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	100 Best Places to Work in IT 2012 Stellar benefits, challenging projects and top-notch training keep IT workers focused and engaged at these top employers. Find out more in our 19th annual report. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch File Transfer File Sharing — A Security Vulnerability. Are you at risk? What happens when employees go around IT and use their own Dropbox-like services, webmail or USB drives to send company information? This practice presents significant security and compliance risks including: Loss of control over who has access to files and data, lack of visibility and audit trails, risk of data breaches and compliance violations Join us, on June 19th or June 20th, for a quick 29-minute webinar. Experts Michael Osterman and Ipswitch's David Boone discuss the issues. You'll learn the top 3 things required for a user-acceptable, IT-governed business-class file sharing solution. In this Issue Barnes & Noble deal hints at possible new Microsoft tablet today U.S. regains supercomputing crown, bests China, Japan Rare working Apple 1 computer sells for record $374,500 Why Microsoft should make its own tablets (and phones and PCs) SPEC extends benchmarks to cloud measurements Facebook moves to consolidate IPO lawsuits VMware patches arbitrary code execution flaw in desktop, server virtualization products Sharp to launch new Android-based smartphone user interface UK attorney says US won't extradite LulzSec defendant US pushes forward on public-safety LTE network Richi Jennings: Phew! U.S. regains #1 supercomputer spot in Top500. RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver IT Roadmap Denver – 6/20 Register Now! IT Roadmap is the one day, cost free, professional-level conference and expo that's full of job-ready solutions you can put to work now. IT Roadmap surrounds you with technology's most-followed analysts and the industry's most-innovative solution providers, all focused entirely on building the roadmap you need in crucial areas of enterprise IT. Click to continue Barnes & Noble deal hints at possible new Microsoft tablet today Rumors that Microsoft may unveil its own e-reader or tablet later today would be confirmation of speculation that dates back more than a month, not just to last week. Read More U.S. regains supercomputing crown, bests China, Japan The U.S., once again, is home to the world's most powerful supercomputer after being knocked off the list by China two years ago and Japan last year. Read More Rare working Apple 1 computer sells for record $374,500 A 36-year-old Apple-1 personal computer, one of just six thought to be in working condition, sold for a record $374,500 at a New York auction today. Read More Why Microsoft should make its own tablets (and phones and PCs) It looks like Microsoft plans to build and sell its own tablets, competing with its own partners. To that Mike Elgan says, Great idea! Read More SPEC extends benchmarks to cloud measurements The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), well known for its computer system benchmarks, is planning to extend its testing methodology to measure cloud deployments as well. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Beyond BYOD to an Optimized Experience Advance beyond simply managing BYOD connectivity. Optimize your network experience specifically to your business, workforce, and customers across multiple devices, anytime, anywhere. Read White Paper Facebook moves to consolidate IPO lawsuits Facebook has petitioned the U.S. courts to consolidate more than 30 lawsuits filed in connection with its ill-handled initial public offering. Read More VMware patches arbitrary code execution flaw in desktop, server virtualization products Virtualization software vendor VMware has released security patches for its Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi and ESX products in order to address two vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to compromise the host system or crash a virtual machine. Read More Sharp to launch new Android-based smartphone user interface Japan's Sharp said Monday it will release a new user interface for its smartphones in an attempt to differentiate them from the Android masses. Read More UK attorney says US won't extradite LulzSec defendant The U.S. government does not plan to request the extradition of alleged LulzSec member Ryan Cleary, the British man's attorney said in a statement late Friday. Read More US pushes forward on public-safety LTE network The body defining standards for a mobile LTE network serving police, fire departments and other public safety agencies across the U.S. has finished testing radio-access gear and will start interoperability testing of packet-core equipment on July 9. Read More Richi Jennings: Phew! U.S. regains #1 supercomputer spot in Top500. There's relief at hand for nationalistic HPC-watchers. The latest Top500 list shows the U.S. back at #1, after trailing various Asian supercomputers. IBM's (NYSE:IBM) latest installation for the mushroom-cloud-computing folks at Lawrence Livermore is to blame, but Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) vows to catch up soon. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ask if it can run Crysis. Read More
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