Tuesday, March 12, 2013

11 DIY iPhone projects for the crafty geek

What to expect at Samsung's Galaxy S4 event

Cisco adds app performance to branch routers

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March 12, 2013
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11 DIY iPhone projects for the crafty geek

With a little tinkering, you can do more with your iPhone than the Average Joe

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Issue highlights

1. What to expect at Samsung's Galaxy S4 event

2. Cisco adds app performance to branch routers

3. A visual history of Linux

4. SIP pioneer Rosenberg returns to Cisco

5. Microsoft: Keep Google away from American children

6. NASA: Mars rock sample shows Red Planet could have supported life

7. 4 Internet privacy laws you should know about

8. Reporters Without Borders slams five nations for spying on media, activists

9. Heat Meter measures energy use in real time

10. Microsoft's TEALS program: Facilitating computer science education, coding at a younger age

11. How to tell when a WSJ writer is embarrassed

12. How Cloud Computing Helps Cut Costs, Boost Profits

13. Curiosity finds Mars could have supported life

14. Intelligence officials see cyberattacks as a top US threat

15. Cost battle: Cloud computing vs. in-house IT

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What to expect at Samsung's Galaxy S4 event

Many are attempting to guess what will happen at Samsung's big Galaxy S4 announcement this Thursday in New York. So far, none of the guesses appear to have the substance of really big news. Samsung has more in common with Apple in its ability to keep a secret. Like Apple, Samsung really only competes with itself. In guessing what will be unpacked at Thursday's big announcement, one should first... READ MORE

Cisco adds app performance to branch routers

Cisco this week extended the software capabilities of its ISR branch routers with previously separate security and application performance features, including WAN optimization. READ MORE

A visual history of Linux

The 10 biggest leaps forward in the look and feel of the Linux desktops READ MORE

SIP pioneer Rosenberg returns to Cisco

Jonathan Rosenberg has left Skype as chief technology strategist and returned to Cisco to help the company better compete against video and collaboration start-ups and consumer-oriented businesses that threaten its opportunities in those markets. Rosenberg, a pioneer is the development of the SIP protocol, left Cisco in 2009 as a Cisco Fellow in the Voice Technology Group. READ MORE

Microsoft: Keep Google away from American children

It seems the most intense competition between Microsoft and Apple is who can take a harder shot at Google. Well, score one for Microsoft. It's backing a bill in Massachusetts that would effectively force schools to stop using Google cloud services. READ MORE

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Big data promises to manage your complex business to make better decisions. But the technology services that run your business are also complex. This Forrester report helps leaders prepare for IT analytics that turn big data efforts inward to manage the technology services that run your business. Register now to get the full report. Read Now

NASA: Mars rock sample shows Red Planet could have supported life

One of the chief goals of NASA's Mars Science Lab and its Curiosity rover was to determine if the Red Planet could have supported life in some fashion and now comes news that apparently it could have. READ MORE

4 Internet privacy laws you should know about

Last year after an outpouring of opposition, Internet advocates logged a victory when they defeated the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). READ MORE

Reporters Without Borders slams five nations for spying on media, activists

Reporters Without Borders named five countries that regularly spy on journalists and dissidents, a practice the group contends is made possible with advanced technology from private companies. READ MORE

Heat Meter measures energy use in real time

A new device called the Heat Meter can report your energy use in real time and compare your efficiency to other homes in the area. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb READ MORE

Microsoft's TEALS program: Facilitating computer science education, coding at a younger age

A couple of weeks ago, I stumbled across a video posted to YouTube by the Microsoft Citizenship group titled "Woolly worms to worlds of opportunities: Jeremy's story." The video tells a story of a high school student from Beaytyville, Kentucky, named Jeremy who wants to be a software engineer, or more specifically, a game designer. Unfortunately for Jeremy, his school didn't have much of a computer... READ MORE

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On the Fast Track to Data

The ongoing data explosion puts organizations in a unique situation. Not only do they operate in a world where information is power, the number of sources and volume of relevant data continues to multiply at unprecedented levels. Read Now!

How to tell when a WSJ writer is embarrassed

Here's a little inside secret about the journalism business: When a byline on a story says "By (Whatever Publication) Staff" instead of an actual name of an actual writer, it more often than not means that the writer would be embarrassed to see his or her name associated with that particular piece of work. Here's an example. You'd be embarrassed, too, if you worked for the Wall Street Journal and... READ MORE

How Cloud Computing Helps Cut Costs, Boost Profits

The decision over whether to move your organization's IT to the cloud can be a daunting one. After all, it means a wholesale change in the sourcing and delivery of IT products and services. However, many companies are making the leap, at least for select capabilities--a recent by CDW of 1,242 IT professionals found that more than half of organizations are moving a variety of capabilities to the cloud. And a majority of them are recognizing cost savings and increased profits, according to another study by Rackspace Hosting. READ MORE

Curiosity finds Mars could have supported life

Rock samples analyzed by NASA's Curiosity rover have shown conditions that could have supported ancient life on Mars. READ MORE

Intelligence officials see cyberattacks as a top US threat

Cyberattacks are near the top of the list of most serious threats facing the U.S., with the rivaling concerns about terrorism and North Korea, intelligence officials with President Barack Obama's administration said. READ MORE

Cost battle: Cloud computing vs. in-house IT

It's one of the fundamental questions of cloud computing: Is it less expensive to run workloads in a public cloud than in an on-premises IT environment? READ MORE

WEBCAST: Meraki

How MIT faced the challenges of campus wireless

After struggling to support a flood of mobile devices in a complex physical structure, MIT used Meraki to increase wireless coverage and reliability while maintaining the same rigorous security policies in place on the wired network. Read Now!

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