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	Grading Google's April Fools' Day Because it's not funny unless it's verified as funny. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Networks Why Web Site Performance Is an IT Imperative A slow or inefficient Web site can have a direct impact on your business. Recently, IDG Research explored the challenges enterprises face in delivering content across multiple devices. Find out how adjusting to these challenges while meeting performance objectives has become a top concern for senior IT managers. View Now In this Issue Techie April Fools' Day – in pictures BlackBerry wins injunction against Ryan Seacrest backed Typo Keyboard Last-minute lazybones dump Windows XP Hacked passwords can enable remote unlocking, tracking of Tesla cars Amazon super-sizes instances to lure Hadoop users to Web Services Dell unveils BYOD-focused mobility product plans Comcast vs. Google: How a potential broadband battle could impact consumers April Fools' texting prank claimed Australian high school burned down Alcatel-Lucent ups the ante in unified access InteropNet: The show behind the show Offshore firms took 50% of H-1B visas in 2013 Microsoft slashes Azure prices, introduces new basic tier Google trumpets extra encryption for Gmail, but stays mum on other apps A look back at 2013's goofy Internet April Foolery 16 terrible computer pranks that could get you fired WHITE PAPER: SAS Marketing Analytics in Manufacturing Effective marketing analytics have the ability to leverage big data and break down unstructured customer info to help manufacturers better understand customer needs. Aberdeen Group found that 43% of manufacturers cited finding new ways to serve customers as a primary focus area. This report explores the drivers & benefits of marketing analytics. Learn more Techie April Fools' Day – in pictures Have a look at some of the best of the fun and games around the tech world on this most chuckle-worthy of holidays. Read More BlackBerry wins injunction against Ryan Seacrest backed Typo Keyboard A U.S. District Court last week granted BlackBerry a preliminary injunction against the Ryan Seacrest backed Typo Keyboard case for the iPhone. Initially reported by Reuters, the Court found that BlackBerry sufficiently proved that the keyboard case design likely infringed the company's patents. Read More Last-minute lazybones dump Windows XP Windows XP and Windows 8 returned to their traditional pattern in March, with the soon-to-be-retired XP losing the most user share since December while Windows 8 gained ground. Read More Hacked passwords can enable remote unlocking, tracking of Tesla cars Tesla Motors accounts are protected only by simple passwords, making it easy for hackers to potentially track and unlock cars, according to a security researcher. Read More Amazon super-sizes instances to lure Hadoop users to Web Services Amazon Web Services hopes to entice more Hadoop users to its Elastic MapReduce service with new virtual servers, one of which has 262GB of memory and 6.4TB of storage for big-data analytics. Read More Dell unveils BYOD-focused mobility product plans Dell today unveiled enterprise mobility software for Google Android or Apple iOS that supports employee "bring your own device" use by selectively applying VPN controls only to the corporate apps on the device, not the employee's personal apps. Read More Comcast vs. Google: How a potential broadband battle could impact consumers As Google Fiber expands its low-cost, high-speed broadband service into new markets, the turmoil it could cause in the U.S. internet market could cause a nationwide ripple effect of lower prices and better services. Read More April Fools' texting prank claimed Australian high school burned down If someone sends you a text message and awakens you at 2:30 a.m., then it had better be an emergency. But do you think well enough immediately upon waking to realize what the date is and to recognize an April Fools' prank when you are staring at an emergency text message on your phone? Read More Alcatel-Lucent ups the ante in unified access At Interop this week, Alcatel-Lucent updated its wired/wireless unified access portfolio with a new access switch, and SDN and application analytics extensions. Read More InteropNet: The show behind the show For any big convention, getting all the required network connectivity in place and keeping it working is a major undertaking, often requiring the creation of an entirely new physical and logical infrastructure. Read More Offshore firms took 50% of H-1B visas in 2013 Data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shows clearly that the largest users of H-1B visas are offshore outsourcing firms. Read More Microsoft slashes Azure prices, introduces new basic tier Microsoft said Monday it was cutting prices of its Azure cloud services to match the prices of competitor Amazon Web Services in the latest in a price war in cloud services. Read More Google trumpets extra encryption for Gmail, but stays mum on other apps Google recently trumpeted that it now encrypts Gmail messages while shuffling them among its data centers, an extra security layer aimed at thwarting government and criminal snoops, but didn't say if it applies this protection to its other applications. Read More A look back at 2013's goofy Internet April Foolery Expect this kind of nonsense tomorrow. Read More 16 terrible computer pranks that could get you fired Look, you're an adult human being. You're better than this. Don't do any of the things in this slideshow. Read More
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