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	12 must-have iPad apps for newbies With the iPad Air now available, a fresh look apps to try for work and fun Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Innovation in Financial Services Date: November 20th, 2013 Time: 1 PM This presentation will review the role IT should play in innovation. How financial services organizations are finding ways to rebalance their IT portfolio. Learn More In this Issue Twitter increases top end of IPO price to $25 a share High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech HP porting venerable Nonstop server platform to x86 10 companies making the Internet of Things a reality 11 sure signs you've been hacked BlackBerry now seeks lenders not buyers … and new CEO 10 Chrome offline apps for business INSIDER Five ways IT can prepare for wearable devices at work Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Silence is Golden Edition Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive WHITE PAPER: CDW 8 Steps to an effective Mobile Device Policy It's no secret that mobile devices and applications are flooding into organizations of all types and sizes. Technology research firm Gartner predicts that by 2016, 40 percent of the global workforce will be mobile, with 67 percent of workers using smartphones. Read Now Twitter increases top end of IPO price to $25 a share Twitter on Monday increased the price of shares in its initial public offering to a range of US$23 to $25 per share and also revealed that IBM has claimed the company has infringed on several patents. Read More High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech To boost its Wi-Fi capacity in packed lecture halls, Georgia Institute of Technology gave up trying to cram in more access points, with conventional omni-directional antennas, and juggle power settings and channel plans. Instead, it turned to new high-gain directional antennas, from Tessco's Ventev division. Read More HP porting venerable Nonstop server platform to x86 Hewlett-Packard has announced a multi-year effort to port its Nonstop server systems, used by banks, telcos and other businesses that need maximum reliability, from Intel's Itanium architecture to x86. Read More 10 companies making the Internet of Things a reality The first ever Internet of Things World Forum was held in Barcelona over the last week of October. If there was any doubt, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a very real trend and it's just a matter of time before IoT has a significant impact on the way we live our lives. These were the top 10 companies on display at the World Forum, many of which are helping IoT move from vision to reality. Read More 11 sure signs you've been hacked In today's threatscape, antivirus software provides little piece of mind. In fact, antimalware scanners on the whole are horrifically inaccurate, especially with exploits less than 24 hours old. After all, malicious hackers and malware can change their tactics at will. Swap a few bytes around, and a previously recognized malware program becomes unrecognizable. Read More BlackBerry now seeks lenders not buyers … and new CEO Foundering BlackBerry has given up for now on finding a buyer. Instead the smartphone company is seeking an infusion of cash from some investors, and shaking up its board and executive leadership. Read More 10 Chrome offline apps for business Read More INSIDER Five ways IT can prepare for wearable devices at work Just when IT execs are getting a handle on how to accommodate employees' personal smartphones and tablets in the workplace, the technology industry has thrown up a new challenge -- wearable computers. Read More Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Silence is Golden Edition No. 20 in our Geek-Themed Meme of the Week series, plucked from Reddit, expresses a thought that I have shared on more than one occasion. Want more? Check out the "Geek-themed Meme of the Week Archive": Read More Geek-Themed Meme of the Week Archive They are inescapable on the Internet. Most are awful. A few are not, so we have started publishing a selection of memes that amuse me. One every week. Here's the archive. Read More
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