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	13 Windows 8 features worth knowing about Upgrades, system migration, support headaches -- IT folks are probably dreading the next major Windows rollout. Yet Windows 8, which is scheduled to move to the beta stage in late February and will likely launch in the fall, does offer several compelling new features for both IT and end users. Read More WHITE PAPER: Google Apps Google: Security for Google Apps Messaging & Collaboration This paper will explain the ways Google creates a security-based platform for offering its Google Apps products, covering topics like information security, physical security and operational security. Read now. In this Issue The Internet: It ain't designed to protect your privacy All hail: Inside the museum of nonsense Microsoft fine-tunes Windows 8 Beta with input from users Has high-tech helped or hurt crime fighting? DoJ wants to know German appeals court says 'Nein' to Samsung's Galaxy Tab More Android users take phones into bathroom than do iPhone, BlackBerry users Just one more: 'S**t programmers say' Asus Padfone smartphone-tablet headed for Mobile World Congress Zultys adds Android client for its IP PBX SeaMicro puts 256 Xeon cores in server Resume Makeover: How an Information Security Professional Can Target CSO Jobs WHITE PAPER: VMware & NetApp Running Microsoft Enterprise Applications This document provides guidance on how to design and architect a scalable Microsoft applications mixed workload solution using highly available VMware virtual infrastructure and NetApp unified storage. Read Now! The Internet: It ain't designed to protect your privacy Why do web companies keeping pushing users' limits on privacy protections? Basic economics, my dear Watson Read More All hail: Inside the museum of nonsense Austrian museum opens world to some crazy, humorous inventions Read More Microsoft fine-tunes Windows 8 Beta with input from users Microsoft continues to tinker with Windows 8 even as it finalizes its beta version, acting on suggestions it received from users who have experimented with the Windows 8 Developer Preview. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Customer Lifetime Value for IT With technology underpinning much of the customer experience, IT and marketing must adopt new technologies to innovate and grow revenues. Watch the video to learn how IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics enables marketers while reducing the burden on IT. View Now Has high-tech helped or hurt crime fighting? DoJ wants to know The US Department of Justice is offering a $1 million grant to study the impact advanced technologies such as mobile communications, sensor networks and Web-based applications have had on the law enforcement community and crime. Read More German appeals court says 'Nein' to Samsung's Galaxy Tab A German appeals court today upheld an injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab tablet today, ruling that the device infringes upon Apple's intellectual property. Read More More Android users take phones into bathroom than do iPhone, BlackBerry users A new survey of 1,000 Americans confirms what you always suspected: A good many of those incoming Android, iPhone and BlackBerry calls and texts are originating from bathrooms. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ First Industy-Wide BSM Maturity Benchmark Study This first-of-its-kind benchmark study reporting the IT and Business maturity illustrating the business service management imperative today. The survey offers insight into the current and future state of the Business Service Management imperative across global organizations. Learn More Just one more: 'S**t programmers say' Yes, this "S**t (fill in the blank) say" meme is getting tiresome, but I actually laughed at the end of this video, so I can't resist sharing. (Warning: NSFW language.) My apologies if you didn't find it funny. Read More Asus Padfone smartphone-tablet headed for Mobile World Congress Asustek Computer has begun teasing yet another debut of its Padfone smartphone-tablet combo at the Mobile World Congress scheduled for Barcelona in late February, and industry watchers expect the device to run Android 4.0 (i.e. Ice Cream Sandwich). Read More Zultys adds Android client for its IP PBX Zultys has upgraded the software in its MX family of IP PBXs and added a Mobile Communicator client for Android-based smartphones, the company said on Tuesday. Read More SeaMicro puts 256 Xeon cores in server SeaMicro on Tuesday announced a new microserver that incorporates 256 Xeon processor cores to enable faster delivery of data for Internet-based activities such as social media or search. Read More Resume Makeover: How an Information Security Professional Can Target CSO Jobs In CIO.com's latest resume makeover, executive resume writer Donald Burns helps an information security professional (who is also a U.S. Army lieutenant) position his resume for management-level infosec jobs. Read More
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