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Samsung Galaxy S IV live web broadcast: Watch it here on Thursday, March 14 5 questions about VMware's new virtual networking platform Network World Daily News PM March 14, 2013 Share this email 10 top Google Reader alternatives The tech world in general, and tech media in particular, greeted the announcement of Google Reader's upcoming demise with widespread frustration and angst. While we can't do anything about the July 1 shutdown of Google's popular RSS reader, we can at least point you in the direction of some possible ways to fill the void. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Samsung Galaxy S IV live web broadcast: Watch it here on Thursday, March 14 2. 5 questions about VMware's new virtual networking platform 3. Startup brings digital rights mgmt. to iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone 4. Microsoft: Botched firmware update set off Outlook.com outage 5. Apple's Schiller criticizes Android: The pot calls the kettle black 6. GoDaddy drops the .com, alienates businesses 7. 28 facts about pi that you probably didn't know 8. Pi Day sales: Well, it's not quite Black Friday, but.... 9. US NIST's vulnerability database hacked 10. INSIDER 5 Things IT Pros Need to Know About SaaS Governance 11. 10 awesome ways to celebrate Pi Day 2013 WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent Convergence Addresses Top Six Networking Challenges An application fluent network can address the six major challenges businesses face with their current network infrastructures: agility, quality of service, cost, staffing, security, and return on investment (ROI) switches and performance information to assist in purchase decisions and product differentiation. Learn More Samsung Galaxy S IV live web broadcast: Watch it here on Thursday, March 14 Our colleagues at IDG News Service will provide a live web broadcast of the Samsung Galaxy S IV (or S 4) launch on Thursday, March 14 from New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event is scheduled to begin at 7 pm EDT. The feed should be live by 6:45 or as early as possible. (Up until the feed goes live, there will be a pre-recorded loop of IDGNS videos.) Here's recent coverage: Galaxy S IV rumors:... READ MORE 5 questions about VMware's new virtual networking platform VMware made news this week, announcing that technology it acquired from virtual networking company Nicira last year will be integrated into the company's existing networking technology. READ MORE Startup brings digital rights mgmt. to iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone Startup Watchful Software says it's reviving the technology known as digital rights management (DRM) by expanding it beyond traditional platforms like Microsoft Windows PCs and bringing it to mobile devices such as iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network World Technical Seminar New Launch - Open Flow, SDN & Network Virtualization Event Join Network World and key players across the networking industry at The Westin Galleria Dallas on April 11th for a new seminar entitled, "Open Network Exchange: Understanding Software Defined Networking (SDN), Openflow and Network Virtualization." Your seminar registration fee is waived. Register now! Microsoft: Botched firmware update set off Outlook.com outage The Outlook.com partial outage lasting 16 hours on Tuesday and Wednesday morning was caused by a firmware update gone awry that triggered a temperature spike in a Microsoft data center, resulting in automatic safeguards that made a large number of servers inaccessible. READ MORE Apple's Schiller criticizes Android: The pot calls the kettle black Apple's senior vice president of marketing Phil Schiller tried to make the case last night to the Wall Street Journal that Android users "suffer in part because different elements come from multiple companies." Really Phil? READ MORE GoDaddy drops the .com, alienates businesses In a somewhat surprising move last week, the provocative domain name registrar GoDaddy.com has decided to drop the .com from its logo and become just "GoDaddy." READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: InterMapper The #1 real-time network mapping and monitoring tool. InterMapper provides an at-a-glance, real-time view of your network devices, services, applications, connections and traffic patterns. Drilling down on maps uncovers details needed to fix performance problems. It is an industrial strength monitoring, mapping and alerting tool that empowers network administrators to maintain healthy IT environments. 28 facts about pi that you probably didn't know That's right, March 14 is international Pi Day. Get it -- pi is 3.14, and March 14 is 3/14? READ MORE Pi Day sales: Well, it's not quite Black Friday, but.... The marketing geniuses are starting to catch on to international Pi Day, the annual March 14 (3.14...get it?) celebration of the the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. [10 Awesome Ways to Celebrate Pi Day] Among the 3.14-related steals you can get today: READ MORE US NIST's vulnerability database hacked A U.S. government computer vulnerability database and several other websites at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been down for nearly a week after workers there found malware on two Web servers. READ MORE INSIDER 5 Things IT Pros Need to Know About SaaS Governance Software as a service is here to stay. So CIOs need the tools to manage their sprawling portfolios of SaaS applications with the same rigor they use for on-premise software. READ MORE 10 awesome ways to celebrate Pi Day 2013 Math geeks celebrate 'Pi Day' each March 14 -- here are 10 ways to get in on the fun READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Realizing ROI with Application-Aware Network Performance Major IT developments such as virtualization, cloud initiatives, and the explosion of content and big data pose significant challenges for WAN and LAN performance, reliability, and flexibility. Learn more. SLIDESHOWS How different tech degrees measure up Here's our list of lucrative tech degrees, ranked from lowest to highest starting salary. 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