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	Security firm exploits Chrome zero-day to hack browser, escape sandbox French security company Vupen said today that it's figured out how to hack Google's Chrome by sidestepping not only the browser's built-in "sandbox" but also by evading Windows 7's integrated anti-exploit technologies. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell and Riverbed Is your Data Storage HIPAA Compliant? In spite of the best efforts, too often datacenters face non-compliance with backup and data protection policies, leaving your organization's data at risk of loss and regulatory non-compliance (SOX, DPA, HIPAA, FCRA, etc.). Learn more. In this Issue Droid Charge still unavailable, 12 days after LTE outage fixed iPhone location-tracking incident boosts stock of 'privacy by design' From CIO.com: 25 Ways IT Will Morph in the Next 25 Years Microsoft TV ads to target old PCs with anti-'good enough' angle EMC unveils Hadoop appliance, BI software Android passes BlackBerry in U.S. smartphone survey Skype patches 'wormable' Mac bug WebGL hit by hard-to-fix browser security flaw Career advice: When security runs up against other IT functions LinkedIn to sell shares for $32-$35 in upcoming IPO Web inventor Berners-Lee fights to keep it open IEEE seeks data on Ethernet bandwidth needs Google linking Android to App Engine cloud SAP has some explaining to do at Sapphire Nvidia buys modem maker Icera for $367M Deloitte buys Oco for BI, analytics JR Raphael: 5 new Android tablet apps to try this week Jonny Evans: Forget Apple v. Google, now it's Apple v. Samsung WEBCAST: Cray Environmentally Sustainable HPC See how supercomputer maker Cray Inc. is reducing the economic and environmental impact of HPC without compromising performance with breakthroughs like ECOphlex™ – a cooling technology that's 10 times more efficient than conventional water coil technology. View Now Droid Charge still unavailable, 12 days after LTE outage fixed As of Monday, Verizon Wireless was 12 days late with the start of sales for its second LTE smartphone, the Droid Charge from Samsung, which was first promised on April 28. Read More iPhone location-tracking incident boosts stock of 'privacy by design' With a Senate hearing scheduled for tomorrow, the concept of privacy by design could get more attention. Read More From CIO.com: 25 Ways IT Will Morph in the Next 25 Years Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think about the sci-fi type of applications that will be possible. Read More Microsoft TV ads to target old PCs with anti-'good enough' angle Microsoft on Monday night will debut a new television advertising campaign hoping to convince consumers to upgrade their older PCs to ones running Windows 7. Read More EMC unveils Hadoop appliance, BI software Among a flurry of announcements today at its annual user conference, EMC announced it will be distributing it's a free version of Apachee Hadoop and a licensed version for enterprises as well as a pre-configured appliance for big data analytics tasks. Read More Android passes BlackBerry in U.S. smartphone survey BlackBerry's share of the U.S. smartphone market continued to decline in the first quarter of 2011, according to a ComScore report. Read More Skype patches 'wormable' Mac bug As it promised last week, Skype today began serving up an update to Mac users of its chat and Internet phone software, fixing a dangerous bug that a researcher said could be used to build a worm. Read More WebGL hit by hard-to-fix browser security flaw The WebGL graphics technology turned on by default in Firefox and Chrome poses a serious security risk and IT managers should consider disabling it, a security consultancy has recommended. Read More Career advice: When security runs up against other IT functions This month's column by one of our Premier 100 IT Leaders also addresses questions about an angry co-worker, 'buyer's remorse' over a new job and more. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sepaton Growing the Green Data Center This report describes the state of the green data center: why the challenge is very real, what technologies exist today to counter that challenge, and why innovative software that shrinks and streamlines storage is key to evolving the green data center. It goes on to position SEPATON's role as a "key vendor" in this market. Learn more. LinkedIn to sell shares for $32-$35 in upcoming IPO Professional social networking site LinkedIn is gearing up for its initial public offering, reporting that it plans to offer 7.84 million shares for $32 to $35 per share. Read More Web inventor Berners-Lee fights to keep it open A look at how the Web's inventor sees his creation more than two decades after its birth. Read More IEEE seeks data on Ethernet bandwidth needs The IEEE has formed a group to assess demand for a faster form of Ethernet, taking the first step toward what could become a Terabit Ethernet standard. Read More Google linking Android to App Engine cloud Eclipse-based development tools to be unveiled Read More SAP has some explaining to do at Sapphire While SAP has spent the past year spinning a vision for on-premises, on-demand and on-device computing, its upcoming Sapphire conference is an opportunity for the vendor to lay out some important specifics on these plans for the thousands expected to attend. Read More Nvidia buys modem maker Icera for $367M Nvidia on Monday said it had agreed to acquire baseband processor maker Icera for $367 million in cash, a move that could help Nvidia expand its reach in the mobile market. Read More Deloitte buys Oco for BI, analytics Deloitte is upping its hand in BI (business intelligence), announcing Monday that it has bought "substantially all" of the assets of SaaS (software as a service) analytics vendor Oco. Terms were not revealed. Read More JR Raphael: 5 new Android tablet apps to try this week From tablet-friendly tweeting to high-def arcade gaming, these five new Android Honeycomb apps are well worth your time. Read More Jonny Evans: Forget Apple v. Google, now it's Apple v. Samsung What is it with Apple and its friends? It seems everyone touched by Cupertino's magic seems to find some magic of their own; we've seen what happened when things went sour between Apple and Google, but now the Jobs-led company has a new challenger -- Samsung. Read More
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