Industry

GOOGLE huddles with NFL for TV rights — BITCOIN boom in China — TWITTER shops IPO — ANDROID eats APPLE in China in Q2 — STEVE JOBS schools open in Netherlands

Google gives Chrome 29 ‘mulligan’ button

New version patches 25 security vulnerabilities and adds a reset option to restore the browser to factory settings

Microsoft needs your help to fix botched patch KB 2859537

The company is actively seeking users affected by one of last week's six problematic patches that freezes some Windows 7 and Vista machines

Windows Server 2012 R2 kicks Hyper-V up another notch

Microsoft continues to improve its enterprise virtualization offering

SAP takes the fight to Salesforce.com, Oracle with social intelligence app

Social Contact Intelligence runs on SAP's HANA in-memory database

Rackspace hosts VMware management with new dedicated server

The company hopes to take over more central IT functions via hosted virtual servers

Tech legal news site Groklaw shutting down, citing email privacy concerns

Running Groklaw is impossible now due to government surveillance, according to site owner Pamela Jones

‘Islamist’ hacker hits TWITTER — Feds attempt deeper BITCOIN control — GROKLAW shuts self down — OUTLOOK.COM (nee Hotmail) & Skype integration — 20% of U.S. off Internet grid

Internet Explorer takes the lead — as most error-prone browser

On the bright side, Sauce Labs finds Microsoft's browser is improving with each new release

Microsoft updates Windows Phone App Studio after developer projects soar

Microsoft integrates Flickr, improves scalability, and more in response to developer uptake