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	Google releases Chromecast, a streaming Internet device for TVs Google released Chromecast in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 24. The streaming Internet device plugs into a TV's HDMI-port and allows any other device-- smartphones, tablets or computers-- to stream content to the TV. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Why IT Performance is Strategic for the Data Center The reality today is that organizations have to transition their data center environments in order to remain competitive in a highly dynamic global market. It will be important to understand that the network will play a critical role in determining the success or failure of this process. Download now to learn more. Read now In this Issue iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending July 23 MIT's 3D-printing breakthrough evokes Pixar design process Feds want cars to talk to each other Everything you need to know about the new Nexus 7 Review: Bitcasa for Android v.2 provides seamless cloud storage Apple's interest in supersized iPad signals mimicry of Microsoft WHITE PAPER: IBM Introducing Social Business for the Mid-Market This report provides directional guidance for mid-market companies to appropriately use Social Business to achieve their goals. Learn More. iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending July 23 The iOSsphere obsession with figuring out the precise announcement and shipment dates for iPad 5 and iPad mini 2 continues. Read More MIT's 3D-printing breakthrough evokes Pixar design process Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) wanted to make the design process for 3D printing less complex. So, for inspiration, they turned to a tool that has been used by a company that has specialized in 3D design for decades – Pixar. 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 Feds want cars to talk to each other The National Transportation Safety Board this week called for all U.S. vehicles to come equipped with technology that would allow them to communicate with each other to help avoid accidents. Read More Everything you need to know about the new Nexus 7 All the specs and highlights from Google's Nexus 7 launch in San Francisco on July 24, 2013. Read More WHITE PAPER: Code 42 Software, Inc. Apple-ization of the Enterprise The growing wave of BYOD and increasing numbers of Apple hardware in the workplace holds major implications and opportunity for today's software companies. It's what has come to define the post-PC era – the period when user-defined productivity devices began reconfiguring the structure of corporate IT. Learn More. Review: Bitcasa for Android v.2 provides seamless cloud storage I spent part of the weekend testing the beta of Bitcasa Android version 2, a cloud storage app that the company calls the "infinite drive." Bitcasa solves two storage problems: capacity and access. For $9.99 per month, Bitcasa provides unlimited storage for PC and mobile data - 100GB or 100TB are available for the same price. Once stored on Bitcasa, the files are available to all devices. So a Word... Read More Apple's interest in supersized iPad signals mimicry of Microsoft Apple's reported interest in a larger iPad tablet with a 13-in. screen shows that the Cupertino Calif. company is thinking along some of the same lines as its rival Microsoft, analysts said today. Read More
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