode Automatic Configuration. READ MORE Webcast: IBM Corporation Virtualizing your Desktop with VMware and IBM Virtualizing your desktop can bring significant benefit to your end user computing environment. It can deliver cost saving capabilities that enable you to easily and securely manage end point devices. Learn More. Learn More. More bad news for the Wii U; Nintendo financials show continued poor sales figures Yesterday Nintendo released its quarterly financials. The goods news is that the 3DS is doing well. The Wii U, however, is in serious trouble. READ MORE Samsung readies dual-mode 4G TDD/FDD LTE phones for China Samsung Electronics is positioning itself to be one of the first handset vendors to tap into China's upcoming market for 4G services by introducing new Galaxy S4 phones capable of operating on both FDD and TDD LTE networks. READ MORE Researchers show ways to bypass home and office security systems Many door and window sensors, motion detectors and keypads that are part of security systems used in millions of homes and businesses can be bypassed by using relatively simple techniques, according to researchers from security consultancy firm Bishop Fox. READ MORE Facebook turns on secure browsing by default Facebook turned on a key security feature by default on Wednesday that scrambles data sent by users to the company's servers. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners We've got 5 copies to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! READ MORE White Paper: CommVault Enterprise Storage eGuide Storage professionals today are dealing with the ramification of a number of new technologies. Trends such as cloud, virtualization, mobility and big data are having a significant impact on how enterprises store data today. Learn More DON'T MISS... 16 best free apps for your Google Nexus 7 Bypass blocked webpages and paywalls with Google as your proxy server 25 crazy and scary things the TSA has found on travelers To solve mystery of life on Mars, we should drill, baby, drill 13 fonts to make a programmer smile BOOK GIVEAWAY New month, new books! We have 5 copies of each of these hot new titles to give away. Enter the drawings today. The U.S. Technology Skills Gap Essential reading for those eager to see America remain a relevant global power in innovation and invention in the years ahead. Consider it your how-to-get involved guidebook. Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners Scrum expert Ilan Goldstein helps you translate the Scrum framework into reality to meet the Scrum challenges your formal training never warned you about. Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2013 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **