"Facebook charging $9.99" -- anatomy of a chain hoax

	Richi Jennings: "Facebook charging $9.99 tomorrow" -- anatomy of a chain hoax | Jonny Evans: If Apple's iPad sales slow, then everyone's in trouble
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	IT Blogwatch: Oracle shows super-fast, IBM-killing SPARC T4 Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has unveiled its T4 processor, as well as its 9,600-thread SuperCluster behemoth. In the run-up to next week's Oracle OpenWorld, Larry Ellison and Mark Hurd are proudly showing off their new stuff. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the feeds 'n' speeds. Not to mention: Guess the FUNCTION of the THING ... Read More WHITE PAPER: AMD Building a Virtualized Data Center CIOs are wrestling with new business demands and they are turning to virtualization to consolidate resources and make this happen. Learn how an AMD technology-based virtual strategy can help. Learn More! In this Issue Richi Jennings: "Facebook charging $9.99 tomorrow" -- anatomy of a chain hoax Jonny Evans: If Apple's iPad sales slow, then everyone's in trouble Preston Gralla: Researcher claims Windows Phone 7 snoops on user locations Sharon Machlis: Claim: Women 'dominate' men at social networking. True? Shark Tank: What's the problem here, exactly? WEBCAST: IBM Improving Governance, Risk and Compliance Date: Monday, September 26, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT In this webcast you'll learn how your organization can become more responsive to financial market challenges while reassuring decision makers the accuracy of execution. Register Now Richi Jennings: "Facebook charging $9.99 tomorrow" -- anatomy of a chain hoax FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH... Yes, apparently, Facebook will start charging tomorrow. Are they serious? Yes, it must be true: I read it on my Facebook feed. Let's dissect this craziness, in The Long View ... Read More Jonny Evans: If Apple's iPad sales slow, then everyone's in trouble Fresh reports claim Apple has reduced production orders for the iPad 2, generating a raucous run of reactions claiming there's something unusual about this. There isn't, of course. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Read now HP's Converged Infrastructure incorporates tools that make remote support and management efficient and effective. HP Insight Control, for example, helps reduce server deployment time from four hours to just 20 minutes, a 12-fold decrease in deployment time. Read now Preston Gralla: Researcher claims Windows Phone 7 snoops on user locations When it was revealed this spring that iPhone secretly reported on users' locations, Microsoft made clear that Windows Phone 7 didn't do the same thing. But now a security researcher claims that Windows Phone 7 does in fact gather location data and report it to a server without users' knowledge. Read More Sharon Machlis: Claim: Women 'dominate' men at social networking. True? "Women Dominate Men at Social Networking," blares the headline. But does the data back that up? Read More Shark Tank: What's the problem here, exactly? IT support manager pilot fish working for a municipal government gets CC'ed on a message to the email administrator. The subject line: "City RFP." Read More
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