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	15 hot Kickstarter tech campaigns Read More   WEBCAST: Dell SecureWorks   Counterstrategies for Combatting Social Engineering Social Engineering is proving costlier than ever, especially phishing and spear phishing. With recent breaches, the imperative to counter social engineering effectively takes on a whole new level of urgency. In this webcast, the CISO for Dell SecureWorks discusses the realities of social engineering and what your organization must do to counter it. Learn more In this Issue Is Amazon scheming up a cloud-based Bitcoin-funded exchange? Clockwise quick take: WWDC 14 preview Microsoft Surface Pro 3 will be the only option for some regions Microsoft's translation app for Skype is seriously impressive Amazon wants to run your high-performance databases Tip of the Hat: The man behind Apple's post-Jobs acquisition spree Smartphone prices are dropping, and will continue to dip through '18 The hot tech of the cool White House Science Fair Why haven't robots yet changed the world? WHITE PAPER: Dell SecureWorks   The CISO's Guide to Advanced Attackers No matter the size of your organization, advanced cyber-attacks represent a credible threat and risk to your organization. Whether a cybercriminal, disgruntled activist, competitor or nation-state actor, Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) must address the risk these adversaries pose to their organization. Learn more Is Amazon scheming up a cloud-based Bitcoin-funded exchange? Some cloud futurists get giddy over the idea of an exchange-like marketplace where one day cloud computing resources are bought and sold like stocks. Amazon, the biggest dog in this industry, may be scheming up something of that ilk, given a new patent the company was awarded this week. The patent description is broad in its scope, but it basically allows for the company to set up a marketplace where... Read More   Clockwise quick take: WWDC 14 preview Serenity Caldwell, Brad Chacos, Dan Moren, and Jason Snell preview Apple's worldwide developer conference. Read More   Microsoft Surface Pro 3 will be the only option for some regions Microsoft says that in some countries where its Surface Pro 2 tablet is not yet available, it never will be; the Surface Pro 3 will have to do. Read More   Microsoft's translation app for Skype is seriously impressive Satya Nadella may have underwhelmed at the Code Conference (the powwow held by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher that used to be called D Conference back when they were with All Things D) but a Microsoft demo has left a lot of people seriously impressed. Read More   Amazon wants to run your high-performance databases Amazon Web Services is making a pitch for enterprises' high-performance databases to run on its infrastructure, launching new instances optimized for the task. Read More   Tip of the Hat: The man behind Apple's post-Jobs acquisition spree Apple's move to buy headphone maker and streaming music service Beats Electronics brought its acquisitive ways -- started after the death of founder Steve Jobs -- to the forefront. Read More   Smartphone prices are dropping, and will continue to dip through '18 Average global smartphone prices have dropped and will continue to do so into 2018, according to IDC. Read More   The hot tech of the cool White House Science Fair   Robots, unique apps, virtualization all part of annual White House Science Fair Read More   Why haven't robots yet changed the world? A well-known roboticist acknowledged Wednesday at an MIT symposium that robotics has yet to change the world. Read More
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