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	IBM's 120 petabyte drive could help better predict weather IBM has proved it can cluster together more than 2,000 hard drives to create a 120 petabyte storage system that appears as one massive disk drive that could help in computer modeling of weather. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAP Enabling Growth Through Business Model Innovation This paper looks at most common areas of business model innovation, describes how organizations are leveraging innovation in different parts of their business, and shows how to implement a solid and adaptive foundation that is flexible enough to support rapid innovation. Read now! In this Issue Masterful mousing: 6 out-of-the-ordinary laptop mice Hackers acquire Google certificate, could hijack Gmail accounts Fusion-io brings virtualization to flash I/O acceleration cards Nokia developer forum hacked, still unavailable Despite spin-off talk, Air Force picks HP From CIO.com: Workplace Conflict: How to Diffuse Battles with Co-Workers Irene's wrath leaves 6,500 cell towers out, FCC says Facebook pays out $40K to hackers over three weeks VMware CEO: Cloud to end computer desktop era Isis carriers pump in $100M for mobile wallet plan Oracle-Google trial may be delayed Glenn Weinstein: Want a social enterprise? You'd better be in the cloud. VMware refreshes View virtual desktop software IT Blogwatch: Wikileaks data leaked; Website denies it, via Twitter WEBCAST: Riverbed Analyze Multi-Terabyte Network Traffic Recordings See Cascade Shark in action. This Webcast demonstrates how the only network analysis software fully integrated with Wireshark, the world's most popular network protocol analyzer, is capable of sustained, multi-gigabit per second recording of network traffic without packet drops. See how easy this powerful tool is to use. Learn more. Masterful mousing: 6 out-of-the-ordinary laptop mice We look at six laser mice that offer unusual, interesting and useful features for better laptop control. Read More Hackers acquire Google certificate, could hijack Gmail accounts Hackers have obtained a digital certificate good for any Google website from a Dutch certificate provider, a security researcher said today. Read More Fusion-io brings virtualization to flash I/O acceleration cards Fusion-io has bundled virtualization software from its IO Turbine acquisition with its PCIe-based solid-state storage adapter card to serve up flash cache to multiple VMs on a single physical server. Read More Nokia developer forum hacked, still unavailable The community section of Nokia's developer site was hacked, and some member's e-mail addresses have been accessed, the mobile phone maker said. Read More Despite spin-off talk, Air Force picks HP Even though Hewlett-Packard is considering spinning off or selling its Personal Systems Group, it's still business as usual for one of its larger customers, the U.S. Air Force. Read More From CIO.com: Workplace Conflict: How to Diffuse Battles with Co-Workers The longer workplace conflicts fester, the more stress and acrimony they create. Here are four tips for resolving conflicts with coworkers. Read More Irene's wrath leaves 6,500 cell towers out, FCC says Updated figures released by federal officials on Monday showed 6,500 cell towers and sites were damaged or disrupted as a result of Hurricane Irene. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation Diskeeper 2011 Server Edition - Configured for SAN Diskeeper Server prevents the majority of fragmentation (scattered file fragments randomly placed across the hard drive) before it can happen and instantly defrags the rest. Just for your SANs, this Server edition comes configured with our SAN Best Practices set for your ease of use. Read more. Facebook pays out $40K to hackers over three weeks Three weeks after launching a bug bounty program that pays Web hackers cash for finding flaws with its website, Facebook said it has paid out more than $40,000 in rewards. Read More VMware CEO: Cloud to end computer desktop era VMware CEO Paul Maritz urged customers to think beyond the desktop computer. It is a dead metaphor, he insisted, one ill-suited for today's workforce. Read More Isis carriers pump in $100M for mobile wallet plan The three wireless carriers in the Isis mobile-payment joint venture are investing more than $100 million into the project, according to a published report. Read More Oracle-Google trial may be delayed The start of the trial in Oracle's lawsuit against Google over alleged Java copyright and patent violations in the Android mobile OS could be delayed, according to a judge's ruling issued Monday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Read More Glenn Weinstein: Want a social enterprise? You'd better be in the cloud. The notion of building a "social enterprise" is taking root in customer relationship management (CRM) circles lately. A social enterprise, according to Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, has three primary characteristics. Read More VMware refreshes View virtual desktop software Keeping pace with its rivals in the VDI (virtual desktop interface) market, VMware has updated its desktop virtualization software so that users can now personalize their desktops and stream them over WANs (wide area networks), the company said Monday. Read More IT Blogwatch: Wikileaks data leaked; Website denies it, via Twitter The Wikileaks website's secret cables have themselves been leaked -- allegedly in their unredacted form, although Wikleaks spokestweeps tweeting on Twitter tweet that the allegations are tosh. Naturally, people are concerned for the safety of the original informants. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers take a leak. Read More
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