What to do when some whack job is pretending to be you on Twitter

Report: U.S. cloud industry stands to lose $35B in three years due to NSA snooping IBM plans furloughs for some employees ITworld Tonight August 06, 2013 Share this email What do you do when some whack job is pretending to be you on Twitter? Hope the legal system catches up with them before they catch up with you. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Report: U.S. cloud industry stands to lose $35B in three years due to NSA snooping 2. IBM plans furloughs for some employees 3. Death in China prompts Apple to offer iPhone charger disposal and discount 4. LinuxMint 15 review: A smooth alternative to Ubuntu 5. Rogue hotspots can steal your Windows Phone's saved Wi-Fi passwords, Microsoft warns 6. Take better iPhone pictures with your Apple headphones 7. Meet the guys behind AsapSCIENCE 8. BOOK GIVEAWAY: The U.S. Technology Skills Gap Report: U.S. cloud industry stands to lose $35B in three years due to NSA snooping A new report estimates cloud companies could lose billions as overseas companies worry that the U.S. government might spy on their data. READ MORE IBM plans furloughs for some employees Weeklong furlough for employees, executives in two business units; partial pay for workers, none for execs. READ MORE Death in China prompts Apple to offer iPhone charger disposal and discount After Chinese woman's electrocution, Apple launches program to collect counterfeit power adapters. READ MORE LinuxMint 15 review: A smooth alternative to Ubuntu Mint offers three versions, including a rolling update option targeted at developers. READ MORE Rogue hotspots can steal your Windows Phone's saved Wi-Fi passwords, Microsoft warns With a little naming trickery, attackers can coax your phone into giving up its Wi-Fi login credentials, Microsoft warns. READ MORE Take better iPhone pictures with your Apple headphones What?! Yes, those earbuds can be used as a remote camera trigger. READ MORE Meet the guys behind AsapSCIENCE Take a sneak peek behind one of YouTube's biggest science-related video channels. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: The U.S. Technology Skills Gap We've got 5 signed copies to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! READ 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. **