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	Tech world preps to honor 'Father of Computer Science' Alan Turing, as centenary nears Listening to the way people in the world of technology talk about Alan Turing, it's difficult to believe that the English computer scientist isn't more of a household name. Read More WEBCAST: HP, Microsoft & Intel Gaining A Competitive Advantage With Your Data Learn why managers at the most competitive organizations are two times more reliant on business analytics than managers at their least competitive peers. Click here to view the entire HP-Microsoft Data Management Appliance & Reference Architecture Portfolio and see how you can manage any data, any size, anywhere. (http://bit.ly/I1OdGI) Learn more In this Issue Apple announces new MacBook Pro with retina display Stuxnet and Flame share code, development teams 5 things we love/hate about Windows 8 Symantec and Microsoft team for disaster-recovery service As apps move to the cloud, next up is optimizing them Over 900,000 Android devices activated every day, says Google's Rubin Which carcass is worth more for Microsoft's vultures, RIM or Nokia? Actual Windows RT tablet sees the light of day. Should anyone care? 5 'Evil Siri' Videos That May Make You Chuckle The Byte - Android activation, Sony cell sorter, connected cars, Apple's WWDC New Thunderbolt Dock Adds Ports, Functionality to Your MacBook WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) V-locity 3 - Virtual Optimization Realized VM performance can benefit greatly when disk I/O is highly optimized. Learn how to enable communication between virtual machines to intelligently synchronize resource allocation while also preventing file fragmentation before it occurs, optimizing file placement, and eliminating excess disk I/O. Read Now! Apple announces new MacBook Pro with retina display Apple on Monday unveiled its thinnest and lightest MacBook Pro ever, with the latest Intel Core processors, code-named Ivy Bridge, and a high-resolution 15.4-inch retina display that the company said is the best quality display it has used in laptops to date. Read More Stuxnet and Flame share code, development teams The recently discovered Flame cyber-espionage malware has a direct connection to the Stuxnet malware used to attack programmable logic controllers at Iranian nuclear facilities two years ago, according to Kaspersky Lab, which says Flame and Stuxnet share some technical code that reveals a common development effort of some sort. Read More 5 things we love/hate about Windows 8 Read More WEBCAST: HP and Polycom Dramatically Simplify Video Collaboration Deployments If you want to dramatically simplify video collaboration deployments, centralize management, improve business productivity, and reduce IT costs associated with rich media communications, you do not want to miss this informative webinar. Register now! Symantec and Microsoft team for disaster-recovery service Symantec today announced a partnership with Microsoft to use Symantec storage and disaster-recovery products in tandem with Microsoft's Azure to allow continuous computing if a customer's main data site is severely disrupted. Read More As apps move to the cloud, next up is optimizing them As enterprises continue to open up to the idea of hosting applications in the cloud, a slew of companies are looking to optimize how they're managed in the new cloud environment. Read More Over 900,000 Android devices activated every day, says Google's Rubin Android continues to grow, with over 900,000 devices based on the OS now being activated every day, according to Andy Rubin, who heads up development of the smartphone operating system at Google. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey SMB Disaster Prepardness Survey which measured the attitudes and practices of small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and their customers toward disaster preparedness. The survey findings show that though SMBs are at risk, they are still not making disaster preparedness a priority until they experience a disaster or data loss. Read Now! Which carcass is worth more for Microsoft's vultures, RIM or Nokia? Nokia and RIM, the two former leaders in the early smartphone market, are now basically at the end stage of their downward spirals. This is an opportunity for Microsoft, which wants to make some inroads in the smartphone market, assuming Microsoft it can play its cards right. By buying either or both companies, Microsoft would risk alienating its current hardware partners. The good news is its biggest... Read More Actual Windows RT tablet sees the light of day. Should anyone care? The Computex trade show in Taipei, which wraps up on June 9, was a bit of a coming out party for Windows RT. Not because Microsoft made any major announcements about it, but because actual devices — not crude development platforms — were on display running the OS. NVIDIA in particular showed off a sleek Windows RT tablet from Asus built around NVIDIA's Tegra 3 quad-plus-one core mobile system... Read More 5 'Evil Siri' Videos That May Make You Chuckle You're likely familiar with the wealth of online content that pokes fun at Apple's Siri, the virtual personal assistant feature on the iPhone 4S. There's even a genre that imagines the dark side of Siri, nodding to the Terminator mentality that someday the world really will be taken over by computers. Check out these fun videos that portray Siri as a dark force -- even Apple fans have to admit the concept can be humorous. Read More The Byte - Android activation, Sony cell sorter, connected cars, Apple's WWDC More than 900,000 Android devices are activated everyday.Sony will launch a new medical device that uses Blu-ray optics.Verizon brought together several global automakers to speed the rollout of connected cars. Read More New Thunderbolt Dock Adds Ports, Functionality to Your MacBook The recently announced Matrox DS1 docking station connects to your Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook or other ultraportable laptop and adds a variety of ports, including Ethernet, USB 2.0 and 3.0, DVI and audio in/out ports. Read More
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