Recent critics, including Wozniak, intensify debate over cloud

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	Recent critics, including Wozniak, intensify debate over cloud Cloud computing has taken some heat this week. First, over the weekend Apple co-founder and tech icon Steve Wozniak said he's worried about the "horrendous" problems cloud computing could cause as users yield control of their data to service providers. 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 Programming decathlon: 10 events to test your app dev mettle Awesome interactive map shows global internet usage stats Sprint CEO Dan Hesse talks about Sprint's $15 billion iPhone investment It's time for wireless LANs to evolve I am not a normal person. I run on Linux. 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Programming decathlon: 10 events to test your app dev mettle The Olympics have nothing on these 10 programming tasks tuned to test true endurance, versatility, and intestinal fortitude Read More Awesome interactive map shows global internet usage stats Akamai recently released its quarterly State of the Internet Report, which shows a pretty interesting breakdown of internet usage and security trends across the globe. But why read about this when you can scroll around an interactive map that shows you the figures for each country? It makes for a good geography lesson, too. Read More Sprint CEO Dan Hesse talks about Sprint's $15 billion iPhone investment While the iPhone is now available on all three major US carriers, not to mention a slew of regional carriers that most people might not have heard of, things sure looked a lot different as recently as October 2011. 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When video game companies want to make a hit video game, they never think "what would Bryan play?" I don't really like things being in 3D. Good old 2D is more my cup of tea. And, if I'm being honest, I prefer lower-resolution games – the more pixilated the better.... Read More Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 runs Intel, not ARM processor The ThinkPad Tablet 2 will have Intel's new Atom processor rather than an ARM chip like tablets from Acer and Asusl. Lenovo said it wanted backward compatibility with software that runs on previous version of Windows. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Mobile Video: Introducing the Final Frontier This custom white paper will be dynamically configurated for you based on your industry, job function, and company size. It explores the rise of Mobile Video in the wake of IT consumerization and BYOD—the challenges, rewards and best practices for success. Learn More Windows 8 Looks to Ignite Developer Opportunity If you haven't had a chance to look at or even try out Windows 8 Metro applications, you should. I have been running Windows 8 for a few months and while most of the application on the Windows Store are good demo apps and lack some functionality, the platform is extremely promising. Read More Bill Clinton to give opening keynote at Dell event Former President Bill Clinton will speak at December's Dell World event in Austin, Texas, Dell announced. Read More Internet attacks from China and US increased in first quarter of 2012, report says China and the U.S. were the two largest sources of Internet-attack traffic in the first quarter of 2012, increasing to account for 16 percent and 11 percent respectively, according to Akamai Technologies. Read More Eight Windows 8 Tablets to Watch Announcements and speculation about upcoming Windows 8 tablets are coming in fast. Lenovo recently announced the Windows 8-based ThinkPad Tablet 2, following companies such as Asus, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard and Samsung into the Windows 8 fray. Read More
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