Friday, October 04, 2013

Cisco CEO John Chambers' triumphant return to Interop

Shutdown affects government sites, but Weather.gov remains up as storm looms

10 tidbits from Twitter's IPO filing

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October 04, 2013
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Cisco CEO John Chambers' triumphant return to Interop

It's been an interesting past few months for Cisco's CEO John Chambers. The company's stock has had a nice run over the past year, rising from $17 to $27, but recently has fallen to a little over $23. The company has continued to drive well above industry average margins, making Cisco one of the most profitable tech companies out there. But Cisco recently announced it was laying off about 4000...

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Issue highlights

1. Shutdown affects government sites, but Weather.gov remains up as storm looms

2. 10 tidbits from Twitter's IPO filing

3. U.S. ranks fourth in Internet freedom as surveillance grows worldwide

4. The one thing Verizon's spiffy new cloud is missing

5. Microsoft dings Ballmer's bonus over Windows 8, Surface RT struggles

6. Amazon working on a 'Smith' phone with 3D eye tracking

7. EFF chides NSA for stamping watchdog's doc Top Secret

8. It Takes a Village: The Splunk User Conference 2013

9. Spotify's artful digs

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Shutdown affects government sites, but Weather.gov remains up as storm looms

As a tropical storm and possible hurricane bears down on the Gulf Coast of the U.S., the National Weather Service's website was churning out weather alerts Friday, despite a partial U.S. government shutdown that has affected citizens' access to other online resources. READ MORE

10 tidbits from Twitter's IPO filing

Twitter made its IPO documents public Thursday and in the process revealed some juicy information about the company, like how much money it makes (or loses) and how much its executives get paid. Here are a few of the details we learned about Twitter today. READ MORE

U.S. ranks fourth in Internet freedom as surveillance grows worldwide

Internet freedom has declined in the United States over the past year as a result of its surveillance policies, reflecting a trend that appears to have caught on worldwide, according to a recently released study. READ MORE

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The one thing Verizon's spiffy new cloud is missing

This week Verizon announced plans to roll out a completely new cloud computing platform, which has been welcomed to the market with awe regarding the technical nature of it and numerous questions about just how it will play in the market. READ MORE

Microsoft dings Ballmer's bonus over Windows 8, Surface RT struggles

Microsoft's board of directors reduced outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer's bonus for the 2013 fiscal year, citing poor performance of Windows 8 and the $900 million Surface RT write-off, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. READ MORE

Amazon working on a 'Smith' phone with 3D eye tracking

Amazon is reportedly building a smartphone with 3D eye-tracking ability. READ MORE

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EFF chides NSA for stamping watchdog's doc Top Secret

One would imagine that lunch menus are stamped "Top Secret" at the NSA, but that didn't stop the Electronic Frontier Foundation from tweeting its indignation at seeing one of its documents getting swept up into the agency's web of secrecy. READ MORE

It Takes a Village: The Splunk User Conference 2013

When IBM distributed its operating system in the 1950's, it actually sent the source code to its customer base. Many IT shops then actually modified the operating system with their own customized code. READ MORE

Spotify's artful digs

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