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	Microsoft's MAPP reportedly hacked, RDP exploits coming sooner than expected When Microsoft's Patch Tuesday release earlier this week revealed a code execution vulnerability for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), we knew it wasn't a good sign. We didn't expect the situation to get this dangerous so quickly, however, and neither did Microsoft. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Try Microsoft Office 365, free Collaborate in the cloud with Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync videoconferencing. Access, edit, and share documents. Starting at $8/user/month. Try it free. In this Issue Phone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 16 Pictures of iPad mania … around the world tuCloud criticizes Microsoft, OnLive for virtual desktop licensing debacle Are you paying too much for cloud services? Intel video series tempts users to try the Ultrabook model Windows 8 wants developers to fall into Metro lockstep Boston AT&T stores: No new iPad display for you! iPad customers brave cold for Apple tablet Capturing iPad mania in pictures ... around the world Ambitious Army project takes Arlington National Cemetery high-tech Sprint cancels LightSquared LTE deal VMware eases cloud provisioning BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Review: An Enterprise Evaluation WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Integrate iPads with Ease Enterprise adoption of the iPad is growing at a rapid rate. Learn how to address the top five WLAN challenges of a high-density iPad deployment and see lab test results that demonstrate how to deliver scalable performance for all Wi-Fi clients, strong security, permit cross-IP mobility with ease, and conserve iPad battery life. Read now! Phone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 16 Unseasonably warm weather, as so often happens, triggered rumor precipitation in the iOSsphere. This week, the thin-screened iPhone, new guesses about The Date, confirming LTE based on something Verizon didn't say, the beauty of ultrasonic bonding, and the beer can phone. Read More Pictures of iPad mania … around the world Devotees waiting in line in China, Germany, Australia and U.S. Read More tuCloud criticizes Microsoft, OnLive for virtual desktop licensing debacle Less than a week after Microsoft put its foot down on OnLive's virtual desktop solution for allegedly violating its licensing standards, tuCloud capitalized by releasing its own product, taking a few jabs at both OnLive and Microsoft in the process. Read More Are you paying too much for cloud services? Knowing exactly how much and what type of cloud service a company needs is one of the more challenging aspects of deploying a cloud strategy, and most enterprises are getting it wrong, according to experts. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. A Foundation for Universal WAN Optimization Cloud architectures. Remote access to big data. Application performance in an increasingly networked world. A renewed focus on DR/BC based on instant replication between multiple data centers. All are driving a need for more flexible WAN optimization that can be cost effectively deployed across both private and public networks. Learn more. Intel video series tempts users to try the Ultrabook model A series of candid-camera-style challenges set up in several public places in Indonesia, Thailand and Australia are Intel's latest way of hyping the Ultrabook form factor. Read More Windows 8 wants developers to fall into Metro lockstep Microsoft's message to apps developers: Fit into the Metro style of Windows 8 to make things easier on end users, according to two developers. Read More Boston AT&T stores: No new iPad display for you! Above: The New iPad on the left, iPad 2 on the right. This picture doesn't do the new iPad justice but trust me: You can tel the difference when you see them side-by-side in person Read More iPad customers brave cold for Apple tablet iPad customers brave cold for Apple tablet About 200 waited in near-freezing temperatures in Boston Friday to get their hands on Apple's latest gadget. From: networkworld Views: 54 4 ratings Time: 02:42 More in Science & Technology Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Why Managing VMs is So Complex Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now! Capturing iPad mania in pictures ... around the world We've collected a bunch of Reuters photos taken today - from New York, London, Berlin, Munich, Hong Kong and Tokyo -- showing people waiting in line for and holding triumphantly their shiny new iPads. Here's the slideshow. Twice I have camped out on a sidewalk overnight to be among the first in line for something I really, really wanted. Read More Ambitious Army project takes Arlington National Cemetery high-tech The US Army says it has begun implementing an ambitious digital, geospatial technology project that will fix long-standing management problems at Arlington National Cemetery. Read More Sprint cancels LightSquared LTE deal Sprint Nextel has terminated its 15-year spectrum-hosting agreement with LightSquared, eliminating the would-be wholesale mobile operator's main carrier partnership even as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission seeks to shut down its network plans. Read More VMware eases cloud provisioning VMware has made its vCloud Integration Manager available, which it says lets service providers more efficiently provision cloud networks for clients. Read More BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Review: An Enterprise Evaluation RIM recently released the PlayBook OS 2.0 software upgrade for its BlackBerry tablet, which packs a variety of new enhancements aimed at business users. But is the new update too little too late? CIO.com's mobile maestro Al Sacco delves into the good and bad aspects of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 in this enterprise evaluation. Read More
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