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YouTube Adds Face Blurring for Protesters, Worried Parents

YouTube Adds Face Blurring for Protesters, Worried Parents: YouTube has added a face blurring option to the site's built-in photo editor. When users apply the option, YouTube tries to detect and blur all faces automatically.

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Yahoo reports solid earnings following blockbuster Mayer appointment

Yahoo reports solid earnings following blockbuster Mayer appointment:

On the back of their mammoth CEO announcement, the company reported Q2 revenue of around £780 million, up 1 per cent from last year.
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/07/18/yahoo-reports-solid-earnings-following-blockbuster-mayer-appointment/
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Intel announces decent if unspectacular Q2 results

Intel announces decent if unspectacular Q2 results:

Second-quarter revenue of £8.5 billion, up 5 per cent from the previous quarter, and net income of £1.8 billion were the highlights.
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/07/18/intel-announce-decent-if-unspectacular-q2-results/
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Wikipedia on brink of staffing crisis as admin numbers plummet

Wikipedia on brink of staffing crisis as admin numbers plummet:

Reports from the Wikimedia conference in the US hint that more stringent vetting practices may be scaring off editors from applying.
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/07/19/wikipedia-on-brink-of-staffing-crisis-as-admin-numbers-plummet/
Source: Google Reader

Google reveals the latest on Nexus 7 pre-orders

Google reveals the latest on Nexus 7 pre-orders:

Note on company's support page says 8GB tablets and 16GB tablets ordered before the end of last month will ship by tomorrow.
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/07/19/google-reveals-the-latest-on-nexus-7-pre-orders/
Source: Google Reader

Apple ordered to pay for ads saying Samsung did not copy the iPad

Apple ordered to pay for ads saying Samsung did not copy the iPad:

A formal notice must appear on the company's website and in a range of publications including the FT, the Guardian, and the Daily Mail.
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/07/19/apple-ordered-to-pay-for-ads-saying-samsung-did-not-copy-the-ipad/
Source: Google Reader

Google's Chrome grabs 1.5% of all iOS traffic in opening weeks

Google's Chrome grabs 1.5% of all iOS traffic in opening weeks:

Google's popular desktop browser takes to iOS in promising fashion, as statistics demonstrate early growth on the platform.
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/07/19/googles-chrome-grabs-15-of-all-ios-traffic-in-opening-weeks/
Source: Google Reader

Windows 8 release date set for 26 October

Windows 8 release date set for 26 October:

The purported release of the operating system has been narrowing down steadily of late, but finally we have a date set in stone.
Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2012/07/19/windows-8-release-date-set-for-26-october/
Source: Google Reader

Microsoft muffs up browser choices for Windows 7 users, Europe isn't happy

Microsoft muffs up browser choices for Windows 7 users, Europe isn't happy: Although ordered to let Windows users choose which browser they would prefer, a Microsoft "technical error" meant 28 million Windows 7 users were given no choice at all.
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Project Sputnik Versus Microsoft

Project Sputnik Versus Microsoft: Dell's exploratory pilot to make developer laptops is bound to flop.

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Firefox 14 Encrypts Search; Microsoft Browser Glitch; AT&T Charging for FaceTime?

Firefox 14 Encrypts Search; Microsoft Browser Glitch; AT&T Charging for FaceTime?: Topping tech headlines Wednesday: Mozilla launches Firefox 14 with encrypted Google searches, Microsoft admits to a "browser ballot" error, and AT&T may charge for FaceTime use over its cellular network.

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Microsoft Windows TrueType code execution

Microsoft Windows TrueType code execution: A vulnerability exists in code responsible for parsing TrueType fonts in Microsoft Windows' win32k.sys kernel module.
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Microsoft Windows TrueType code execution

Microsoft Windows TrueType code execution: A vulnerability exists in code responsible for parsing TrueType fonts in Microsoft Windows' win32k.sys kernel module.
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Microsoft Windows XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Windows XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution: Microsoft Windows could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an error in XML Core Services (MSXML) when attempting to access an object in memory that has not been initialized.
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Microsoft: Windows 8 Available Oct. 26th

Microsoft: Windows 8 Available Oct. 26th: Microsoft has announced via its Windows Team Blog, that Windows 8 will officially go on sale on Oct. 26th. That fits with our previous expectations that the operating system would land sometime in late fall.