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September 17, 2013

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Top 20 colleges for CompSci majors, based on $$$ potential

Among computer science grads, alumni from University of California, Berkeley, led the pack with a median mid-career salary of $141,400, PayScale says.

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1. The Android naming quiz

2. IBM bets $1 Billion more on Linux

3. Navy Yard shooter was IT worker with resume of gun violence

4. Raspberry Pi, WiFi & old iPhones help creative dad give Tooth Fairy a break

5. Cisco, EMC coalition supports Oracle, VDI

6. Windows 8 Update: Microsoft exec says for many their first PC will be a phone

7. KVM vendor creating open source hypervisor specifically for cloud workloads

8. INSIDER 5 bad signs for Apple's iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner

9. Glowpoint Releases Reservationless Videoconferencing Service

10. BlackBerry sale might not include smartphones

11. Where do SDNs Fit in the Data Center?

12. 15 richest techies

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The Android naming quiz

The upcoming version of Android is called KitKat, but how well do you know the earlier release names? READ MORE

IBM bets $1 Billion more on Linux

IBM will invest $1 billion to promote Linux development over the next five years as it tries to adapt Power mainframes and servers to handle cloud and big data applications in distributed computing environments. READ MORE

Navy Yard shooter was IT worker with resume of gun violence

The man police suspected of a mass shooting Monday at the Washington Navy Yard, was employed by an IT subcontractor working on a government network project. He got that job despite having an arrest record for gun violence. READ MORE

Raspberry Pi, WiFi & old iPhones help creative dad give Tooth Fairy a break

This creative dad puts me to shame: I'm one of those parents who had to scramble to stick a quarter or two under our kids' pillows the morning after they put their teeth under the pillow for the Tooth Fairy to grab. This gent whips up a newfangled pneumatic transport system for his two kids that combines a Raspberry Pi-powered vaccum system and Wi-Fi apps controlled on old iPhones. READ MORE

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Cisco, EMC coalition supports Oracle, VDI

VCE, the data center-focused joint venture formed by Cisco and EMC/VMware, this week rolled out converged infrastructure systems designed to support the latest technology from the founding companies as well as specialized offerings for Oracle and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments. READ MORE

Windows 8 Update: Microsoft exec says for many their first PC will be a phone

Since introducing its own Surface tablets Microsoft has been redefining the PC to include devices that haven't been considered PCs before, and it's taken that trend one step further. READ MORE

KVM vendor creating open source hypervisor specifically for cloud workloads

Dor Laor and Avi Kivity know a thing or two about virtualization, hypervisors and operating systems. And Laor says there are big problems with all three. READ MORE

INSIDER

5 bad signs for Apple's iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner

When Apple announced its new iPhone 5s last week, the fingerprint scanning technology, called Touch ID, stood out as one of the most notable additions. The benefits are easy enough to identify – iPhone users will no longer need to repeatedly type in an annoying security PIN code to unlock their phones or download apps or media from iTunes. READ MORE

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Glowpoint Releases Reservationless Videoconferencing Service

BlackBerry sale might not include smartphones

Potential bidders for BlackBerry are only interested in parts of the business, concluding that the firm's smartphones, such as the recent Q10 and Z10, have little or no value, reports say. READ MORE

Where do SDNs Fit in the Data Center?

As CIOs try to make sense of the hype surrounding software-defined networks (SDNs) and their potential in data centers, some experts and vendors say IT leaders are looking for answers in all the wrong places. READ MORE

15 richest techies

Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans is full of techies READ MORE

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The Android naming quiz

The upcoming version of Android is called KitKat, but how well do you know the earlier release names?

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