Why tech vendors fund patent 'trolls'

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	Why tech vendors fund patent 'trolls' Some of the largest names in the tech industry are funding patent 'trolls,' for protection from lawsuits and for access to the patent pool. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Try Microsoft Office 365, free Collaborate in the cloud with Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync videoconferencing. Access, edit, and share documents. Starting at $8/user/month. Try it free. In this Issue IT skills gap forces CIOs to get creative It's raining sub-$100 LTE smartphones Microsoft acquires 20 new Windows security ideas for $13,400 each Obama's online privacy plan gets mixed reaction 'Massive' visa fraud alleged in lawsuit against Indian firm HTC, Sprint announce Evo 4G LTE smartphone Barbara Krasnoff: The new Evo 4G LTE smartphone: Paying attention to calls Preston Gralla: Five ways the Lumia 900 beats the iPhone From CIO.com: LinkedIn updates tool finds new connections Samsung starts manufacturing speedy microSD card Mark Hurd spells out Oracle analytics vision Microsoft details Azure security features IT Blogwatch: Biggest Apple botnet discovered: 600K+ Macs infected WEBCAST: Redwood Systems Improve Data Center Efficiency Live Date/Time: May 02, 2012 at 11:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time IT managers are under pressure to improve efficiency in their data centers. Please join Redwood Systems, CommScope and MegaWatt Consulting to learn how building-performance lighting and intelligent infrastructure can be key contributors to your data center efficiency. Register Now IT skills gap forces CIOs to get creative IT managers faced with constrained budgets and a dearth of employees with technology skills are turning to cross-training programs to help develop workers with multiple skills. Read More It's raining sub-$100 LTE smartphones Wireless carriers recently began offering LTE-ready phones at bargain-basement prices of less than $100, but those customers still must commit to paying a minimum of $60 a month, or $1,440 for two years of voice and data service. Read More Microsoft acquires 20 new Windows security ideas for $13,400 each Microsoft has received 20 submissions in the $268,000 contest it hopes will result in new security technologies being baked into Windows, a company security strategist said. Read More Obama's online privacy plan gets mixed reaction The Obama administration's recent call for new codes of conduct for handling private consumer data on the Internet has evoked sharply different, if somewhat predictable, responses from rights groups and industry stakeholders. Read More 'Massive' visa fraud alleged in lawsuit against Indian firm A former human resources manager at Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Limited Inc., a leading India-based IT services firm, accused the company of visa fraud in a complaint filed this week in a federal court in New Jersey. Read More HTC, Sprint announce Evo 4G LTE smartphone Sprint introduced the HTC Evo 4G LTE smartphone, adding a new phone to a stable of devices that will be compatible with the carrier's high-speed network when it launches soon in the U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed Optimizing your web page loading time is essential for retaining your website visitors. Download Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed to learn how front-end optimization can improve Time to Action for your web and mobile content, and how it can be done in front of your existing CDN with minimal integration required. Learn More! Barbara Krasnoff: The new Evo 4G LTE smartphone: Paying attention to calls At the introduction of the new Evo 4G LTE smartphone, attention was paid to a long-neglected aspect of these devices -- the quality of the call. Read More Preston Gralla: Five ways the Lumia 900 beats the iPhone I've been testing the Lumia 900 for the last several days, and have found that some of ifs features are superior to the iPhone --- here are five of them. (Note: I'll have a fuller review posted on Computerworld in several days.) Read More From CIO.com: LinkedIn updates tool finds new connections LinkedIn's updated 'People You May Know' feature helps you expand your network by letting you sort contacts by company, college and more. Read More Samsung starts manufacturing speedy microSD card Samsung Electronics has started mass producing a microSD card that uses an Ultra High Speed-1 (UHS-1) interface to improve data transfer speeds. Read More Mark Hurd spells out Oracle analytics vision Oracle rolled out a series of announcements aimed at portraying itself as a dominant player in business analytics on Wednesday, as well as one relevant to customers of rival SAP. Read More Microsoft details Azure security features Microsoft has added its Azure cloud platform to the Cloud Security Alliance's STAR security registry, which is a listing where cloud service providers post information about their security features. Read More IT Blogwatch: Biggest Apple botnet discovered: 600K+ Macs infected Russian researchers have discovered a botnet of more than 600,000 Macs. Yes, Macs -- you know, those things that don't get malware. Apple is coming under heavy criticism for its slow response to known vulnerabilities and for perpetuating the myth that OS X is malware-free. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers count the cost. Read More
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