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Smartphones and tablets such as the iPad are poised to play a greater role in health care as doctors and patients embrace the mobile Internet, panelists at a mobile health technology conference in Boston said last month, as reported by “Computerworld” (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/351320/Doctors_Warming_Up_to_Mobile_Devices?source=rss_news).

Reports are appearing about a major security hole in iTunes accounts linked to PayPal, reports “TechCrunch” (http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/23/paypal-itunes-fraud/).

At least one group of scammers has found a way to charge thousands of dollars to iTunes accounts through PayPal. At least PayPal is aware of the issue, but it seems like the problem is on the iTunes side, says “TechCrunch.”

Multiple sources have told “MacDailyNews” (http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/26418/) that Apple is hiring more employees in telesales positions and that this has been described by one as “huge” and by other sources as “significant.”

The article says these sources report that Apple will begin an intensive four-week training course for these new hires starting next week. The training is said to be in preparation for an October release of “a very big new product.”

Buffalo Technology (http://www.buffalotech.com) has announced a refresh of the DriveStation Duo and DriveStation Quad, formerly DriveStation Quattro, representing the latest generation of high-performance direct attached storage solutions.

The new multi-drive external hard drives, equipped with NovaBackUp Business Essentials, are designed for small servers, creative professionals, offices and consumers requiring redundant and high performance external storage. Also announced today is the new DriveStation Axis, a single drive storage solution.