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	Valentine's Day: 11 best places to take a techie on a date Not too late to plan a Valentine's Day extravaganza Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Unchain Your Network with Application Intelligence & Control This paper discusses the new risks of Web-based applications, and offers best practices for gaining control of applications, data and bandwidth. Read now! In this Issue VMware jumps into mobile, but lacks network control A Microsoft version of Android would be a nightmare for everybody Federal smartphone kill-switch legislation proposed Apple's hiring spree of biosensor experts continues HP offers private app catalogs for enterprises What ever happened to the 'FIDO Alliance' that was going to revolutionize authentication? Spec standoff: LG G Pro 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 How Nokia could help Microsoft with its Android smartphone Valentine's Day Google Doodles through the years IBM: Prototype device supports 400 Gb/s data transfer speeds SDN in action: Pertino service lets users turn up a network without buying a switch, router or server Dozens of rogue self-signed SSL certificates used to impersonate high-profile sites Intel wants to be the 'operating system' for big data WHITE PAPER: RES Software Automation for a Better Tomorrow Check out the five most common annoyances facing enterprise IT service desks today, and how automation can resolve all of them. Download the white paper Learn more VMware jumps into mobile, but lacks network control While the AirWatch acquisition was necessary, it doesn't fully satisfy the needs of customers looking to manage and secure mobile devices. Read More A Microsoft version of Android would be a nightmare for everybody The pros don't come close to outweighing the cons. Read More Federal smartphone kill-switch legislation proposed Pressure on the cellphone industry to introduce technology that could disable stolen smartphones has intensified with the introduction of proposed federal legislation that would mandate such a system. Read More Apple's hiring spree of biosensor experts continues As the rumors surrounding Apple's mythical iWatch continue to swell, Apple has continued to hire folks with deep biomedical and sensor technology expertise. Read More HP offers private app catalogs for enterprises Hewlett-Packard is launching a service that could help organizations better manage their Android and iOS mobile apps on employee-owned devices, supporting the BYOD (bring your own device) trend. Read More What ever happened to the 'FIDO Alliance' that was going to revolutionize authentication? What ever happened to the "FIDO Alliance," that industry group that first showed up a year ago saying it was going to revolutionize e-commerce online authentication by promoting a new multi-factor authentication protocol? Turns out the revolution in security is slow in coming but they're making some progress. Read More Spec standoff: LG G Pro 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 3 LG Electronics has launched the G Pro 2, another option for people who want smartphones with supersized screens. To succeed, the device will have to outcompete products like the Galaxy Note 3 from Samsung, and there isn't much to tell the two apart when comparing hardware specs. Read More How Nokia could help Microsoft with its Android smartphone It would take an unconventional approach, but Nokia's Android-based Normandy smartphone could be good for Microsoft. Read More Valentine's Day Google Doodles through the years Google goes all hearts and flowers on Feb. 14, at least most years Read More IBM: Prototype device supports 400 Gb/s data transfer speeds IBM researchers say they have developed a prototype analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that will quadruple the transfer speeds -- 200 - 400 Gigabits per second (Gb/s) -- of huge data dumps between clouds or data centers. IBM says the ADC could download 160 Gigabytes, the equivalent of a two-hour, 4K ultra-high definition movie or 40,000 songs, in only a few seconds. Read More SDN in action: Pertino service lets users turn up a network without buying a switch, router or server Pertino Networks wants to make accessing networking services just as easy as spinning up and using cloud resources. Read More Dozens of rogue self-signed SSL certificates used to impersonate high-profile sites Dozens of self-signed SSL certificates created to impersonate banking, e-commerce and social networking websites have been found on the Web. The certificates don't pose a big threat to browser users, but could be used to launch man-in-the-middle attacks against users of many mobile apps, according to researchers from Internet services firm Netcraft who found the certificates. Read More Intel wants to be the 'operating system' for big data Intel is continuing to build out its array of software tools for the Hadoop open-source big data processing framework, with an emphasis on the security and reliability features demanded by large enterprises. Read More
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