MIT and others launch a tech education revolution

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	MIT and others launch a tech education revolution MIT and several other schools -- along with start-up Udacity -- have joined the open-education movement, which makes it easier for college students to access tech-related courses online. And it could revolutionize higher education. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Prescription for Empowerment As healthcare payers continue to deal with the growth of big data, recent IDG research shows that they embrace and empower ad hoc analytic environments. Compliance continues to surface as a critical business driver for investments in data analytics, along with improved efficiency, reduced risk, reduced cost and improved security. Read now. In this Issue What to consider before signing up for Google Drive Google warns 20,000 websites they could be infected with malware Nokia reports loss in face of stiff competition Samsung claims Apple infringed eight patents in reply to Apple suit Amazon cloud accessed daily by a third of all 'Net users Qualcomm's S4 chips for smartphones, tablets in short supply From CIO.com: BYOD myths: Cost savings, productivity gains, fewer headaches SAP aims for 'agile' cloud application development Chinese residents charged with selling $100M worth of pirated software Google shares lessons learned as early software-defined network adopter Russian charged with hacking into brokerage accounts Google introduces new TV like metrics for measuring ads Sharp to sell 80-in. LCD TV, Japan's largest retail set, for $12,000 IT Blogwatch: Windows Phone upgrade confusion; Microsoft mum on WP8/Apollo compatibility WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how What to consider before signing up for Google Drive With Google reportedly looking to launch its GDrive service soon, would-be customers of cloud storage providers should consider several important questions about any service and their needs. Read More Google warns 20,000 websites they could be infected with malware Google has warned 20,000 websites that they might be hacked and injected with JavaScript redirect malware. Read More Nokia reports loss in face of stiff competition Nokia reported a sales drop and a loss during the first quarter, as it struggles to sell cheap phones as well as Symbian-based smartphones, and Windows Phone sales remain small. Read More Samsung claims Apple infringed eight patents in reply to Apple suit Samsung Electronics alleged in a counterclaim to an Apple patent infringement lawsuit in a federal court in California that the maker of the iPhone and iPad has infringed eight of its patents. Read More Amazon cloud accessed daily by a third of all 'Net users DeepField Networks, a cloud intelligence company operating in semi-stealth mode, offered some eye-popping findings Wednesday about the breadth of Internet activity Amazon is now responsible for. Read More Qualcomm's S4 chips for smartphones, tablets in short supply There is a shortage of Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processors for tablets and smartphones due to a lack of manufacturing capacity available to make those chips, Qualcomm said on Thursday. Read More From CIO.com: BYOD myths: Cost savings, productivity gains, fewer headaches Mobi Wireless Management's Brandon Hampton advises Fortune 100 companies transitioning from corporate-owned to bring-your-own devices. In this Q&A with CIO.com, you'll be surprised at what he tells them. Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud - Learn How! This white paper discusses how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, & run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Learn More! SAP aims for 'agile' cloud application development SAP intends to become a major player in cloud-based software, and has been adopting agile software development practices as one means of reaching that goal. Read More Chinese residents charged with selling $100M worth of pirated software A U.S. grand jury has charged two residents of China with 46 criminal counts, including infringing software copyrights and illegally exporting technology to China, for allegedly operating a website that sold pirated software with a commercial value of more than $100 million. Read More Google shares lessons learned as early software-defined network adopter During his keynote speech at the Open Networking Summit in Santa Clara on Tuesday, Google executive Urs Holzle detailed the company's work with software-defined networking (SDN) from its earliest stages. Read More Russian charged with hacking into brokerage accounts A Russian national has been charged in the U.S. with allegedly hacking into brokerage accounts and executing fraudulent trades, which several brokerage houses claim caused $1 million in losses. Read More Google introduces new TV like metrics for measuring ads Google is introducing tools that measure the percentage of an online advertisement that is viewed and for what duration, to help advertisers measure the effectiveness of their campaigns beyond impressions and clicks. Read More Sharp to sell 80-in. LCD TV, Japan's largest retail set, for $12,000 Sharp said Wednesday it will sell an 80-inch LCD TV in Japan, the largest such set available through retail in the country. Read More IT Blogwatch: Windows Phone upgrade confusion; Microsoft mum on WP8/Apollo compatibility Will today's Windows Phones get the upgrade to Apollo (Windows Phone 8)? In February, Microsoft seemed to say no. This week, yes. Then, errm, we're not sure exactly what it said. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers scratch their heads. Read More
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