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	Privacy watchdog, lawmaker push for Google probe Privacy groups and lawmakers are calling for a new and broader investigation into Google and its privacy practices after the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced that it had found no evidence that the company broke eavesdropping laws. Read More 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. In this Issue Microsoft names Windows Server 2012, commits to launch this year Windows RT, formerly WOA, to have Office apps included Google fixes Gmail outage that affected millions From CIO.com: iPad in the Enterprise: A Videoconferencing Dream Machine? Verizon to activate 27 more LTE cities on Thursday Apple shares rebound after five-day slide Google says it had Sun's full support in building Android Chrome browser for Android gets new features, languages Intel grabs record share of growing chip market Smartphone payments to outpace credit cards by 2020 The Agile Business: Why Tron is a true story ... or how the iPad is transforming the enterprise Hackers ramp up attacks against Tibetan activists Puppet CM tool can deploy, manage OpenStack clouds Amazon advises AppStore developers on protecting code 3G and 4G Wireless Speed Showdown: Which Networks Are Fastest? Toshiba to pay $850M for IBM retail POS business Preston Gralla: Windows Phone is a bust compared to Android and iPhone, say European telecoms Jonny Evans: 2012: Apple market widens on 7-inch iPad claims 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 Microsoft names Windows Server 2012, commits to launch this year Microsoft today gave its newest server software a name -- Windows Server 2012 -- and said it would release the operating system this year. Read More Windows RT, formerly WOA, to have Office apps included Windows 8 on ARM, now dubbed Windows RT by Microsoft, will include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote application -- a move that could be used to entice Windows tablet buyers. Read More Google fixes Gmail outage that affected millions An outage that prevented millions of users from accessing Gmail on Tuesday has been resolved, according to Google. Read More From CIO.com: iPad in the Enterprise: A Videoconferencing Dream Machine? The iPad and other mobile devices have the potential to transform how employees communicate and collaborate, essentially becoming magic hubs for videoconferencing and instant-messaging. But remember CIOs, the underlying network is more important than the device. Read More Verizon to activate 27 more LTE cities on Thursday Verizon Wireless will expand its faster 4G LTE network to 27 new cities on Thursday, bringing the total to 230 metro areas nationwide and reaching two-thirds of the U.S. population. Read More Apple shares rebound after five-day slide Apple's stock rebounded today from a several-day slump, gaining $29.57 to $609.70 by the market's close, up 5.1% from its Tuesday opening price. Read More Google says it had Sun's full support in building Android Google built Android using parts of Java that didn't require a license and it had the full support of Sun Microsystems in doing so, a lawyer for Google said in court Tuesday. Read More Chrome browser for Android gets new features, languages The Android OS version of Google's Chrome browser is now available in a host of new languages and has gained several new features, but it remains in beta testing and is afflicted with a variety of bugs. Read More Intel grabs record share of growing chip market As global semiconductor revenue hit $306.8 billion in 2011, Intel grabbed its biggest bite of the chip market to date. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Driving Storage Efficiencies with Automated Tiering Storage management has become a huge issue for IT managers, and it's not going to subside, according to market researchers. New research conducted by IDG Research Services reveals that IT managers are considering tiered storage as an essential tool. Download this white paper to learn more about the survey results. Learn More! Smartphone payments to outpace credit cards by 2020 More than two-thirds of technology insiders believe that paying with smartphones will overtake cash and credit card payments by 2020, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project and Elon University School of Communications. Read More The Agile Business: Why Tron is a true story ... or how the iPad is transforming the enterprise In Disney's "Tron" an evil computer program seeks to enslave all to the "system" while the hero Tron "fights for the users." This battle is being played out as tablets and other technologies put the power in the hands of users, enabling unprecedented agility. Read More Hackers ramp up attacks against Tibetan activists Hackers are ramping up their attacks against Tibetan activists and are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to deliver malware, according to researchers from security firms FireEye and Trend Micro. Read More Puppet CM tool can deploy, manage OpenStack clouds Puppet Labs has equipped its namesake open-source configuration management software with the ability to control OpenStack cloud deployments, the company plans to announce on Tuesday. Read More Amazon advises AppStore developers on protecting code Developers submitting apps to the Amazon Appstore for Android should consider obfuscating their code if they are concerned about their applications being reverse engineered, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday. Read More 3G and 4G Wireless Speed Showdown: Which Networks Are Fastest? It's been a year since we looked closely at wireless service in the United States, and in the interim that service has changed considerably--mostly in positive ways. The industry is in the midst of another major technology transition, this time moving from a 3G world to a 4G one while trying to grasp the implications, realize the opportunities, and deal with the growing pains. All of this should be good (even fun!) for consumers, and it could lead to a lot of cool, superfast, reasonably priced devices. Read More Toshiba to pay $850M for IBM retail POS business Toshiba said Tuesday it will purchase IBM's retail point-of-sale (POS) business for $850 million, with the Japanese company taking over the hardware business while IBM shifts its focus to back-end software solutions. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone is a bust compared to Android and iPhone, say European telecoms Microsoft and Nokia can't be too pleased about the news from Europe, where big telecoms say that the combination of Nokia hardware and Windows Phone software has been a bust. Given that the phones have been on sale since December, that could spell bad news for the Nokia-Microsoft Windows Phone push into the U.S. Read More Jonny Evans: 2012: Apple market widens on 7-inch iPad claims 2012 is a year that matters. Some say it's a year of change. For CEO Tim Cook it should be the year he leads Apple to consolidate its leadership with this year's crops: the iPhone 5, new Macs, iTunes and, of course, that new 7-inch iPad the company may, or may not, have planned. Read More
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