Good morning tech

Web photos may reveal user locations. Users who upload
photos from their mobile phones to the Internet may be sharing more than they
bargained for: geotags embedded in the files could reveal exactly where the
photo was taken, according to the New York Times. The tags are embedded in all
photos taken with GPS-enabled smartphones, but are invisible to the casual
user. In order to disable the feature a user must generally navigate several
menus, and doing so may disable all GPS features on a phone. http://nyti.ms/dgxXOj

Cisco sounds cautious note. The company “provided more
evidence of the recent rebound in corporate technology spending, but its
quarterly results also reinforced jitters that the pace may be slowing,”
according to the WSJ. The company reported a 79 percent profit increase in its
fiscal fourth quarter, while revenue rose 27 percent. http://bit.ly/9RGF3R

Number punch

15 — The number of patches Microsoft has issued in August in
security updates, according to Next Gov. This is a monthly record for the
company. http://bit.ly/clk1a6

Watercooler

GARDEN STATE — Where do you go when your life is thrust into the headlines and taken over by
one of the largest controversies to hit the technology world this year? New
Jersey. WSJ reports that Jodie Fisher, “the woman at the
center of the [HP] scandal, has traded a life in Hollywood to work as a branch manager at a
New Jersey staffing agency run by her mother.” She has alleged she was sexually
harassed by the company’s chief executive Mark Hurd, who resigned. http://bit.ly/bPwrco