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	Richi Jennings: iPhone 6 release date September -- including big phablet, say sources More images leak: It's almost as if Apple wants it to be seen ;-) Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to start making two new smartphone models next month. The iPhone 6 release date looks like being in September -- not just for the 4.7-inch version, but also for the 5.5-inch phablet. Whatever happened to Apple's one-handed-operation mantra? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers start stretching their fingers in preparation. Read More   WHITE PAPER: SolarWinds Champagne SIEM on a Beer Budget The SolarWinds Log & Event Manager is an excellent option for all sizes of organizations wanting to increase the security of their networks by keeping an eye on their security-related log data without breaking the bank. Learn More In this Issue JR Raphael: Broken promises: Verizon, Google, and the Chromebook data debacle Jonny Evans: How to get yourself ready for iPhone 6 and iOS 8 Darlene Storm: Can sharing your open Wi-Fi network with strangers promote privacy and security? Richi Jennings: Surface Pro 3 is magical and breakable, say reviews Sharky: Which part of @#$%! didn't you understand? WHITE PAPER: AVI-SPL 3 Best Practices to Help Overcome BYOD Challenges An increasing number of white-collar workers in the United States use a mobile device for work. This new Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) environment presents challenges for IT managers and business leaders. This paper discusses how IT managers can address those challenges, as well as best practices for ensuring security and productivity. Read Now JR Raphael: Broken promises: Verizon, Google, and the Chromebook data debacle When a company promises two years of free mobile data service with a device, you expect them to deliver. So what happens when a promise suddenly evaporates after you've purchased a product? Read More   Jonny Evans: How to get yourself ready for iPhone 6 and iOS 8 Apple will begin producing larger versions of the iPhone next month, Bloomberg reports, suggesting new models ship in Fall, with iOS 8. How should you prepare for your next iPhone and/or iOS 8 upgrade? Read More   WHITE PAPER: HGST Accelerating Oracle with Preferred Reads This article shows how the Virident | HGST FlashMAX II card can be used to gain read Flash performance in an ASM cluster, while keeping a copy of the data in the existin SAN storage array. View Now>> Darlene Storm: Can sharing your open Wi-Fi network with strangers promote privacy and security? In the continuing saga of the Open Wireless Movement, the EFF will release firmware at HOPE X in order to help people share a little slice of bandwidth on their home Wi-Fi network without sacrificing privacy or security; freely sharing open Wi-Fi will supposedly put people at no legal risk since an IP is not a person. While it sounds like a happy world to live in – free Wi-Fi everywhere – how many legal battles will have to be fought and won before open wireless networks are so ubiquitous that it's no longer "reasonable" for law enforcement to automatically investigate an IP address captured during a crime? Read More   Richi Jennings: Surface Pro 3 is magical and breakable, say reviews Careful with that spudger, Eugene. The Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Surface Pro 3 is here, and reviewers are falling over themselves to look at in in-depth (and inside it). Is it the usual 3rd-times-a-charm act for Redmond? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers give Surface another chance. Read More   Sharky: Which part of @#$%! didn't you understand? Manager at a remote factory is on the phone with this pilot fish, who's trying to get the password for the plant's new modem. Step one: Have the user find the 10-digit code on the back and read it off to fish. Read More
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