WWDC: Why this year is different

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	WWDC: Why this year is different Apple has already said it'll be highlighting its new iCloud service, the Lion OS and iOS 5 at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference. Columnist Ryan Faas offers a sneak peek at some of the details. 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 Apple, Google, Facebook turn N.C. into data center hub Google to dump support for Microsoft's IE7 Sony Pictures falls victim to major data breach Hotmail and Yahoo users also victims of targeted attacks Excess stock bolsters chip market after Japan disaster Crutchfield sees benefits from speedy mobile checkout Caltech researchers scale up DNA computing From CIO.com: Windows 8 Revealed: New features of Microsoft's next OS Sharon Machlis: The iPad Chronicles: Day One Groupon files with SEC for public offering FAQ: What's the future of OpenOffice.org? IBM aims cloud services at universities, colleges Google adds '+1' rating feature to Android Market IT Blogwatch: Apple releases iCloud for OS X Lion, iPhone, and iPad at WWDC 2011 WHITE PAPER: Symantec.cloud The Case for Outbound Content Management This white paper focuses on the critical need to manage outbound content sent via various avenues including email, Instant Messages, text messages, tweets, and Facebook posts. The paper also discusses repercussions of failing to properly manage outbound content as well as steps to mitigate this risk. Read Now Apple, Google, Facebook turn N.C. into data center hub Apple is the latest high-profile tech company to open a data center in western North Carolina to take advantage of relatively low land prices and energy costs. Read More Google to dump support for Microsoft's IE7 Google will drop support for Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 browsers for its online apps, including Gmail and Docs. Read More Sony Pictures falls victim to major data breach LulzSec, a hacking group that recently made news for hacking into PBS, claimed that it has broken into several Sony Pictures websites and accessed unencrypted personal information on more than 1 million people. Read More Hotmail and Yahoo users also victims of targeted attacks Web mail users at Yahoo and Hotmail have been hit with the same kind of targeted attacks that were disclosed earlier this week by Google, according to security software vendor Trend Micro. Read More Excess stock bolsters chip market after Japan disaster Excess inventory bolstered the chip market in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Read More Crutchfield sees benefits from speedy mobile checkout Crutchfield, an electronics and auto stereo retailer, has found that the easier a smartphone payment technology is for buyers to use, the greater the number of sales. Read More Caltech researchers scale up DNA computing Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have built what they claim is the world's largest computational circuit based on DNA, using a technology that they said could easily scale to even greater complexity. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue From CIO.com: Windows 8 Revealed: New features of Microsoft's next OS The Windows 8 start screen merges the multi-touch, tile-based design of WP7 with desktop OS features for a completely new UI. Read More Sharon Machlis: The iPad Chronicles: Day One Long skeptical about iPad hoopla, I'm now the proud -- and slightly sheepish -- owner of an iPad 2. Here's how the first day went. Read More Groupon files with SEC for public offering Following the lead of social networking firm LinkedIn, Groupon on Thursday filed its plan for an initial public offering it hopes can raise $750 million. Read More FAQ: What's the future of OpenOffice.org? Oracle suddenly announced Wednesday it was submitting the codebase for OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation, ending speculation about the open-source productivity suite's fate following Oracle's recent announcement it would be transitioned to a "solely community-based project." Read More IBM aims cloud services at universities, colleges IBM announced a cloud-computing service that will let universities and colleges build custom private clouds that can be integrated into public cloud services. IBM also has a similar initiative underway for K-12 schools. Read More Google adds '+1' rating feature to Android Market Google is giving Android Market users a new way to evaluate Android Market applications even as it struggles to keep malicious apps off the store. Read More IT Blogwatch: Apple releases iCloud for OS X Lion, iPhone, and iPad at WWDC 2011 Apple is expected to release its new iCloud service for Mac OS X Lion, iPhone, and iPad at WWDC 2011 on Monday. So let's round up the pre-weekend rumors. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers read the runes. Read More
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