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iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Aug. 19

LTE testing, Steve's bio delaying phone release, stalwart Chinese workers

Shades of Blue reflected in HP’s dramatic reshuffling

HP faces uphill climb as it tries to muscle in on software world

Microsoft disables ‘supercookies’ used on MSN.com visitors

New tracking technology a 'colossal privacy gaffe,' researcher says

US surges to near global lead in mobile data

Consumers in the U.S. are second only to Sweden in using data, according to analyst Chetan Sharma

AT&T microsites show local network upgrades

The carrier is launching sites with detailed maps and a pitch for the T-Mobile deal

HP’s webOS crashes under Apple, Android pressure

HP's webOS could still live on at licensees and offer a competitive OS to Android and Windows Phone

Automation boosts market volatility, analysts say

High-frequency trading can lead to fear and panic among investors, some experts say

HP bails out on the PC

Struggling PC business, tablet boom may have pushed HP to dump the business

HP lowers financial guidance with webOS shutdown

HP's stock drops on news it will discontinue webOS and look to spin off its PC group

HP PC spin-off puts pressure on Microsoft to nail Windows 8

Android developers face legal hurdles in license compliance

Black Duck expert discusses challenges at LinuxCon

HP kills tablets, confirms PC spin-off plans

HP also confirmed it is in acquisition talks with software maker Autonomy

HP kills WebOS smartphones, TouchPad tablet

The tech giant confirms it is looking to spin out ts PC business and may buy Autonomy

Apple’s Spaceship Campus: What’s the Message?

With SSL, who can you really trust?

Researchers come up with new schemes to shore up SSL authentication

HP plans PC spinoff, $10 billion Autonomy buy

The company will reportedly announce the moves on Thursday

AT&T to kill $10/month texting plan

Starting Aug. 25, only $20 unlimited deal for new customers; iPhone owners get iMessage this fall with iOS 5

Microsoft confirms app store in Windows 8

Repeats 2008-09 strategy of dribbling out details, lists 'App Store' as one of 35 teams working on new OS

NSTIC director: ‘We’re trying to get rid of passwords’

$17.5 million in strong-authentication pilot projects coming, if budget holds

Android apps double Web use

The top 50 Android mobile apps account for 61% of all app use

AES proved vulnerable by Microsoft researchers

Show that algorithm underlying most all of today's online transactions can be compromised

Linux Foundation releases specification to ease licensing headaches

The Software Package Data Exchange version 1.0 has arrived with support from industry heavyweights

Inspector Gadgets: Windows 7 gadgets for monitoring your PC

Indian mobile operators turn to low-cost Android tablets

The operators expect low-cost tablets to drive demand for data plans

Google highlights trouble in detecting Web-based malware

No one system is effective in detecting increasingly complex malicious software, the company said

iZettle launches card payment app for iPhone

Available in Sweden now, the application and associated chip card reader may come to other European countries later this year

Lenovo’s net profits close to double

Lenovo became the third largest PC maker in the quarter ended June 30

IBM brings brain power to experimental chips

IBM makes chips based on the structure and operation of the human brain

Anonymous claims release of BART police officers’ data

Hack of 102 officers' data in apparent retaliation for last weeks mobile phone service service cut-off

The collar bomber’s explosive tech gaffe

The man who said he had fixed a bomb around a girl's neck handed his name to police ... on a flash drive

Why Microsoft Won’t Buy Hardware to Compete with Googorola

Microsoft’s Office 365, SkyDrive down for some users

Some Office 365 customers said they were unable to use the service for several hours

Intel posts fix for bug that crashes SSD 320 drives

Intel is also replacing drives that have crashed because of the bug

Comcast offers IPv6 in Michigan

Wolverine State is latest to join cable operator's ongoing trial of next-gen Internet services

Mozilla to drop Firefox version number, sparks backlash

Will drop identifying label from 'About Firefox' dialog box

Dropbox cloud was a haven for data thieves, researchers say

Data could be stolen, hidden in the Dropbox cloud, SBA researchers say

Motorola Mobility buy could boost Google’s enterprise push

Analysts debate whether addition of popular Droid smartphone, other Android devices are more than consumer moves

Cracked SpyEye cheers, worries researchers

Free bot program undermines criminals and provides information to security firms, but will mean more attacks.

2011 State of the CSO

Our survey shows organizations wrestling with operational risk and managing it. Mixed results indicate there's work ahead.

On Linux’s 20th anniversary, recounting past slights from Microsoft

"Cancer" or not, Linux is still here and thriving

Chase.com goes down, but only for Firefox users

The problem comes about one year after a three-day outage

Google wants judge to dismiss four charges in Oracle suit

Google asked the judge for permission to file requests for summary judgment on four issues

AT&T-T-Mobile merger will hurt wireless market, says Yankee Group

Analyst firm warns of 'less choice, higher prices'

NYC developers to hack new photo apps

A New York City hackathon this week will explore new ideas for photo-based software and services

Can the Obama Administration fix your identity management problems?

"National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace" draws industry throng; also raises worries

Judge bounces Google’s complaint over Android code viewing

ITC rejects Google effort to block expert testimony in Microsoft-Motorola patent battle

Report: Spam is at a two-year high

M86 Labs says malicious spam is nearly a quarter of the volume

Gartner: India PC market hit by low consumer interest

Indian consumers do not consider PCs to be a priority purchase

Apple delivers first Mac OS X Lion update

Fixes handful of bugs with small-sized 10.7.1 update (See image below)

Red Hat RHEV freed from Windows fetters

The new Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization beta can support up to 64 virtual CPUs across 2 terabytes of memory