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	Attention IT: Your interns have something to teach you IT interns brought innovation to NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, the White House and We Energies. Here's how to inspire similar results from your summer crew. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec An interactive eGuide: Backup Solutions In this eGuide, Computerworld and sister publications CSO, CIO, and Network World, examine many of the issues that mid-sized companies grapple with today regarding disaster recovery, business continuity, and backup. Read on for expert advice and analysis to help companies protect themselves in the face of disaster. Read Now! In this Issue Chrome steals second from Firefox in browser wars Senator seeks student visa program investigation Judge clears Google of Java copyright infringement Opinion split on authority to shut down wireless in emergency Gateway FX6860 review: Ivy Bridge on the desktop Microsoft confirms $15 Windows 8 upgrade Dell Ivy Bridge Latitude laptop offers 32.7 hours battery life JR Raphael: The Chrome OS experiment: 2 weeks with Google's new Chrome computers Livermore set to be first witness in HP-Oracle trial Samsung buys Swedish wireless chip company Nanoradio Kyocera launches speakerless phone, uses vibrations to transmit sound to the ear Fedora Linux capitulates to Microsoft boot certificate Ellison: Next version of Oracle database set for December or January release IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 release preview date: Microsoft 'beta' download reviews 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 Chrome steals second from Firefox in browser wars Google's Chrome passed Mozilla's Firefox in May to become the world's second-most-popular browser, according to data released by Web analytics company Net Applications. Read More Senator seeks student visa program investigation U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says a program that allows foreign students to work in the U.S. for up to 29 months may be hurting U.S. workers and risking national security. Read More Judge clears Google of Java copyright infringement A U.S. judge has ruled that the Java application programming interfaces used in Android are not protected by copyright, marking a defeat for Oracle in its high-stakes lawsuit against Google. Read More Opinion split on authority to shut down wireless in emergency Opinion appears sharply divided on whether the government and law enforcement should have unchecked authority to initiate a localized or citywide wireless service shutdown for public safety purposes. Read More Gateway FX6860 review: Ivy Bridge on the desktop The Gateway FX6860 is one of the first Ivy Bridge systems to hit the market. Although the processor is mainly meant for mobile units, it can also increase desktop performance. Read More Microsoft confirms $15 Windows 8 upgrade Microsoft said it would kick off a Windows 8 upgrade program on Saturday, giving buyers of new Windows 7 PCs the chance to grab a copy of the not-yet-released operating system for $15. Read More Dell Ivy Bridge Latitude laptop offers 32.7 hours battery life Dell announced Latitude business laptops with the latest Intel Core processors that can provide around 33 hours of battery life, but only when combined with attached battery packs. Read More WEBCAST: VCE/VMware Demystifying Desktop Virtualization Organizations faced with the growing costs and security concerns created by the quantity and diversity of personal computers and devices need a more secure, cost effective, flexible desktop environment. Now organizations can rapidly deploy a more secure, cost effective and flexible desktop environment. View Now JR Raphael: The Chrome OS experiment: 2 weeks with Google's new Chrome computers Chrome OS, here we come: JR Raphael dives head-first into Google's new Chromebook and Chromebox devices to get the full experience of life in the cloud, Google style. Read More Livermore set to be first witness in HP-Oracle trial Ann Livermore, a member of Hewlett-Packard's board of directors and a longtime head of the company's enterprise business, will be the first witness called when a court in San Jose hears HP's lawsuit against Oracle for ending future development on the Itanium platform. Read More Samsung buys Swedish wireless chip company Nanoradio Samsung Electronics has acquired Nanoradio, a Swedish company that develops energy-efficient chipsets for Wi-Fi, it said on Friday. Read More Kyocera launches speakerless phone, uses vibrations to transmit sound to the ear Kyocera is demonstrating a new mobile phone that uses vibrations in its screen to transmit sound to the ear, in place of the traditional receiver speaker. Read More Fedora Linux capitulates to Microsoft boot certificate In order to get its Linux distribution to run on the next generation of secured desktop computing hardware, the Fedora Project will obtain a digital signature from Microsoft, a developer from the project announced. Read More Ellison: Next version of Oracle database set for December or January release The next version of Oracle's database will be released in either December or January, CEO Larry Ellison said during an onstage interview at the AllThingsD conference. Read More IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 release preview date: Microsoft 'beta' download reviews It's time for the Windows 8 release preview. The release date was yesterday afternoon for the 'feature-complete' 'beta' download from Microsoft. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers review progress [oh, and rabbits, white rabbits]. Read More
	SHARK TANK OF THE DAY That's not what supervisors are for, apparently The Internet provider where this pilot fish works gets a call from a broadband customer: There's no Internet coming in through the DSL line. Fortunately, the problem will be solved by the next morning. Or ... not. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Microsoft is abandoning the 'Aero' user interface with Windows 8, calling the UI that debuted in Vista and continued in Windows 7, 'cheesy' and 'dated' -- but is that the only reason? Why do you think Microsoft is ditching its "Aero" UI in Windows 8? COMPUTERWORLD'S IT SALARY SURVEY 2012 A majority of IT workers say they're under pressure to increase productivity and take on new tasks. But the vast majority are still happy they picked IT as their career. NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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