2012: The tech year in cartoons

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	2012: The tech year in cartoons From SOPA to the Petraeus affair, here's a look at some of the year's biggest IT stories from the pen of Computerworld's editorial cartoonist, John Klossner. Read More In this Issue Microsoft unveils future retail store plans Notable deaths of 2012 from the worlds of technology, science & inventions Amazon hack highlights customer service security weakness Products of the week 12.24.12 Drones, phones and other 2012 privacy threats Pew: US e-book reading up, print book readership declines 2012 in review: The year in iOS The five best productivity apps of 2012 INSIDER For IT Job-Hunters, Relocation Is a Family Affair Microsoft unveils future retail store plans Microsoft on Wednesday revealed six locations for new retail stores it will open in early 2013, including four transformed from its holiday specialty stores, dubbed "pop-ups," that it established in October. Read More Notable deaths of 2012 from the worlds of technology, science & inventions Commodore 64, Mr. Coffee, the cleanroom, electronic football and the laptop came from the minds of these pioneers Read More Amazon hack highlights customer service security weakness Retail support team 'falls like dominoes' to scammers, says savvy customer who documented the latest incident Read More Products of the week 12.24.12 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as IBM and Aspect Software Read More Drones, phones and other 2012 privacy threats Verizon's attempt -- unsuccessful so far -- to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their sets, capped another challenging year for privacy advocates. Read More Pew: US e-book reading up, print book readership declines More Americans read e-books in the last year, with 23 percent of those ages 16 and over going digital, compared to 16 percent in the previous survey for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which released its latest results on e-book readership Thursday. Read More 2012 in review: The year in iOS Every year since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 has been a big year for iOS, and 2012 is certainly no exception. Let's take a stroll down memory lane, recalling the year that was for the iPhone, the iPad, and the operating system that powers them both. Read More The five best productivity apps of 2012 It's been a big year for smartphones--the iPhone 5, the Galaxy S III, the debut of Windows Phone 8--but as always, it's the apps that matter. Read More INSIDER For IT Job-Hunters, Relocation Is a Family Affair The big decision about whether to relocate for a new IT leadership job often depends on decisions made at home. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 33 Best & Worst Celebrity Tech Moments of 2012 Playing Steve Jobs, Gaga over social networking and more tech endorsements than you can shake an iPhone at. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES VMware, the bell tools for thee, and Microsoft is ringing it Amazon EBS failure brings down Reddit, Imgur, others Watch Steve Jobs play FDR in Apple's long-lost takeoff on famous '1984' Macintosh TV commercial How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes Earliest known photos of an Apple iPad prototype Super Bowl super bust: U.S. seizes 307 websites Microsoft code contains the phrase 'big boobs' How to hack your own Wi-Fi network Want a job? Get a computer science degree No, Wikipedia has not forgiven GoDaddy for backing SOPA
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