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	Microsoft to launch Windows 8 in October, report says Microsoft will wrap up Windows 8 this summer, according to a report by Bloomberg on Monday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try it free today. In this Issue With tech breakthrough, Seagate promises 60TB drives this decade Apple rejects new iPad overheating concerns Verizon to push out Droid Charge update 'soon' Healthcare IT Spotlight: Why meaningful use isn't meaningful … yet Apple to be top mobile processor firm, In-Stat says From CIO.com: Why CFOs and Cloud Computing Have a Love-Hate Relationship Mitt Romney holds Google+ Hangout HP to combine PC and printer divisions, report says ClearStory to launch big data service for business users Bowdoin students' love of Ocarina music app hasn't crashed the Wi-Fi Eight online banking scammers arrested in Russia In the cloud, your data can get caught up in legal actions Interest in HTML5 grows among mobile app developers Mozilla may support H.264 video codec in Firefox for mobile phones Akamai eyes acceleration boost for mobile content Jonny Evans: Coming soon, Apple's next trick: MacBook Air, Pro upgrade looms Michael Horowitz: Dealing with a bad hard drive Preston Gralla: Microsoft will have a skimpy Windows 8 tablet lineup for October launch Sharon Machlis: New iPad vs. iPad 2: office faceoff RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ISC2 Get your FREE SSCP® Webcast Series from (ISC)²® Whether you are looking to advance your current position in the information security field, expand upon your existing IT skills or launch a new career in either of these areas, you should seriously consider the Systems Security Certified Practitioner credential. Sign up to get a detailed overview of each CBK® domain, the value of certification and how to study for the exam. With tech breakthrough, Seagate promises 60TB drives this decade Seagate said it is the first hard-drive maker to achieve the milestone storage density of 1 terabit (1 trillion bits) per square inch on a disk platter. The technology will allow it to create a 60TB hard drive this decade. Read More Apple rejects new iPad overheating concerns Apple on Tuesday denied any overheating concerns on the new iPad, saying that the product operates well within its thermal specifications. Read More Verizon to push out Droid Charge update 'soon' Verizon Wireless Tuesday said it will soon push a wireless software update to Samsung's Droid Charge smartphone to fix a number of glitches, including choppy audio, clicking sounds during calls and crashes when the device is placed into a desktop dock. Read More Healthcare IT Spotlight: Why meaningful use isn't meaningful … yet It's one thing to define this complicated thing called meaningful use, and it's definitely another thing to get us there. But get there we will. Read More Apple to be top mobile processor firm, In-Stat says Apple is an iconic consumer electronics company with a string of massively successful products, but it could also become the world's largest mobile processor company by the end of the year, according to a study due to be released by In-Stat later this week. Read More From CIO.com: Why CFOs and Cloud Computing Have a Love-Hate Relationship Cloud computing offers a value proposition that can be both appealing and unsettling to the CFO. However, CIO.com columnist Bernard Golden explains why freeing up capital investment should more than make up for the uncertainty of variable monthly pricing. Read More Mitt Romney holds Google+ Hangout Just as voters in Illinois are heading to the polls to cast their votes in the Republican primary today, presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent part of his day in a Google+ hangout. Read More HP to combine PC and printer divisions, report says Hewlett-Packard Co. is to combine its PC and printer divisions into a single business unit, a move that will see Vyomesh "VJ" Joshi, the longtime head of HP's printer division, leave the company, according to a report published Tuesday. Read More ClearStory to launch big data service for business users Startup ClearStory Data came out of stealth mode Monday and said it will soon launch a sophisticated data analytics service for business users. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Bowdoin students' love of Ocarina music app hasn't crashed the Wi-Fi Bowdoin College recently completed a $1 million upgrade to its wireless network that allows more Wi-Fi access for students, including video streaming, and better network management for the IT staff. Read More Eight online banking scammers arrested in Russia The Russian Federal Security Service arrested eight hackers who allegedly stole $4.5 million in the last quarter alone using an online banking Trojan, security analyst firm Group-IB announced Tuesday. Read More In the cloud, your data can get caught up in legal actions Legitimate users of Megaupload's service have learned this lesson the hard way. Read More Interest in HTML5 grows among mobile app developers Mobile developers will increasingly use HTML5 in their applications during 2012, but fragmentation will make their life more difficult, according to a joint survey from IDC and cross-platform development vendor Appcelerator. Read More Mozilla may support H.264 video codec in Firefox for mobile phones Mozilla Foundation is considering adding support for the H.264 video codec in mobile versions of the Firefox browser, a move it has avoided up to now because H.264 is encumbered by patents. Mozilla's policy up to now has been to support only open codecs, but it is relaxing that rule because support for the codec is important in mobile browsers, the foundation's chair said. Read More Akamai eyes acceleration boost for mobile content Akamai Technologies is extending the reach of its data acceleration services to better address mobile Internet use and the delivery of content from within an enterprise data center to employees or partners in the field. Read More Jonny Evans: Coming soon, Apple's next trick: MacBook Air, Pro upgrade looms There's a new global happening with consumers racing to the shops to pick up a new Apple [AAPL] iPad, which has sold more units in four days than most competing tablets sold in a year. What's will be the company's next trick as it applies itself, all systems go, to carve out psycho-geographic dominance of the new mobile age? Read More Michael Horowitz: Dealing with a bad hard drive When a hard drive develops bad sectors, you want to read what you can from it. Many backup programs can't do this. We discuss some that can. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft will have a skimpy Windows 8 tablet lineup for October launch When Microsoft launches Windows 8, likely some time around October, it will have only a skimpy tablet lineup -- five or fewer, according to Bloomberg. That doesn't bode well for Microsoft's hopes to eat into the iPad and Android tablet market shares. Read More Sharon Machlis: New iPad vs. iPad 2: office faceoff We line up the old and new iPads side by side to see if there really is a noticeable difference between them. Read More
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