Rounding up some of the interesting technology news, tips and guides for the week of August 10th:
- Jim Calloway noted changes to MRPC1.1 which may turn all lawyers into legal technologists.
- An old Android virus dubbed Zues-in-the-mobile or Zitmo may now be targeting BlackBerry devices as well.
- How dramatic is the sales gap between the iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab? Recent court filings reveal the answer.
- Microsoft’s next Patch Tuesday will include the release of nine security patches for Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office among others.
- ZDNet offered a guide to using Google’s two-factor authentication for Google accounts.
- Android’s open design makes it considerably easier to customize than Apple’s iOS. How-to Geek offers six customization options to consider.
- LastPass has become a popular tool for managing and generating secure passwords, but are you doing everything you can to keepyour LastPass account secure?
- Over at The Verge, the story of how a writer’s password went public.
- Bluetooth keyboards are popular accessories for the iPad, but which one should you choose?
- If you’ve been playing any of Blizzard’s online games (e.g. World of Warcraft, Diablo) to wind down in your off hours, you’ll want to read about this recent security breach.
- Starbucks has made a significant investment in Square, a mobile payment processing tool.
- After a writer for Gizmodo and Wired had several of his accounts compromised, Apple has tightened its tech support security procedures.