Sidekick data loss, Cisco buying spree

16.10.2009

6. : Google is getting into e-books, with plans to open Google Editions, an online store that will not be device-specific, so that content will work on an array of e-book readers. Just in time for all the new e-readers set to hit the market next year.

7. : Well, at least something is coming down in price -- unfortunately, that something is the cost of becoming a cyber criminal.

8. and : Twitter cofounder Biz Stone insisted at an event in Tokyo that he does not want to sell Twitter. In other news from the microblogger this week, Twitter warned users that they should not change log-in information until further notice while it investigates why some lost access to their accounts after changing such information.

9. : Yet again, more applications that have shown up on Facebook are bad news. This time around some apps are fake antivirus programs. One such application is City Fire Department, where multiple users respond to an emergency.

10. : We'll spare readers details of Tuesday's double punch of security patches from Microsoft and Adobe Systems -- plenty of us lived through that day and some of us may still be trying to update. Instead, we'll close the week by offering CSO's handy survival guide for dealing with patch management.