Google API with OAuth, Apple wants 'Pod', ZoneAlarms scares, Microsoft shuts blog, and FBI cheats

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Google Apps API now supporting the newer better OAuth mechanism for users to authenticate with the service via APIs instead of any need to provide its Credentials.

Article: http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-oauth-support-for-google-apps-apis.html

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FBI Agent caught cheating in exams organized to evaluate their updated knowledge about security and globe... WOW!!!

Article: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68Q32O20100927

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Microsoft is shutting down Windows Live Blogs, asking to move it to Wordpress; or others if yout want.

Article: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-makes-it-official-windows-live-is-no-longer-a-blogging-platform/7487
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Check-Point's ZoneAlarm just used to give nagging screens to buy but now it fall selfish-cheap scaring off its free version on name of malwares to buy off the product. No matter what I'll use its free version only to nag back.
Article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/20/zonealarm_scareware_flap/
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Apple is bringing Kokin to trial for using 'Pod' for his startup developing video projector called 'Video Pod'.
Article: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/apple-startup-go-to-trial-over-pod-trademark.ars
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