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iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 6

BREAKING: Microsoft fined $731 million by European Commission

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March 06, 2013
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Issue highlights

1. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 6

2. BREAKING: Microsoft fined $731 million by European Commission

3. INSIDER How to blunt spear phishing attacks

4. Microsoft: Office 2013 can now be transferred to another PC every 90 days

5. LinkedIn wins dismissal of lawsuit seeking damages for massive password breach

6. iPocalypse now?: iPad sales "collapse" and the Web freaks

7. Avaya beefs up contact center solutions

8. Ubuntu tablet pre-order raises eyebrows for several reasons

9. It's an extension cord with a brain – a BRAIN!

10. After four months, Windows 8 is at a standstill

11. How different tech degrees measure up by salary

WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com

Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers

Gartner's 2012 Magic Quadrant for CRM Customer Service Contact Centers looks at vendors responding to the challenge of "any channel" customer engagement. Follow the leaders and find out why more than 100,000 customers worldwide rely on Salesforce CRM applications to transform their businesses. Read More!

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 6

The iOSphere is gripped in a rumor drought regarding the iPad 5 and iPad mini 2. Most of this week's buzz was over a blogpost that claims an "April-ish" release for the Next iPads. Potentially. Maybe. READ MORE

BREAKING: Microsoft fined $731 million by European Commission

BREAKING: Microsoft fined $731 million by European Commission Raw footage: The European Commission fined Microsoft 561 million Euro for failure to offer a browser choice page in its upgrade to Windows 7. Full report to ... From: networkworld Views: 23 2 ratings Time: 01:10 More in Science & Technology READ MORE

INSIDER

How to blunt spear phishing attacks

According to Allen Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, 95% of all attacks on enterprise networks are the result of successful spear phishing. In other words, somebody received an email and either clicked on a link or opened a file that they weren't supposed to. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology

Resolve Performance Issues Within Your Citrix Environment

Citrix offers significant benefits to IT organizations but alters the performance troubleshooting process due to its unique architecture. Breakthrough new technology flips the Citrix performance management paradigm on its head by providing unprecedented end-to-end visibility of user transactions traversing a Citrix server. Read Now

Microsoft: Office 2013 can now be transferred to another PC every 90 days

After an angry social media stinkfest brought on by Office 2013 licensing terms, Microsoft reviewed customer feedback and today announced a change in the EULA that will allow Office 2013 users to transfer the software from one computer to another once every 90 days. READ MORE

LinkedIn wins dismissal of lawsuit seeking damages for massive password breach

Professional social networking service LinkedIn won the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of premium users who had their log-in passwords exposed as a result of a security breach of the company's servers last year. READ MORE

iPocalypse now?: iPad sales "collapse" and the Web freaks

Based on one market researcher's estimate of a one-month fall in 9.7-inch tablet display shipments, a range of tech news sites and bloggers are announcing, if not trumpeting, the apocalyptic "collapse" of Apple's iPad sales. READ MORE

WHITE PAPER: Cirba

How to Reduce Processor-Based Software Licensing Costs

Most organizations that license software such as Windows, SQL Server, Oracle Weblogic and Oracle Database on a per processor or per host basis are spending far more than is required. By optimizing VM placements considering licensing, utilization, business and technical policies, organizations can achieve savings of greater than 50%. Learn More

Avaya beefs up contact center solutions

Avaya has unveiled new analytics and customer interaction solutions designed to harness the power of big data and the growing number of ways that customers expect access. Avaya's Customer Experience Management addresses the growing number of customer interaction channels, also seeking to provide organizations with more opportunity to extract valuable insights through smart analytics. Avaya Automated Chat and Avaya Aura Call Center Elite Multichannel solutions provide options for integrated Web, social media, SMS, IM and email customer interactions. READ MORE

Ubuntu tablet pre-order raises eyebrows for several reasons

The news yesterday that an Australian company called Intermatrix has begun offering pre-orders of the first dedicated Ubuntu tablet has already made waves in gadget circles - but many raised questions about the device's legitimacy. READ MORE

It's an extension cord with a brain – a BRAIN!

Pro tip for you public relations professionals: When writing an over-the-top press release, never settle for Mt. Everest-scale over the top ... shoot for the moon and stars. For example, here's a headline on a press release received here yesterday: "Extension Cord with a 'Brain' Sets New Industry Standard." How could I resist? It's an extension cord with a brain - a BRAIN! The text begins: READ MORE

After four months, Windows 8 is at a standstill

You want to give any new product the benefit of the doubt, especially in this economy. But after four months, an image is becoming rather clear with Windows 8, and it isn't good. The product is pretty much at a standstill. The latest stats from Net Applications, which derives analytics from more than 40,000 business websites, including operating systems used by the PCs that visit them, shows Windows... READ MORE

How different tech degrees measure up by salary

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WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

Big Data Requires a Remodeling of the Data Warehouse

Take a few moments to learn about a data warehouse appliance that is a massively parallel server optimized to run Microsoft's SQL Server that delivers enterprise scalability, ease of maintenance, and a single version of the truth, all for a low cost. Read Now!

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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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