Microsoft: Talks with US gov't on surveillance transparency break down

	Microsoft: Talks with US gov't on surveillance transparency break down | Indian bureaucrats may be asked not to use private email services for official work
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	Tech's cash kings are sitting on billions Tech companies are hanging on to record amounts of cash when they could be using it to do more acquisitions, repurchase stock, pay down debt, and pay out dividends. Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Apple and Oracle are among the biggest hoarders. Combined, these five tech companies held $245 billion in cash at the end of March. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Software Trade In Signature Updates for the Cloud This eBook describes the many capabilities that put cloud endpoint protection far ahead of competitive solutions. It describes the current broken endpoint security paradigm that relies on large-footprint client software, huge signature downloads, long scan times, and dedicated servers. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft: Talks with US gov't on surveillance transparency break down Indian bureaucrats may be asked not to use private email services for official work Leaked US spying budget reveals investments in 'groundbreaking' cryptanalysis Facebook's new face recognition policy astonishes German privacy regulator WHITE PAPER: Dell Five Amazing Things in NetVault Backup NetVault Backup is cross-platform backup and recovery software that safeguards your data and applications in both physical and virtual environments – from one intuitive console. This scalable enterprise solution supports dozens of server and application platforms. Find out what NetVault Backup can do for your organization. Read the White Paper >> Read now! Microsoft: Talks with US gov't on surveillance transparency break down Negotiations have broken down between two Internet giants and U.S. government representatives over the companies' requests to publish information on the surveillance requests they receive, a Microsoft executive said Friday. Read More Indian bureaucrats may be asked not to use private email services for official work The Indian government is expected to require that Indian bureaucrats use email service provided by the National Informatics Center for their official work, as it tries to secure its communications infrastructure. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Ensuring High Availability of Your Active Directory Forest The loss of any domain in your AD forest can be devastating. Know the symptoms of a failing domain or forest, as well as how to prepare for a disastrous outage. Read the White Paper >> Read now! Leaked US spying budget reveals investments in 'groundbreaking' cryptanalysis The U.S. intelligence community is reportedly using a fifth of its US$52.6 billion annual budget to fund cryptography-related programs and operations. Read More Facebook's new face recognition policy astonishes German privacy regulator A German privacy regulator is astonished that Facebook has added facial recognition to a proposed new privacy policy it published on Thursday. Read More
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