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	FAQ: All about Windows RT, the OS behind a Microsoft tablet While Microsoft has aggressively talked up Windows 8, the company has been relatively quiet about Windows RT, the all-mobile OS destined for tablets. We fill in the blanks for you. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Update: Microsoft-branded tablet 'makes sense,' analyst says Facebook acquires facial recognition software company Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: It's 2016, and Chrome OS is ascendant Microsoft-branded, Barnes & Noble built tablet 'makes sense,' analyst says Barnes & Noble not part of today's mysterious Microsoft announcement Ken Mingis: Microsoft Event: Live Blog Samsung's SAFE for Galaxy S III aims to help IT embrace Android Attack code published for two actively exploited flaws in Microsoft software Governments should spend more to cybercriminals, researchers say The Byte - U.S. supercomputer, BMW Pedelec, Ford voice control, Microsoft Monday Intel invokes Phi to reach exascale computing by 2018 Google promotes energy savings with Apps Canon to launch augmented-reality platform based on head-mounted displays Intel buys wireless patents from Interdigital for $375M Robert L. Mitchell: Fight! Google sync, Xmarks shred browser bookmarks Jonny Evans: A phenomenological guide to Apple and Microsoft's Windows' Zune 'iPad killer' Preston Gralla: PC sales are expected to slow due to Windows 8, warn analysts JR Raphael: Galaxy S III release dates: A carrier-by-carrier guide WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > Update: Microsoft-branded tablet 'makes sense,' analyst says A Microsoft-branded tablet made by Barnes & Noble makes sense if the tablet is focused on the same market as the $200 Kindle Fire, analysts said Monday. Read More Facebook acquires facial recognition software company Facebook has acquired Face.com, the facial recognition software company whose products power Facebook's photo tagging suggestions, according to a blog post. Read More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: It's 2016, and Chrome OS is ascendant The fat client desktop system has ruled computing for 30 years. Could Google Chrome OS and other cloud-based, thin-client systems dominate the next 30? Read More Microsoft-branded, Barnes & Noble built tablet 'makes sense,' analyst says A Microsoft-branded tablet made by Barnes & Noble makes sense if the tablet is focused on the same market as the $200 Kindle Fire, analysts said Monday. Read More Barnes & Noble not part of today's mysterious Microsoft announcement Barnes & Noble today confirmed that it is not participating in Microsoft's hastily-called news conference today, likely making moot rumors that the two would co-introduce a new tablet or e-reader. Read More Ken Mingis: Microsoft Event: Live Blog Computerworld will have the latest on today's Microsoft announcement when it begins at 4 p.m. PT (7 p.m. ET) Read More Samsung's SAFE for Galaxy S III aims to help IT embrace Android Samsung announced a new program on Monday to help enterprise IT shops feel more confident about allowing workers to use the coming Galaxy S III smartphone on the job. Read More Attack code published for two actively exploited flaws in Microsoft software Attack code for two actively exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft software, one of which has not yet been patched, was integrated into the open-source Metasploit penetration testing framework. Read More Governments should spend more to cybercriminals, researchers say Improving the ability of law enforcement agencies to catch cybercriminals should be a priority when governments decide how their cybersecurity budgets get spent, according to University of Cambridge security engineering professor Ross Anderson. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Deloitte: Network Risk and TCO A Deloitte survey of enterprise CIOs reveals key differences between using a single-vendor or multivendor approach. See why a focus on initial costs might ignore a long-term impact on operational risk. Read White Paper The Byte - U.S. supercomputer, BMW Pedelec, Ford voice control, Microsoft Monday The U.S. is back on top once again and is home to the world's most powerful supercomputer. BMW has added a complimentary bike to its i3 concept car. Read More Intel invokes Phi to reach exascale computing by 2018 Intel on Monday introduced a high-performance chip family called Xeon Phi, which provides a stepping stone for the company to reach the milestone of creating an exaflop computer by 2018. Read More Google promotes energy savings with Apps Companies that turn off their local servers for e-mail, productivity and collaboration applications and switch to the cloud-hosted Google Apps suite can save significant amounts of money in energy costs, Google said on Monday. Read More Canon to launch augmented-reality platform based on head-mounted displays Canon said Monday it will launch a new augmented-reality platform that uses head-mounted displays to realistically project virtual images onto real backgrounds. Read More Intel buys wireless patents from Interdigital for $375M Intel on Monday spent US$375 million to buy around 1,700 wireless networking patents from subsidiaries of digital communications company Interdigital. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Fight! Google sync, Xmarks shred browser bookmarks This morning I'm dealing with the wreckage after enabling Xmarks on both my Firefox and Chrome browsers. Xmarks is a cloud-based service that synchronizes bookmarks between browsers. It worked beautifully when I began using it with Firefox, but I wanted to use it as a cross-browser solution. When I added the extension to Google Chrome, however, everything went haywire. Read More Jonny Evans: A phenomenological guide to Apple and Microsoft's Windows' Zune 'iPad killer' In the movie I'm watching, this new battle isn't about Microsoft shipping an iPad-killer; it's about delivering an Android annihilator. Microsoft is playing for second place in tablets. It has to win, because the sad truth is it can't afford to ship a new Zune: History tells us empires rise and empires fall, and, phenomenologically, at least, once your firm disappears from public consciousness, it's as if your empire was never, ever, ever there at all. Read More Preston Gralla: PC sales are expected to slow due to Windows 8, warn analysts PC sales this year will grow by an anemic 0.9 percent, down from a previous forecast of 4.4 percent, due in part of uncertainties over how well Windows 8 will be received. So says a Gartner analyst, with another analyst agreeing as well. Read More JR Raphael: Galaxy S III release dates: A carrier-by-carrier guide Samsung's Galaxy S III is set to arrive in the U.S. this week. Here's a look at the release date, pricing, and availability for each carrier. Read More
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