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	HP aims three-part effort at network virtualization Hewlett-Packard is readying three new software capabilities that are designed to help enterprises pool their computing and storage resources across a network. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: RIM Introducing BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion Easily manage and secure mobile device deployments with BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion. From a single interface, manage BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets and devices that use the iOS® and Android™ operating systems. Put an end to mobile chaos. Learn more at blackberry.com/mobilefusion In this Issue World's geekiest license plates (2012 version) 5 grand challenges that will boost future optic, photonic technology Gartner: Hype could hurt cloud adoption Steve Jobs' home robbed for $60,000 in computers, personal items What's Driving Enterprise Security Strategy? United Airlines 'loses' 10-year-old girl, torments parents Kaspersky pleads for crypto help to probe Gauss malware Top tablets for back to work and back to school Unblinking surveillance stare: Army's 7-story flying football field-sized blimp Inside the real economy behind fake Twitter accounts Mickey Mouse Goes Open Source Is Open Source Just for Tools And A Threat To American Software? A Cold War is brewing between Microsoft and game developers 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. World's geekiest license plates (2012 version) Images of vanity plates so geeky that others took geeky snapshots of them. Read More 5 grand challenges that will boost future optic, photonic technology Scientists with the National Research Council say that the development of photonic and optic technologies is key to the future of the United States and as such the government should create a "National Photonics Initiative" to more quickly advance the Read More Gartner: Hype could hurt cloud adoption The hype around cloud computing and misuse of the term by some providers creates confusion in the market and if that continues, research firm Gartner says, it could detract from the technology's many benefits. Read More Steve Jobs' home robbed for $60,000 in computers, personal items A suspect has been arrested and charged with residential burglary after allegedly stealing more than $60,000 in "computers and personal items" from the Palo Alto home of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Police are currently holding 35-year-old Alameda, California, resident Kariem McFarlin on $500,000 bail. A hearing is scheduled for August 20. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM A step-by-step Approach to Successful Business Intelligence Organizations that have the most success with BI typically approach it incrementally. Discover a step-by-step strategy for success in this newsletter featuring research from Gartner. Read Now What's Driving Enterprise Security Strategy? ESG recently published a new research report titled, Security Management and Operations: Changes on the Horizon. As part of the survey, ESG asked 315 security professionals working at enterprise organizations (i.e. more than 1,000 employees) to identify the most important factors driving their organization's information security strategy in 2012. Read More United Airlines 'loses' 10-year-old girl, torments parents Read More Kaspersky pleads for crypto help to probe Gauss malware Kaspersky Lab today appealed for help from top-notch cryptographers to help it break the encryption of a still-mysterious warhead delivered by the Gauss cyber-surveillance malware Read More Top tablets for back to work and back to school As the days of summer wane, thoughts turn to getting things done. Here are the tablets that get things done Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata Experts Share the Five Pieces of Private Cloud Success Private clouds are emerging as a way for enterprises to take advantage of many of the benefits of the cloud model, but with less risk. This eBook discusses why private cloud models are the best choice for many organizations today. Learn more. Unblinking surveillance stare: Army's 7-story flying football field-sized blimp When you think about high tech "intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance" (ISR) breakthroughs, does a gigantic $172 million blimp immediately come to mind? If not, then join the club. In fact my first thought when learning about the U.S. Army's new blimp was Hindenburg. Read More Inside the real economy behind fake Twitter accounts Some people do it just out of simple competition, essentially throwing their money away so they can boast more Twitter followers than their friends. Others do it to boost their corporate profiles, while even more high-profile cases have led to better reputations in the world of online clout, and thus job opportunities and advertising revenue. Read More Mickey Mouse Goes Open Source Walt Disney is a company that you would generally not associate with open source. In fact they are known as a company that protects its copyrights and digital assets quite vigorously. However, even Mickey Mouse contributesto open source. Over the course of the last two weeks, Disney owned companies have contributed two different high end computer graphics projects to the open source community. One... Read More Is Open Source Just for Tools And A Threat To American Software? The question of whether open source software is a threat to the software industry is a tired and old argument that has been debated and disproven many times in the past. The question of whether or not it is a threat to the American software industry specifically is really no different, just a subset of the bigger question. But that is just what long time open source journalist Dana Blankenhorn... Read More A Cold War is brewing between Microsoft and game developers Several major game developers have expressed their discontent with Windows 8, and now they are concerned Microsoft is going to go into competition with their methods of online sales as well, which could drive a wedge between game makers and Microsoft. When you are on the verge of launching a new operating system, you want your key developers singing hosannas to it. Instead, the game developers are... Read More
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