| IT News Daily | | | Roughly one month after we first saw a demo of Tim Cook scanning an iPhone at a cash register to buy stuff, Apple Pay has arrived for the rest of us to check out. But before you go blowing your entire paycheck on everything from big handbags to Big Macs, there are a few things to keep in mind about the platform. Read on to learn more about how Apple Pay works, how to get your iPhone ready for it, and most importantly, where you can go test it out yourself. | | | Issue highlights 1. GlobalFoundries to take over IBM's semiconductor unit in $1.3 billion deal 2. Known NFC spoofing techniques probably wouldn't work with Apple Pay 3. Apple's iCloud targeted in man-in-the-middle attack in China 4. 3D-printed gun maker draws jail term in Japan 5. Is your Ethernet fast enough? Four new speeds are in the works 6. IBM 'major announcement' points to deal on chip manufacturing |  | | IBM will sell the semiconductor technologies unit that makes its Power processors to GlobalFoundries, paying the chip manufacturer about US$1.3 billion to take two factories off its hands in a move to save money. READ MORE | | Apple Pay is poised to turn how we pay for goods at a retail store on its head. The new Apple Pay system lets you make purchases with the cards in your iTunes Store account. When you bring your iPhone 6 near an NFC-equipped payment terminal, you'll see your cards in Passbook, and you can authorize a transaction with the Touch ID fingerprint reader. That's it, you're done, and none of your sensitive credit card information was ever shared directly with the merchant. READ MORE | | WHITE PAPER: MaaS360 End users are demanding their own devices in the workplace making IT the shepherds of a potentially unruly flock. The good news is IT can embrace BYOD with security and confidence given the right preparation and technology. Whether you're supporting iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Windows, the rules of BYOD don't change. Learn More. | | Following the iPhone 6 launch in China, Apple's iCloud service began facing a "man-in-the-middle" style attack in the country, in an apparent attempt to steal username and password information, according to an anti-censorship watchdog group. READ MORE | | A Japanese court on Monday sentenced a man to two years in prison for making firearms with a 3D printer. READ MORE | | RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG TV 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 | | Ethernet's future is now about much more than the next top speed: The engineers charting a path for the ubiquitous networking protocol are looking at several new versions to serve a variety of applications. READ MORE | | Under pressure to boost margins, IBM is set to make what it calls a "major business announcement" Monday morning, raising the possibility that it has finalized a deal to transfer chip-making operations to GlobalFoundries. READ MORE | | | | |
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