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	FTC throws down robocall gauntlet: $50,000 for best way to stop annoying calls It's not clear if the Federal Trade Commission is throwing up its hands at the problem or just wants some new ideas about how to combat it, but the agency is now offering $50,000 to anyone who can create what it calls an innovative way to block that will block illegal commercial robocalls on landlines and mobile phones. Read More WEBCAST: Aternity Managing IT through the Lens of the End User Hosted by BMC Software and Aternity, this live webinar - Tuesday, October 30th 2012 ~ 11 AM PT or 2 PM ET - will reveal the value of complementing your Application Performance Monitoring (APM) strategy with End User Activity Monitoring (EUAM) in order to enable better user-focused IT services that drive optimal business practices. Register now. In this Issue 7 Hottest IT Healthcare Skills Virtual desktops: User tips from the trenches Juniper may be for sale, but not to EMC GM to hire 3,000 HP employees as it insources IT work INSIDER How to find (and hire) big data pros 5 Ways Windows 8 Beats iOS Verizon Wireless raises privacy ire over data collection Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web Will the new Boxee be worth buying? Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 brings the Internet closer to the desktop Google, Samsung offer $249 Chromebook with ARM chip Halloween weirdness: Old BlackBerry Curve included in our Ghosting bag Google's giant datacenters – an inside look RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial 7 Hottest IT Healthcare Skills With the compliance date for ICD-10 looming in 2014, demand for Healthcare IT (HIT) professionals is on the rise. Healthcare providers rushing to get their technology updated is generating new IT job opportunities within an already-growing market. CIO.com counts down the seven most in-demand skills for HIT. Read More Virtual desktops: User tips from the trenches The lure of virtual desktop infrastructure - less costs for endpoints, reduced power requirements, lower management costs, better security - is compelling but mastering the environment is tricky, say users that have embraced the technology. Read More Juniper may be for sale, but not to EMC Wall Street doesn't doubt that Juniper Networks is in play, but does doubt EMC's interest in the company. Read More GM to hire 3,000 HP employees as it insources IT work HP has agreed to transfer 3,000 of its employees to the General Motors payroll, as the automaker moves IT operations in-house, the two companies announced Thursday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. INSIDER How to find (and hire) big data pros Staffing shortages are holding back companies ready to dive into big data. Here are three ways they're coping with the talent gap. Insider (registration required) Read More 5 Ways Windows 8 Beats iOS Consider first that I've been a daily iPad user since the day the tablet launched. I've never had much affinity for MacOS and Apple desktops, but I have literally used either the iPad, iPad 2 or new iPad every day since April 3, 2010. Tablets work for me. Touch navigation works for me. And the iPad has worked for me--despite the fact that it's never helped me do any real work. Read More Verizon Wireless raises privacy ire over data collection Verizon says data-gathering does not violate Wiretap Act because the data cannot be linked to a single customer, but advocates cry foul Read More Top Linux-o-lanterns from around the Web Tux the Penguin and friends geek up Halloween pumpkins Read More WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Strategies for Managing Distributed IT Environments Protecting your network architecture continues to be extremely critical. Distributed networking and computing spaces often times go unmanaged. Learn more about the importance of managing these distributed IT spaces including strategies for maintaining availability and energy cost savings opportunities. Learn more. Will the new Boxee be worth buying? Read More Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 brings the Internet closer to the desktop Canonical has released both the server and desktop editions of 12.10 Ubuntu, which offers a glimpse of how this Linux distribution will evolve in the next few years. Read More Google, Samsung offer $249 Chromebook with ARM chip With a $249 Chromebook, Google is taking its biggest shot yet at bringing Chrome OS to the mainstream. Read More Halloween weirdness: Old BlackBerry Curve included in our Ghosting bag Ghosting has become an increasingly popular pre-Halloween tradition in our corner of Massachusetts, involving the secretive dropping off of a bag of goodies at the front door, accompanied by a doorbell ring or door knock. 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