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	Review: Office Web Apps v. Google Docs For years, folks looking for free online word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations have turned to Google Docs. However, Microsoft recently released an updated set of Office Web Apps, accessible to individual users from their SkyDrive accounts, and to business users through Office 365 and SharePoint. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation The Best Path to SaaS Cloud computing is here to stay. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is particularly popular because it can lower cost while enabling business agility. But not all applications are suited to SaaS. In this Webcast you will learn the best applications for SaaS deployment and how to avoid SaaS pitfalls and cost overruns. Learn More. In this Issue Weird and wonderful Raspberry Pi hacks Cisco SDN splash coming? Wikipedia may face disruptions as it is migrated to Virginia data center Bugged guesthouse: Eric Schmidt's daughter reveals North Korea trip details Cuba turns on submarine internet cable, but just for one-way traffic Microsoft to raise Windows 8 upgrade prices by 5X Blogger's request jolts lawmakers into 'emergency' mode Twitter has disruptions after hectic time during inauguration of U.S. President GitHub blocked in China, 'ticket snatching' plugins seen as possible cause Security researchers cripple Virut botnet RIM renames store to BlackBerry World as more content is added RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar New Seminar - BYOD & Mobility Management Tech Seminar Attend and learn how to spot the differences between managed devices and managed environments, and how you can implement a framework to identify the right policies for your organization. BYOD & Mobility Management Tech Seminar – 2/12 - Long Beach, CA Click to continue Weird and wonderful Raspberry Pi hacks The Raspberry Pi is a stripped-down Linux PC consisting of a tiny circuit board, an ARM-based CPU, and a graphics processor -- and inspiration for creative hacks Read More Cisco SDN splash coming? Cisco appears ready to let more of its SDN cat out of the bag. Read More Wikipedia may face disruptions as it is migrated to Virginia data center Online encyclopedia Wikipedia may encounter service disruptions as it is migrated to servers at a data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Read More WEBCAST: Fluke Networks Solve QoS Problems in VoIP Call Centers View this short video "Maintaining High VoIP Quality for Call/Contact Centers with Network Time Machine", to learn more about how carrier and call center customers are using Network Time Machine to rapidly determine problem domain and identify choke points in the network. View Now! Bugged guesthouse: Eric Schmidt's daughter reveals North Korea trip details In North Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the only people with access to the Internet are those with "special authorization." Very few details have been revealed about what happened during Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's recent visit to North Korea . . . other than he urged DPRK to "embrace" open access to the Internet. Read More Cuba turns on submarine internet cable, but just for one-way traffic A change in Internet traffic patterns over the past week suggests that Cuba may have turned on a fibre-optic submarine cable that links it to the global Internet via Venezuela, according to Internet routing analysis company Renesys. Read More Microsoft to raise Windows 8 upgrade prices by 5X Microsoft on Friday announced Windows 8 upgrade price increases of as much as 400% that will take effect Feb. 1, when a three-month promotional discount ends. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Extend the Life of Your Storage Leveraging deduplication in backup environments yields significant advantages. The cost savings in reducing disk capacity requirements change the economics of disk-based backup. Read Now! Blogger's request jolts lawmakers into 'emergency' mode This one's about new technology and the law of unintended consequences. On Monday blogger Rob Port emailed a public-records request to his state legislature. And on Wednesday he watched online as a North Dakota lawmaker read that email on the House floor to help justify "emergency" legislation that would block Port's request. The House approved the bill and the Senate is expected act on it today.... Read More Twitter has disruptions after hectic time during inauguration of U.S. President Twitter's service had problems on Monday for over six hours with some users complaining the service was slow, while others could not access the service. Read More GitHub blocked in China, 'ticket snatching' plugins seen as possible cause China's censors have started blocking access to software collaboration site GitHub, and Internet observers are speculating the government's efforts to regulate the nation's online train ticketing system are to blame. Read More Security researchers cripple Virut botnet Many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the Virut malware were disabled last week in a coordinated takedown effort, Spamhaus, an organization dedicated to fighting spam, announced Saturday. Read More RIM renames store to BlackBerry World as more content is added Research In Motion has renamed its web store BlackBerry World, as it gets ready to add more content ahead of the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system. Read More
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