Smartphone security threats likely to rise
As smartphone popularity rises, so will security threats, experts say. Smartphones are attack-resistant, but their growing numbers make them attractive targets. Users should use same caution on phones they do on laptops or desktops.
CNN

Carl Icahn steps down from Yahoo board
Carl Icahn, who launched a shareholder insurrection at Yahoo last year over its handling of a takeover offer from Microsoft, is leaving Yahoo's board of directors.
ZDNet

Internet giants join forces to beat Nigerian email scams
Nigeria’s anti-corruption police have now joined forces with the world’s leading technology companies, including Microsoft, to create a system that will warn email users when they are the target of a scam.
Times Online

Hackers target the Guardian job site
Computer hackers have targeted the Guardian newspaper's jobs website in a "sophisticated and deliberate" move, the company has said. The breach put the personal details of some of the site's users at risk, and those who may have been affected have been identified and emailed. The Guardian said it had since been "assured" by the supplier that runs the site that the system was now secure. Officers from the Metropolitan Police's e-crime unit are investigating.
BBC News

Universal phone charger approved
A new mobile phone charger that will work with any handset has been approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations body. Industry body the GSMA says that 51,000 tonnes of redundant chargers are generated each year. Currently most chargers are product or brand specific, so people tend to change them when they upgrade to a new phone.
BBC News

Orange to sell iPhones for Christmas
Orange will start selling the iPhone to British customers in just over two weeks, triggering a two-horse race for customers in the run-up to Christmas. The mobile phone company announced last month that it had become the first UK network to prise open O2's exclusive grasp on the device, which has helped the company maintain its place as the UK's largest operator. Orange is understood to be planning to launch the iPhone on 10 November, the day after O2's two-year exclusive contract with Apple comes to an end. It will be sold through the company's own shops and Phones4U .
The Guardian

Social media creating productivity black hole
Consultancy firm Morse has renewed calls on firms to create and enforce tighter acceptable usage policies, after new research found that unregulated use of social networks could be costing UK firms over £1.3bn a year in lost productivity. The firm polled over 1,400 office workers and found that 57 per cent use social networking sites during the working day for personal reasons, while three-quarters said that their employer had not issued specific guidelines for Twitter use.
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