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	Why Amazon's apologies all sound the same When a company is compelled to apologize as often as Amazon Web Services has been of late, perhaps expediency does dictate a cut-and-paste approach to the process. But that doesn't exactly exude sincerity. From Amazon's response to its latest outage, which hit on Christmas Eve: Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Storage Without Boundaries This paper discusses these dynamics and explains how you can leverage technology to better capitalize on information in the context of your business. Read Now! In this Issue Top 12 tech-related Google Doodles of 2012 CIA whacks at Hollywood spy agency myths Cybersecurity New Year's Resolutions for All PC Users Tasty Salvador Dali-inspired lobster iPhone 5 case Notable deaths of 2012 from the worlds of technology, science & inventions HP cuts workforce by 5%; looks to probe GM hires Five Linux predictions for 2013 Technologies to watch 2013: Windows Server 2012 cannot be ignored Netflix faced problems relating to DVD website BlackBerry 10 handsets enter FCC database Canonical announces Ubuntu smartphone OS WHITE PAPER: Riverbed CIO's Guide to Advanced Consolidation Consolidating IT infrastructures is a continuing trend, particularly in an uncertain economy with organizations looking to reduce costs. Learn more. Top 12 tech-related Google Doodles of 2012 Google commemorates anniversaries and milestones with Google Doodles, customized versions of the familiar logo on its home page. Here are our favorite Doodles from 2012 honoring information technology innovators, inventions and events. Read More CIA whacks at Hollywood spy agency myths The CIA had a few problems with the agency's portrayal in the recently released "Zero Dark Thirty" movie about the successful hunt for Usama Bin Ladin, so much so the acting director issued a statement about the film and the organization wrote up an interesting top "Hollywood Myths vs. the Real CIA" list. Read More Cybersecurity New Year's Resolutions for All PC Users Happy New Year world! Like many of my fellow bloggers and analysts, I'll have my own set of security predictions for 2013 soon. One thing I can easily surmise however is that cybersecurity will become more dangerous and more sophisticated this year just as it has in the past. Read More Tasty Salvador Dali-inspired lobster iPhone 5 case A Melbourne, Australia-based designer/maker named Elliot Gorham has produced a Salvador Dali-inspired iPhone 5 case in the shape of a lobster. The concept piece is a departure for Gorham, who mainly designs/makes furniture. Gorham writes in his blog: 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 HP cuts workforce by 5%; looks to probe GM hires Hewlett-Packard's reduced its workforce last year by 17,800 employees, more than half-way to its restructuring goal. Read More Five Linux predictions for 2013 Now that the final curtain is about to drop on the year that was 2012, there's no better time to look ahead and try to anticipate what 2013 will bring. Read More Technologies to watch 2013: Windows Server 2012 cannot be ignored Windows Server 2012 packs so many new features large and small that any Microsoft shop looking to gain advantages in cost and functionality will have to seriously consider upgrading this year. Read More Netflix faced problems relating to DVD website Netflix, which faced an interruption of its video streaming service on Christmas Eve, had problems again on Monday related to its DVD website. Read More BlackBerry 10 handsets enter FCC database A month ahead of the launch of Research In Motion's BlackBerry 10 operating system, a couple of handsets running the OS have appeared in a U.S. radio regulatory database. Read More Canonical announces Ubuntu smartphone OS Just moments ago, Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu), unveiled their next big plan for world domination: Ubuntu. For phones. (As it turns out, the announcement wasn't a Jono Bacon Bobblehead as I had predicted and some enterprising individual created a website for. I still hold that the Ubuntu Community Manager needs to be immortalized in Bobble form.) Read More
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