How Google is heading toward safe, global Gmail

Wyoming to close data centers in cloud shift Apple bans two chemicals from product assembly after protests IT News Daily August 14, 2014 Share this email How Google is heading toward safe, global Gmail Google has made an important change to its Gmail spam filter that is expected to make targeted phishing attacks more difficult while allowing for a more global webmail service. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Wyoming to close data centers in cloud shift 2. Apple bans two chemicals from product assembly after protests 3. Intel to pay $650M to buy LSI networking business from Avago 4. Dozens of US tech firms violate EU privacy promises, advocacy group says 5. Lenovo sells more smartphones than PCs, net profit up 23 percent 6. Microsoft makes Bing search more chatty Wyoming to close data centers in cloud shift The state of Wyoming is planning to discontinue most of its data center operations and move its physical equipment to commercial co-location facilities. READ MORE Apple bans two chemicals from product assembly after protests Apple is banning the use of two toxic chemicals from final assembly processes for its products, after watchdog groups demanded the company replace the substances with safer alternatives. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: SIGMA Solutions and EMC Corporation Confront consumerization with convergence Virtualization expert Elias Khnaser spotlights the security, compliance, and governance issues that arise when enterprise users "consumerize" with shadow IT and public cloud services. And he provides a prescription for modifying this behavior with a private cloud hosted on a robust converged infrastructure. Learn More Intel to pay $650M to buy LSI networking business from Avago Intel has agreed to acquire for US$650 million in cash a networking business and related assets from Avago Technologies, the companies said Wednesday. READ MORE Dozens of US tech firms violate EU privacy promises, advocacy group says Thirty U.S. data brokers and data management firms, including Adobe Systems, AOL and Salesforce.com, are violating privacy promises they've made regarding their handling of the personal information of EU residents, a privacy group said in a complaint to be filed Thursday. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG TV IDG.tv is now live! Watch all the latest videos from IDG's global network of technology experts, all teed up in searchable channels with a fun, fresh look. Click to continue Lenovo sells more smartphones than PCs, net profit up 23 percent Lenovo's growing presence in PCs and smartphones helped the company's net profit grow 23 percent in the second quarter. READ MORE Microsoft makes Bing search more chatty Microsoft has added some new smarts to its Bing search engine that lets you phrase queries in a way that feels more natural. READ MORE Follow IT News Share this email You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 IT News, 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. **