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	Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype A newly patented Microsoft technology called Legal Intercept would allow the company to secretly intercept, monitor and record Skype calls. Privacy advocates are concerned. Read More WHITE PAPER: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?    Using VMware NIC Teaming?    Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)    Get this essential FREE white paper now    11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff     Click to continue In this Issue Office 365 arrives to flat IT spending In another shake-up, Twitter co-founder Stone steps away Oracle: Google owes us $2.6B From CIO.com: CIO Launches New Blog Section Gigabit Wi-Fi spec edges closer to reality Microsoft aims Office 365 at small businesses Federal agency issues new security rules for financial institutions Ericsson's LTE Advanced demo hits almost 1Gbps Jonny Evans: Apple responds to Final Cut Pro X outcry Preston Gralla: Office 365 shows Microsoft isn't yet serious about the cloud IT Blogwatch: Google+ invites you to ditch Facebook, plus others WHITE PAPER: Mimecast A Three Step Plan for Migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2010 Harnessing the powerful new features of Microsoft Exchange 2010 – but without introducing additional risk, cost and complexity during the migration process – is a challenge many CIOs are about to face. We consider the risks involved and propose actions businesses can take to mitigate them. Read now Office 365 arrives to flat IT spending Microsoft is pitching its cloud-based Office 365 as a less costly alternative for IT budgets, assuming IT managers can find money in their budgets for a migration. Read More In another shake-up, Twitter co-founder Stone steps away Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is stepping away from his day-to-day duties at Twitter. Read More Oracle: Google owes us $2.6B An Oracle damages expert estimates that Google owes the company $2.6 billion for alleged Java patent violations, according to a court filing made Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Read More From CIO.com: CIO Launches New Blog Section CIO.com has re-launched their blog section for improved design and functionality, all while offering more of the great advice and opinion on critical areas of technology. Read More Gigabit Wi-Fi spec edges closer to reality Wi-Fi that can sustain multi-gigabit data rates? That fantasy is edging closer to reality: This week an industry group published the latest spec for gigabit Wi-Fi, and plans a first round of early interoperability tests with prototype products in fall 2011. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SAP The Real-time Value of BI Today's top performing organizations have developed a strategy to manage growth in data volume & complexity while exploiting that data to create quicker business insight. Learn how best-in-class companies are delivering broader access to information in a shorter timeframe to facilitate substantial improvement in key business performance metrics. Click to continue Microsoft aims Office 365 at small businesses Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Tuesday played up ways Micorosft's new cloud office service could help small businesses. Read More Federal agency issues new security rules for financial institutions The federal agency that regulates banks today issued new rules for online security for financial institutions, instructing them to use minimal types of "layered security" and fraud monitoring to better protect against cybercrime. Read More Ericsson's LTE Advanced demo hits almost 1Gbps If you're impressed with the current generation of LTE services, wait until you get a load of LTE Advanced. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple responds to Final Cut Pro X outcry Apple has responded to the mass criticism of its latest release, Final Cut Pro X, promising some missing features will be made available soon, while others won't appear until the "next major release". But, is this good enough for annoyed pro users? How could Apple have minimized the criticism, and in this post-PC age is the company still really committed to its professional markets? Read More Preston Gralla: Office 365 shows Microsoft isn't yet serious about the cloud Microsoft's just-released Office 365 will clearly be useful for some small and medium-sized businesses. But it's still only a juryrigged, halfway step that shows Microsoft isn't yet truly serious about the cloud. Read More IT Blogwatch: Google+ invites you to ditch Facebook, plus others Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has launched its Google+ revamped social networking strategy (Google Plus, if you prefer). Is this another Buzz or Wave, or is la Goog serious this time? Is it a Facebook killer? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers have invites to try it out. Not to mention: Teasing dogs with talk of food is neither big, nor clever... Read More
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