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Microsoft to can Skype API, third party products will not work

High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech

Five ways IT can prepare for wearable devices at work

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November 04, 2013
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Issue highlights

1. High-gain patch antennas boost Wi-Fi capacity for Georgia Tech

2. INSIDER Five ways IT can prepare for wearable devices at work

3. Linux 4.0 may have only bug fixes, no new features

4. 6TB helium-filled hard drives take flight, bump capacity 50%

5. Hands on: At just 1 pound, the iPad Air is worth the weight

6. Google had opportunity to join group that won Nortel's 6000 patents

7. Windows 8 uptake slows, ditch-XP movement decelerates

8. CAPTCHA crushed, new era of threats emerges

9. 'Canary' Chrome chirps when it smells malware

10. Eye-opening 'Morris worm' turns 25 tomorrow

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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

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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

Linux 4.0 may have only bug fixes, no new features

Linux operating system creator Linus Torvalds has proposed that Linux 4.0, an upcoming release of the open-source software, should be dedicated to stability and bug fixing. READ MORE

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At a time when budgets are especially tight, organizations may find it hard to justify investments in the latest programming tools and testing platforms. Platform as a service (PaaS) solutions provide a viable option Read Now

6TB helium-filled hard drives take flight, bump capacity 50%

Western Digital Monday started shipping a 6TB, helium-filled hard drive that represents a 50% increase in drive capacity over today's largest hard drives. READ MORE

Hands on: At just 1 pound, the iPad Air is worth the weight

The first thing you notice when you pick up Apple's new iPad Air is how light it feels. But there's more to the Air than it's new slender look and feel. Michael deAgonia offers his first impressions of the new tablet. READ MORE

Google had opportunity to join group that won Nortel's 6000 patents

You might remember a few years ago, back in 2011 to be specific, that a number of tech companies joined forces to purchase over 6,000 patents from communications giant Nortel. When the dust cleared, the winning bid came from a group of companies that included Apple, Google, RIM and Sony. On the losing end of the battle was Google who stopped its bidding at $4.4 billion, just a tad under the ultimately... READ MORE

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The Five Big Lies Leaders Hear About "Going Mobile"

Mobile hasn't been around long, but it has already made a tremendous impact. With such a new technology, it's not surprising that a lot of misinformation is floating around. Don't be taken in. Get the truth by reading this paper. It lays out how to develop an effective mobile initiative, one you need to succeed. Learn More

Windows 8 uptake slows, ditch-XP movement decelerates

Windows 8's user share in October climbed past the 10% milestone for the first time since the launch of the radically-overhauled OS a year ago, an analytics company said Friday. READ MORE

CAPTCHA crushed, new era of threats emerges

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'Canary' Chrome chirps when it smells malware

Google has expanded malware blocking in an early development build of Chrome to sniff out a wider range of threats than the browser already recognizes. READ MORE

Eye-opening 'Morris worm' turns 25 tomorrow

On Nov. 2, 1988, mainstream America learned for the first time that computers get viruses, too, as what would become known as the Morris worm - named for its author, Cornell University student Robert Tappan Morris - made front-page headlines after first making life miserable for IT professionals. READ MORE

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