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	Investors are pouring funds into big data Surging enterprise demand for big data tools that can manipulate and analyze massive volumes of structured and unstructured data has caught investor attention in a big way. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2012 Free Registration to IT Roadmap Dallas One day. 25+ conference sessions. Private expo. Peer-to-peer presentations. Keynotes. Analysts. Leading technology providers. IT Roadmap Dallas has everything you need to chart the best IT decisions for your business. Learn more at http://www.itroadmap.net/2012Dallas/nlp In this Issue 12 cool, creative and just plain weird gadget concepts Microsoft boots Chinese firm for leaking Windows exploit Crowdsourcing game helps diagnose infectious diseases Facebook's valuation for IPO will be lower than initially expected Yahoo CEO's resume overstated his technology background Yahoo board to 'review' discrepancy in CEO's resume Bloggers plead for Windows Live Writer's life From CIO.com: Is Apple Changing Its Enterprise Tune? Oracle, SAP fight over 'hypothetical license' damages VMware ups its collaboration offering with Lithium integration Authors argue that Google's book-scanning project hurts millions Handset vendors face 'brutal fight' for China's low-end smartphone market IT Blogwatch: Yahoo! My resume is wrong! (Inadvertently!) JR Raphael: Samsung Galaxy S III: The complete FAQ WHITE PAPER: Imation Scalable Storage 7 Simple Truths About Tiering Your Data Dealing with the explosion of extreme data means more than containing it all. It's about determining what data is most useful to your business and where "speed meets need." Learn how you can use data tiering to transform unstructured data into "content" while keeping protection high and costs low. View Now 12 cool, creative and just plain weird gadget concepts Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more. Read More Microsoft boots Chinese firm for leaking Windows exploit Microsoft identified a Chinese security partner as the source of a leak last March in its highly restricted vulnerability information-sharing program. Read More Crowdsourcing game helps diagnose infectious diseases Researchers at UCLA have created a crowd-sourcing game that allows hundreds, even thousands of players to help diagnose malaria victims by viewing and choosing among dozens of microscopic images Read More Facebook's valuation for IPO will be lower than initially expected Facebook will be valued at US$85 billion to $95 billion, rather than the $100 billion that had been widely rumored, The Wall Street Journal reported reported Thursday. Read More Yahoo CEO's resume overstated his technology background Yahoo acknowledged on Thursday that its new CEO, Scott Thompson, does not hold a degree in "accounting and computer science" as his resume and the company's financial filings claimed, and instead majored only in accounting. Read More Yahoo board to 'review' discrepancy in CEO's resume Yahoo said late Thursday that its board will review a discrepancy in the resume of its CEO, Scott Thompson, and "make an appropriate disclosure" to its shareholders. Read More Bloggers plead for Windows Live Writer's life A Windows developer, upset at the likely demise of Windows Live Writer as part of Microsoft's move to retire the Live brand, has launched an online petition drive to save the tool. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qumu Business Video Empowers Social Media The wisdom of a company resides in the heads of those directly responsible for the non-routine work of the organization. This, coupled with increased demand to better communicate across distributed mobile workforces, is fueling organizational demand for scalable, affordable business video and user generated content. View Now From CIO.com: Is Apple Changing Its Enterprise Tune? Even while touting its success in the enterprise, Apple hasn't publicly courted CIOs or really pushed iPads into companies. But CEO Tim Cook is well-suited to do just that. Read More Oracle, SAP fight over 'hypothetical license' damages Oracle and SAP are at odds over whether the concept of "hypothetical" software license fees can be factored into damages in the upcoming retrial of Oracle's intellectual-property lawsuit against SAP, and the outcome could sharply affect the scope of any judgment in the case. Read More VMware ups its collaboration offering with Lithium integration VMware Thursday announced that its SocialCast sharing tool will now work with Lithium Technologies tools to capture and integrate external customer data. Read More Authors argue that Google's book-scanning project hurts millions A group representing authors in a copyright case slammed Google in court on Thursday, saying the company's book-scanning project has hurt millions of authors whose works have been digitized. Read More Handset vendors face 'brutal fight' for China's low-end smartphone market As China leads the world in smartphone shipments, top handset vendors are raising their stakes in the nation, and will likely bring more exclusive products and lower-end devices to the market, resulting in fierce competition, according to analysts. Read More IT Blogwatch: Yahoo! My resume is wrong! (Inadvertently!) Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) is in full-on spin-control mode after revelations that its CEO's resume is materially inaccurate. CEO Scott Thompson claimed to have a Comp. Sci. degree, but he doesn't. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers break out the popcorn for the latest episode of Yahoo's death-march. Read More JR Raphael: Samsung Galaxy S III: The complete FAQ Samsung's Galaxy S III is finally in front of us. So what's the new Galaxy all about, and when can you get your hands on it? Here are answers to all of your burning questions. Read More
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