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	Windows 8 reaches RTM: Release dates for developers, enterprises | Facebook, Twitter accounts of Yankees, other teams compromised
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	iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Aug. 3 The iOSphere Ecstasy Index soared on reports that iPhone 5 will be announced on Sept. 12, but so did the Rage Index with the rumor that it will sell for $800. Read More WHITE PAPER: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Avoid Common Packet Delivery Issues across the WAN Packet loss is increasingly problematic for companies looking to lower DR costs by performing data replication over the WAN. This paper discusses the inaccuracies of measuring packet loss with ICMP (i.e. ping method) and explains how to mitigate this risk with proper packet loss measuring tools. Learn more. In this Issue Windows 8 reaches RTM: Release dates for developers, enterprises Facebook, Twitter accounts of Yankees, other teams compromised How Apple conducts Market Research and keeps iOS source code locked down Petition to 'fix' Apple's Bonjour technology now online Identity theft may cost IRS $21 billion over next five years Why we don't need Internet rights but do need a level playing field IDC: Worldwide Bank IT Spending Will Continue to Grow Through 2015 NASA splits $1.1B for three commercial spacecraft Windows 8 Update: Operating system is cooked, sent to manufacturers NFC-based mobile payments still years from mass adoption Oracle's cloud hype set for major escalation Oracle-HP ruling highlights risks of IT vendor partnerships WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Sophisticated Simplicity The key is to build simplicity and ease of use into these solutions from Day 1. This white paper will demonstrate a clear path to UC simplicity, and to overall success of UC deployments. Learn more. Windows 8 reaches RTM: Release dates for developers, enterprises Exactly two months after the Microsoft made the Windows 8 Release Preview available for download, the company has released its upcoming OS to manufacturers. Read More Facebook, Twitter accounts of Yankees, other teams compromised The official social media accounts of several Major League Baseball teams were compromised Thursday, leading to some embarrassing messages appearing on the Facebook and Twitter accounts and highlighting the risks social media sites can present for the public image of businesses. Read More How Apple conducts Market Research and keeps iOS source code locked down In an interview with Fortune a few years ago, Steve Jobs explained that Apple never does market research. Rather, they simply preoccupy themselves with creating great products. We do no market research. We don't hire consultants. The only consultants I've ever hired in my 10 years is one firm to analyze Gateway's retail strategy so I would not make some of the same mistakes they made [when... Read More Petition to 'fix' Apple's Bonjour technology now online The petition asking for changes to Apple's Bonjour and Airplay technologies is now online and accepting digital signatures until Aug. 10. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The iEverything Enterprise Virtualization, cloud computing, and wireless technology are fundamentally changing enterprise computing, providing revolutionary gains in productivity and cost savings. Powerful enterprise applications can now be delivered to almost any device, anywhere, at any time. Learn more. Identity theft may cost IRS $21 billion over next five years The dead can't speak for themselves. But they can apparently file U.S. tax returns. Read More Why we don't need Internet rights but do need a level playing field On July 2 this year a manifesto appeared called the "Declaration of Internet Freedom," which you can find at internetdeclaration.org/ (I quote the URL for reasons that will be clear in a minute). Read More IDC: Worldwide Bank IT Spending Will Continue to Grow Through 2015 Worldwide bank IT spending is forecast to grow, with a 5.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), according to a recently released finding by analyst firm IDC. Read More NASA splits $1.1B for three commercial spacecraft NASA today continued its development of commercial space systems by splitting a little over $1.1 billion with Boeing, Space Exploration Technologies (Space X) and Sierra Nevada to develop and build advanced spaceships. MORE NASA NEWS: NASA Mars Curiosity mission madness Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Traditional WLAN vs. ADTRAN's Virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) The substantial differences between a traditional hardware controller-based wireless LAN and ADTRAN's virtual wireless LAN (hypervisor-based) are detailed in ADTRAN's WLAN vs. vWLAN comparison chart. Learn more. Windows 8 Update: Operating system is cooked, sent to manufacturers Businesses seriously considering Windows 8 can get a copy of the final version starting Aug. 15 so long as they have a subscription to TechNet, Microsoft's resource for technical information. Read More NFC-based mobile payments still years from mass adoption The "mobile payments" industry isn't really about payments. It's about personalized, commerce-related services delivered to a user's smartphone or tablet: paying for something is just one of them, and arguably the least important for now. Read More Oracle's cloud hype set for major escalation Oracle's emphasis on cloud computing isn't going to wane anytime soon. To the contrary, on Thursday the vendor held the first in nearly 100 Cloud Builder Summit events scheduled for locations across the globe between now and December. Read More Oracle-HP ruling highlights risks of IT vendor partnerships The strongly worded order by a California judge saying Oracle has to keep porting its software to Hewlett-Packard's Itanium-based servers is not the end of the nasty legal battle between the two companies, but it could have an effect on the broader IT industry. Read More
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