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	Bitcoin: Seven reasons to be wary Of all the virtual currencies out there, BitCoin is the most interesting from a technical perspective - and the least interesting from the business point of view. BitCoin is a peer-to-peer virtual currency that uses cryptography to control the creation and transfer of money. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: APC by Schneider Electric Simple. Adaptable. Manageable. Protect your IT system uptime easily wherever your IT is deployed with APC by Schneider Electric InfraStruxure™ solutions. Our simple, adaptable, and manageable all-in-one physical infrastructure is designed as an easy-to-deploy system to allow for flexible management and physical IT deployment and, by extension, system uptime. Make the most of your IT space! Download our Top 3 solution design guides today and enter to win an iPad® 2 In this Issue Smartphones of Summer: The 12 Hottest Handhelds Black Hat demo: Google Bouncer can be beaten How to choose an IaaS provider Network World's Products of the Week, 7/23/12 How Social Media Performed During Aurora Tragedy Wi-Fi Direct backers hope enhanced standard makes more products work together Google acquires Mac, iOS email client Sparrow Dell's cloud plans slip behind schedule ShoreTel enhances video, IM capabilities with ShoreTel 13 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant remote support with LogMeIn Rescue With LogMeIn Rescue, you can start a support session in just 60 seconds. Connect 24/7 to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets. You'll get in, solve the problem and save the day without ever leaving your desk. Try it free today. Smartphones of Summer: The 12 Hottest Handhelds CIO.com's Al Sacco rounds up the 12 best high-end smartphones available this summer season, from handset makers Samsung, Motorola, Apple, HTC, Nokia and more. Read More Black Hat demo: Google Bouncer can be beaten Google in February implemented in its Google Play (formerly Android Market) a technology called Bouncer to check apps submitted by Android developers for any traces of malicious code. This week at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas, security firm Trustwave will demonstrate and discuss how it's possible to circumvent the Google Bouncer security check. Read More How to choose an IaaS provider Move over, Amazon: Google, HP, and Microsoft, and others want a seat at the table. How do you choose among all those IaaS providers? Start with this quick primer Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Simplify Time-Consuming DBA Tasks See how Oracle was able to save 835 DBA hours its first year due to its pre-configured nature, ability to automatically bring a system up to its proper patch level, validate an environment and quickly gather all necessary log files and more. Learn More Network World's Products of the Week, 7/23/12 Our roundup of intriguing new products. Read More How Social Media Performed During Aurora Tragedy For anyone seeking immediacy as the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado, unfolded Friday, online social media outlets provided an unparalleled view of the events that left 12 people dead and some 70 others injured. They also provided some low points on the humanity scale. Read More Wi-Fi Direct backers hope enhanced standard makes more products work together The Wi-Fi Direct Services specification that the Wi-Fi Alliance plans to finish next year should help to extend the use of Wi-Fi Direct beyond proprietary implementations, the organization says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems 2x consolidation for less than F5. Shift up to the Cloud Pay more to get less consolidation? How dense does F5 think you are? Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x consolidation—for less. Don't compromise your consolidation project. The Iron Age is over. The Cloud Age is here. Learn how virtualization streamlines your datacenter and consolidates network resources. Learn More Google acquires Mac, iOS email client Sparrow Software developer Sparrow, maker of the popular Mac and iOS email clients of the same name, announced on Friday that it has been acquired by Google, and that the Sparrow team will be joining forces with the search giant. Read More Dell's cloud plans slip behind schedule Dell announced an aggressive schedule last year to roll out cloud-based application services, but it now looks like the schedule was a little too aggressive. Read More ShoreTel enhances video, IM capabilities with ShoreTel 13 ShoreTel has announced global availability of it latest release with ShoreTel 13, with enhancements designed to improve video communications and instant messaging. With the release, ShoreTel Communicator, the call manager application, enables participation in room-based video conferences using H.264 AVC technology -- making it easier for users to communicate via video from their desktop or laptop. ShoreTel is also working closely with partners to encourage wider adoption of video standards including H.264 SVC. Read More
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