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	The ultimate Windows XP quiz Microsoft Windows XP is so beloved that users won't let it go. But how well do you know XP? 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 Interop 2014: Mobile is here, cloud is next, SDN is coming FBI: Elaborate $1 million Verizon iPhone, iPad fraud busted Princeton CompSci prof wins prestigious award Hire for Cultural Fit, Train for the Right IT Skills World Autism Awareness Day and my family CompTIA now offers its research without charge The 10 computer science programs with the biggest payoff Mainframe at 50: You can't go five minutes without it Tech shifts that shook up the status quo and left the experts behind Twice as many desktops still running Windows XP than Windows 8, 8.1 combined Wanted: developers to make outdated documents readable again Apple, cloud computing share the blame in new "Sex Tape" movie Three new Lumia smartphones to run Windows Phone 8.1 Canonical to close Ubuntu One cloud-storage service Dark Web: An ever-more-comfortable haven for cyber criminals WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Achieving Organizational Transformation Seeking the business benefits generated by private cloud and to free themselves from the silos of traditional IT infrastructures, organizations are turning to an approach that extends virtualization to all compute, network, and storage resources in their datacenters. Learn More Interop 2014: Mobile is here, cloud is next, SDN is coming Interop, one of the premier shows for networking each year, kicked off its general session on Wednesday proclaiming that a new era of IT is upon the world, led by a mobile revolution and supported by cloud computing. And more change is on the way as software-defined networking quickly matures into a platform for enterprises to seriously consider. Read More   FBI: Elaborate $1 million Verizon iPhone, iPad fraud busted The FBI said a man admitted he ripped off more than $1 million worth of iPhones and iPads from Verizon Wireless using an elaborate scheme that involved misappropriating corporate purchasing accounts and bribing Federal Express drivers. U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said Stephen Gunn of Chicago, 36, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge in Newark federal court to an indictment charging him with... Read More   Princeton CompSci prof wins prestigious award David Blei, a Princeton University computer science associate professor who will soon be taking his talents to Columbia University, has been named the winner of the 2013 ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in Computing Sciences. Read More   Hire for Cultural Fit, Train for the Right IT Skills Hiring for the right cultural fit can be more important than focusing on technical skills alone and can help companies improve employee retention, engagement and loyalty. Read More   World Autism Awareness Day and my family Regular readers may know that I have 12-year-old triplets: Max, Emma and Grant. Max, in addition to being smart, funny, kind and a bit of a cut-up, is also autistic. That means Emma and Grant also live with autism every day ... and they do it with an abundance of love and maturity that words cannot begin to describe. Read More   CompTIA now offers its research without charge CompTIA, a 32-year-old tech industry group best known for its IT certifications, is broadening access to it resources by making them free. Read More   The 10 computer science programs with the biggest payoff New data reveal which schools offer the best dollar-for-dollar return on your investment in a computer science degree in 2014 Read More   Mainframe at 50: You can't go five minutes without it Despite repeated predictions of their demise, mainframes still power much of today's critical infrastructure and IBM turns out about 300 of the machines every year. Follow report Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More   Tech shifts that shook up the status quo and left the experts behind Sometimes you assume that a technology has reached its pinnacle. Usuallly you're wrong. Read More   Twice as many desktops still running Windows XP than Windows 8, 8.1 combined Tick-tock goes the clock, with less than a week remaining until April 8 and the end of XP support. It would seem like crooks should be gearing up for a huge party to celebrate the coming cybercrime spree since about "300 million" computers are still running Windows XP. Read More   Wanted: developers to make outdated documents readable again   The Document Foundation is looking for developers who want to help make documents locked in old, outdated and inaccessible file formats readable again. Read More   Apple, cloud computing share the blame in new "Sex Tape" movie You'd almost think Apple rival Samsung underwrote the upcoming movie "Sex Tape" when you see the just released NSFW trailer. Read More   Three new Lumia smartphones to run Windows Phone 8.1 Nokia announced three new Lumia smartphones on Wednesday that will run the just-announced Windows Phone 8.1 OS, including a Lumia 630 with a dual 3G SIM variant that will cost just $169. Read More   Canonical to close Ubuntu One cloud-storage service Canonical is shutting down its Ubuntu One cloud-storage service rather than continue to go up against competitors such as Dropbox, Google Drive and EMC Syncplicity. Read More   Dark Web: An ever-more-comfortable haven for cyber criminals Nobody expects the white hats of the IT world to be able to eliminate cyber crime entirely. But, according to McAfee Labs' Threats Report for the fourth quarter of 2013, the good guys are having a tough time even making life difficult for the bad guys. Read More
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