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	LulzSec launches anti-government crusade, hits U.K. police site A day after a pair of hacker groups promised to step up their attacks against government Web sites, one of them claimed to have knocked the U.K.'s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) offline. Read More WHITE PAPER: Webroot Can You Trust a Cloud-base Security Solution? Cloud computing and security services seem like they would never go together. The former is a function that exists somewhere outside the host, outside the network, and is tapped when needed to perform a certain function such as data archival. The latter is a mindset, an approach that pervades throughout every facet of an IT infrastructure. Read More Today! In this Issue Japan answers China's supercomputing surge Apple calms concerns over volume Lion upgrades Apple: Use our stores' Wi-Fi to download Lion From CIO.com: 15 Ways iPad Goes to Work Skype executives depart after Microsoft buyout Ready or not, here come the business tablets Huawei unveils 7-inch tablet running Android 3.2 Researchers: Amazon cloud users leave security holes SAP's HANA in-memory analytics engine now available SGI, Intel plan to speed supercomputers 500 times by 2018 NSA wants bulletproof smartphone, tablet security FCC to attack phone cramming charges IDC: High-performance computing poses challenges for SMBs Google Street View blocked in Bangalore Jonny Evans: Apple makes 3D TV sexy with iPad 3 HD Preston Gralla: Skype's layoff massacre --- it's about greed, not curtailing Skype features WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. Social Technologies Transform Business Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Japan answers China's supercomputing surge A supercomputer in Japan has ended China's brief stay atop the Top500.org list, while the U.S.-built computers took five of the top 10 spots and more than half of the full list. Read More Apple calms concerns over volume Lion upgrades Apple has spelled out how education and corporate customers can upgrade Macs to Lion next month. Read More Apple: Use our stores' Wi-Fi to download Lion Apple store representatives today said that although its Genius Bar technicians won't install Lion for customers, Mac owners can use a store's Internet connection to download the 4GB upgrade. Read More From CIO.com: 15 Ways iPad Goes to Work Apple's iconic iPad reports for work in all sorts of strange places, from archaeological digs in Pompei to movie sets in Hollywood to cockpits in the sky. Read More Skype executives depart after Microsoft buyout Eight Skype executives have departed the company following Microsoft's $8.5 billion buyout in May, a Skype spokeswoman confirmed on Monday. Read More Ready or not, here come the business tablets The multitudes have spoken: They love the Apple iPad, they want more tablets, and they want them in the office. Here's what to expect. Read More Huawei unveils 7-inch tablet running Android 3.2 Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer Huawei unveiled a 7-inch tablet running version 3.2 of Google's Android mobile OS on Monday. Read More Researchers: Amazon cloud users leave security holes Researchers in Germany have found abundant security problems within Amazon's cloud-computing services due to its customers either ignoring or forgetting published security tips. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Distributed Virtualization Management from Big Iron Many enterprises started virtualization efforts to reap the benefits of consolidating their distributed infrastructure. This consolidation, however, has not ended datacenter infrastructure heterogeneity since enterprises seem intent on acquiring different virtualization platforms as well as heterogeneous hardware platforms. Read Now SAP's HANA in-memory analytics engine now available SAP's HANA (high performance analytic appliance) in-memory computing engine went into general availability on Monday, giving the vendor a flashy new weapon against the likes of Oracle's Exadata data-processing machine and others in a highly competitive market. Read More SGI, Intel plan to speed supercomputers 500 times by 2018 Silicon Graphics International hopes by 2018 to build supercomputers 500 times faster than the most powerful today, using specially designed accelerator chips made by Intel, SGI's chief technology officer said. Read More NSA wants bulletproof smartphone, tablet security The National Security Agency, America's high-tech spy agency which also plays a key role in approving hardware and software for use by the Department of Defense, wants to be able to outfit military personnel with commercial smartphones and tablets -- but based on a NSA security design. Read More FCC to attack phone cramming charges The Federal Communications Commission will look at ways to attack illegal phone charges, the agency's chairman said. Read More IDC: High-performance computing poses challenges for SMBs Cloud computing could help boost the use of high-performance computing (HPC) among small and medium-size businesses, but there are hurdles that have to be overcome before that can happen, IDC said Monday during a presentation at the International Supercomputing Conference in Germany. Read More Google Street View blocked in Bangalore Google's Street View got off to a bad start in Bangalore, with the city police objecting to the collection of data by Google's cars. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple makes 3D TV sexy with iPad 3 HD 3D TV desperately needs a slice of Apple product marketing magic. Introduced with much brouhaha as a 'must-have' killer new feature, the technology has rapidly been relegated to just another spec, consumers like it, don't love it. Does Apple have an iPad plan to make the technology sexy? Read More Preston Gralla: Skype's layoff massacre --- it's about greed, not curtailing Skype features The apparent mass firing of eight Skype executives isn't due to plans to curtail the service's free phone-calling features once Microsoft takes over. Rather, it's about greed, plain and simple, because those executives will be cheated out of a sizable value of their stock options. Read More
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