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	Apple and Amazon end lawsuit over the term "App Store" After months of back and forth legal filings, Amazon and Apple have finally ended their ongoing dispute centering on Amazon's use of the term "App Store." As part of the agreement, Apple agreed to drop the suit and Amazon promised not to counter-sue Apple in the future. Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet said that "we no longer see a need to pursue our case. With more than 900,000 apps and 50 billion... Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire SANS Secure Configuration Management Demystified Security experts and analysts agree that a systematic, enterprise-wide program of secure configuration management is one of the most beneficial security solutions you can implement. It provides an objective, concise measure of your overall security posture. Learn More In this Issue The year in 3D printing (so far) Carnegie Mellon's robotic snake slithers through radioactive pipes, broken buildings Govt's $2.7 million KILL IT WITH FIRE approach to malware: Destroy all hardware Drumbeat about Microsoft reorg grows louder NASA's Mars rover Curiosity begins grand road trip Apple gives away 10 apps to celebrate App Store's 5th birthday Cryptocat vulnerability excuse sparks debate over open source 13 Steps to Help You Deal With Losing Your IT Job Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Windows 8, Internet Explorer, Office, Visual Studio, Lync are all vulnerable Worst -- and best -- IT interview questions WHITE PAPER: IBM A Step-by-Step Approach to Successful Business Intelligence Organizations that have the most success with BI typically approach it incrementally. Discover a step-by-step strategy for success in this newsletter featuring research from Gartner. Learn More. The year in 3D printing (so far) With the Inside 3D Printing conference kicking off this week, what better time than now to recap what has been the most eventful year for 3D printing technology so far. This Read More Carnegie Mellon's robotic snake slithers through radioactive pipes, broken buildings While it doesn't have that slick feeling to its skin, a new 37-inch long snake robot with a wireless camera and LED light attached to its head can find its way into pipes and through rubble where humans cannot go. Read More Govt's $2.7 million KILL IT WITH FIRE approach to malware: Destroy all hardware Finding malware on your own system or your company's networked computers is never a pleasant experience. IT admins might grumble, or cuss under their breath about stupid users, but few would totally freak out about a virus. Yet the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA's) IT security department at the Department of Commerce decided upon the "kill it with fire" approach. This comedy of errors... Read More Drumbeat about Microsoft reorg grows louder Reports of an imminent and broad Microsoft business reorganization keep mounting, including an anonymously sourced article from The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD blog that says CEO Steve Ballmer will unveil the plan on Thursday. Read More NASA's Mars rover Curiosity begins grand road trip After two short trips since the Fourth of July, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun a journey that could take as long as a year to reach the ultimate destination for its mission -- Mount Sharp. Read More Apple gives away 10 apps to celebrate App Store's 5th birthday Apple on Monday commemorated the fifth anniversary of its App Store launch by starting a free app giveaway that included some of its most popular and praised iOS games. Read More Cryptocat vulnerability excuse sparks debate over open source Is proprietary software inherently more secure? Or is it the other way around. Security experts weigh in. Read More 13 Steps to Help You Deal With Losing Your IT Job Even some of the most talented IT professionals have found themselves the victim of a downsizing or reorganization. You can never feel too safe regardless of how stable the environment seems. If you find yourself in your worst-case scenario, these tips will help you work your way out of it. Read More Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Windows 8, Internet Explorer, Office, Visual Studio, Lync are all vulnerable "To say that all Microsoft products are affected and everything is affected critically is not an overstatement," says Paul Henry a security and forensic analyst for Lumension. "It's difficult to prioritize one or two because all the bulletins likely need your attention." Read More Worst -- and best -- IT interview questions Why are manhole covers round? Why do you ask? Tech managers weigh in on the practice of using brainteasers to screen IT candidates and share their own favorite interview questions. Read More
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