Monday, February 11, 2013

10 Cisco partners you should get to know

Windows 8 Update: Winter storm Nemo wipes out Microsoft Surface Pro party

Microsoft sells out of 128GB Surface Pro

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February 11, 2013
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Issue highlights

1. Windows 8 Update: Winter storm Nemo wipes out Microsoft Surface Pro party

2. Microsoft sells out of 128GB Surface Pro

3. Verizon, AT&T, Google among top 10 lobbyers

4. INSIDER Smartphone tools to keep your Wi-Fi network humming

5. Adobe will try to stymie some Flash attacks with new pop-up

6. Improvements to Microsoft's Skydrive

7. Cutting-edge program seeks to thwart radio spectrum battles, bottlenecks

8. Scroogled: Microsoft launched 'privacy' petition to stop Google from scanning emails

9. Cisco finds us increasingly mobile

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Windows 8 Update: Winter storm Nemo wipes out Microsoft Surface Pro party

Microsoft had big plans for an exclusive party in New York City to celebrate the availability of its Surface Windows 8 Pro ultrabook, but the ongoing snowstorm named Nemo nixed the event. READ MORE

Microsoft sells out of 128GB Surface Pro

Microsoft started selling its Surface Pro tablet on Saturday, and quickly exhausted its supply of the 128GB configuration. READ MORE

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Verizon, AT&T, Google among top 10 lobbyers

Google, AT&T and Verizon Communications were among the top corporate lobbyers of the U.S. government in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data released recently by the House of Representatives. READ MORE

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Smartphone tools to keep your Wi-Fi network humming

In the early days of Wi-Fi, site surveys were fairly basic and involved running around with a laptop looking at simple signal levels. The next step was mapped-based tools that provided a good visual of Wi-Fi coverage, but still involved carrying a bulky laptop around. READ MORE

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Adobe will try to stymie some Flash attacks with new pop-up

Adobe plans to add a new security feature to Flash Player in an attempt to block some of the exploits hackers are hiding inside older Microsoft Office documents. READ MORE

Improvements to Microsoft's Skydrive

This past week Microsoft added a function that allows SkyDrive users to share documents for EDITING that does NOT require the recipient to have to logon with a LiveID. Effectively, as long as you "share" the content for editing, the recipient of the URL can make changes and save changes to documents. READ MORE

Cutting-edge program seeks to thwart radio spectrum battles, bottlenecks

With only a certain amount of truly useable radio spectrum it is inevitable that more battles of the use of that space become more frequent. READ MORE

Scroogled: Microsoft launched 'privacy' petition to stop Google from scanning emails

"Think Google respects your privacy? Think again," warned Microsoft's 'Don't get Scroogled' campaign. If you don't want your privacy invaded by having Google scan "every word of every email," then Microsoft says to use Outlook.com. READ MORE

Cisco finds us increasingly mobile

Worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 13X over the next four years due, not surprisingly, to continued strong growth in the number of mobile Internet connections from personal devices and machine-to-machine applications. These findings, from Cisco's most recent Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, also note that the number of mobile Internet connections will exceed the... READ MORE

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