Elop moves from long shot to shoo-in as next Microsoft CEO

Federal judge upholds Apple's 30% take on in-app e-book sales Torvalds marks Linux's birthday with a nod to its past Network World Daily News AM September 09, 2013 Share this email Elop moves from long shot to shoo-in as next Microsoft CEO Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has moved into a commanding position as the overwhelming favorite to win the CEO job at Microsoft, according to online bookmakers. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Federal judge upholds Apple's 30% take on in-app e-book sales 2. Torvalds marks Linux's birthday with a nod to its past 3. Dell sticks with Windows 8 for business tablets 4. Disk storage revenues decline in Q2 5. Microsoft's mobile fate rests on Nokia deal 6. Nissan working on smart watch that monitors both car and driver 7. Self-driving cars don't yield for naysayers 8. China frees journalist incriminated by Yahoo provided email records 9. Nuke data: BleachBit for Windows has 1300+ cleaners to help protect your privacy 10. 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READ MORE Torvalds marks Linux's birthday with a nod to its past Twenty-two years ago last month, Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup post that he was creating a free operating system, and he echoed the words -- and the spirit -- of that post in his announcement of the latest Linux kernel release candidate on Aug. 25. READ MORE Dell sticks with Windows 8 for business tablets Demand for Windows 8 may be sluggish, but Dell still thinks it's the best operating system for business tablets and plans to roll out more Windows 8 products later this year. READ MORE WEBCAST: IBM and Intel IBM Delivers Innovation On New x86 Systems and Solutions Live Webcast: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 3:00 PM EDT You need an IT infrastructure that provides scalability, performance and efficiency tailored to the specific goals of your business. Join us on September 10 to learn more about IBM's new innovation designed to provide the performance and efficiency required for today's workloads. Register Now Disk storage revenues decline in Q2 Disk storage systems sales generated $7.7B in the second quarter, a 5% decline from the same quarter in 2012, according to IDC. READ MORE Microsoft's mobile fate rests on Nokia deal Microsoft's move to acquire Nokia's devices and services business is a gamble that the company had to take to boost its flagging mobile business. For Nokia, it's an admission that it lacks the resources to compete with Samsung and Apple, say analysts. READ MORE Nissan working on smart watch that monitors both car and driver Nissan is working on a smart watch that will monitor both its Nismo cars and their drivers. READ MORE WEBCAST: HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. View Now Self-driving cars don't yield for naysayers As development of self-driving car technology moves ahead, there's a growing faction of people in the blogosphere who say they won't let a computer usurp their driving independence. READ MORE China frees journalist incriminated by Yahoo provided email records A Chinese journalist who was jailed because of incriminating email records provided by Yahoo has been freed by local authorities after serving over eight years in prison. READ MORE Nuke data: BleachBit for Windows has 1300+ cleaners to help protect your privacy After reading "hundreds of top-secret NSA documents," cryptographer Bruce Schneier advised us on some of the best ways to stay secure from NSA spying. 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