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	Internet of Things spawns horde of imitators, some silly This was inevitable: Endless hype about the Internet of Things has produced an endless string of imitators; the Internets of This, That and Whatever.There is the Internet of Newsletters, which is devoted to … go ahead, take a wild guess.The Internet of Caring Things feels your pain. So, too, does the Internet of Pain, especially when “suffering goes viral.”The Internet of Odd Future Remix seems to be a song, which, presumably, can be heard on the Internet of Sound.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Why you need a next-generation firewall This white paper explores the reasons for implementing NG firewalls and lays out a path to success for overburdened IT organizations. Learn More In this Issue Should EMC sell off 80% stake in VMware? IRS now not sure if backup emails exist, but claims more hard drives crashed Apple orders record number of iPhones ahead of iPhone 6 launch IEEE forms 25G Ethernet study group Benedict Cumberbatch carving out quite the techie movie career Tor Project working to fix weakness that can unmask users 'Nadella Effect' makes Ballmer $2.8B richer Big Switch aims to control the cloud with SDN product 11 offbeat battery chargers: Portable power with a twist WHITE PAPER: HP Protecting Your Mid-Size Business from Security Threats Security breaches in large enterprises make the headlines, but 55% of small and mid-size businesses have also experienced a data breach. And 60% of small businesses fail within six months of falling victim to a cyber attack. Learn More Should EMC sell off 80% stake in VMware? Breaking up is hard to do, but could a split be in store soon for EMC and VMware?Talk has intensified in the past week that changes could be afoot in the strategic relationship between the two tech companies. EMC currently owns 80% share of VMware, but a new activist investor is asking for that to change.Investment firm Elliott Management bought up about $1 billion worth of EMC shares to gain about a 2% hold of the company. The Wall Street Journal reported that with the new position, Elliott officials planned to try to convince EMC leadership to sell off some of its share of VMware.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More IRS now not sure if backup emails exist, but claims more hard drives crashed The “lost” emails of Lois Lerner, former Director of the Exempt Organizations Division at the IRS, has been an ongoing drama, with some people debating whether it is a huge conspiracy or the IRS has the worst IT department ever. So far in the congressional investigation into the IRS allegedly targeting Tea Party and conservative groups who applied for tax-exempt status from 2010 to 2012, not only are Lerner’s emails “lost” after her hard drive crashed, and the IRS still doesn’t know if backups of those emails exist, but now more IRS officials experienced computer crashes.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Apple orders record number of iPhones ahead of iPhone 6 launch With the iPhone 6 launch looming, Apple has reportedly ordered manufacturers to prepare for upwards of 80 million units Read More IEEE forms 25G Ethernet study group On the heels of the formation of a vendor consortium to promote the need, the IEEE this week said it will explore standardization of 25Gbps Ethernet.The standards organization has formed an 802.3 25G Ethernet study group to consider market opportunities and requirements for a single-lane 25G Ethernet speed for server interconnects. The formation of the study group follows formation of the 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium almost three weeks ago by a handful of vendors that have defined a specification for 25G and 50G Ethernet for data centers requiring greater than 10/40G.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Benedict Cumberbatch carving out quite the techie movie career wikipedia Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor who always seems more imposing than his official 6-foot height, is establishing himself as a go-to guy for tech-themed movies.His next big splash will be portraying Alan Turing, the brilliant mathematician and "Father of Computer Science," in the movie The Imitation Game alongside Keira Knightley (Leonardo DiCaprio was rumored early on to be in contention for the leading role). Turing, who helped crack the Enigma code during World War II, had what would have been his 100th birthday celebrated around the world in 2012. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Tor Project working to fix weakness that can unmask users Developers of Tor software believe they’ve identified a weakness that was scheduled to be revealed at the Black Hat security conference next month that could be used to de-anonymize Tor users.The Black Hat organizers recently announced that a talk entitled “You Don’t Have to be the NSA to Break Tor: Deanonymizing Users on a Budget” by researchers Alexander Volynkin and Michael McCord from Carnegie Mellon University’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) was canceled at the request of the legal counsel of the university’s Software Engineering Institute because it had not been approved for public release.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More 'Nadella Effect' makes Ballmer $2.8B richer Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's "devices and services" strategy may be in tatters, discarded by his successor, Satya Nadella, but Ballmer must be smiling all the way to the bank.According to U.S. Securities and Exchange (SEC) documents, Ballmer owns more than 333 million shares in Microsoft. At Monday's closing price of $44.83, those shares were valued at $14.9 billion.On the day before Ballmer stepped aside, Microsoft's share price was $36.48, putting his portfolio's worth at just over $12.1 billion. Because of the 23% increase in share value since Feb. 3, Ballmer's Microsoft holdings have appreciated in value by almost $2.8 billion.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Big Switch aims to control the cloud with SDN product Big Switch Networks this week is unveiling an SDN controller designed to bring Google-like hyperscale networking to enterprises. Read More 11 offbeat battery chargers: Portable power with a twist There's no need for a portable phone charger to be boring -- here are 11 chargers for your smartphone (or tablet) that are both useful and creative. Read More
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