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	Microsoft Surface tablets may not match iPad battery life Microsoft's new Surface tablets may not match Apple's iPad on battery life, according to estimates made by Computerworld based on comparable devices. 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 Survey reveals tech security generation gap Twitter crashes twice Thursday Microsoft may be building own smartphones WP8 won't run on current Windows Phone, a problem for Nokia Microsoft hopes to attract more developers with Windows Phone 8 Cisco patches bugs in VPN client and security appliances New eBay data center will run on fuel cells Google project aims to document endangered languages Face.com iOS flaw could have allowed Facebook, Twitter account hijacking Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 targets large-scale cloud deployments European IT spending growth grounds to a halt, says Forrester JR Raphael: Samsung's Galaxy S III and NFC: 2 cool contact-free innovations Preston Gralla: When it comes to PR and hype, is Microsoft the new Apple? 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 Survey reveals tech security generation gap Young, tech-savvy people pay substantially less attention to online security risks and are therefore more likely to experience security problems than older people. Read More Twitter crashes twice Thursday Twitter's microblogging site went down this afternoon, got back up, crashed again and came back up again. The company said it's dealing with an ongoing problem. Read More Microsoft may be building own smartphones After Microsoft announced this week that it will sell a pair of branded Surface tablets, an analyst suggested that the company is also working with a contract manufacturer to build its own Windows Phone 8-based smartphone. Read More WP8 won't run on current Windows Phone, a problem for Nokia Windows Phone 8 won't run on existing Windows Phones, which will hurt sales of existing Windows Phone models in the coming months, creating acute problems for the ailing Nokia. Read More Microsoft hopes to attract more developers with Windows Phone 8 Microsoft hopes that full support for C and C++ and the ability to write apps for all Windows devices at the same time will attract more developers to Windows Phone 8. Read More Cisco patches bugs in VPN client and security appliances Networking equipment vendor Cisco Systems released multiple security updates on Wednesday to address vulnerabilities in its AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series ASA Services Module and Cisco Application Control Engine software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Box The ROI of Cloud Apps Cloud apps continue to gain momentum in the enterprise as buyers are attracted to fast deployment speeds, low upfront costs, and ongoing flexibility to scale up or down as needs change. This report analyzes the five-year ROI for cloud apps across CRM, ERP, collaboration, and IT service management. Read Now! New eBay data center will run on fuel cells Biogas fuel cells will power an extension to eBay's data center in Utah, set to go online around the middle of next year. Read More Google project aims to document endangered languages Google has cooperated with universities and linguistic organizations to begin documenting approximately 3,500 languages that are at risk of disappearing in the next 100 years, the company said on Thursday. Read More Face.com iOS flaw could have allowed Facebook, Twitter account hijacking Facial recognition start-up Face.com patched a vulnerability in its KLINK iOS app that could have allowed attackers to hijack the Facebook and Twitter accounts of its users, according to Ashkan Soltani, the independent security researcher who claims to have found the flaw. Read More Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 targets large-scale cloud deployments With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.3, Red Hat has tweaked the enterprise grade Linux distribution to add new capabilities in storage, virtualization, security, scalability and performance. Read More European IT spending growth grounds to a halt, says Forrester IT spending in Europe will virtually grind to a halt this year and next due to economic uncertainty over the euro currency, according to a Forrester Research report released Thursday. Read More JR Raphael: Samsung's Galaxy S III and NFC: 2 cool contact-free innovations Samsung's Galaxy S III has its share of ups and downs, but one place where the phone really shines is in the area of contact-free interactions. Read More Preston Gralla: When it comes to PR and hype, is Microsoft the new Apple? Move over Apple, Microsoft has become the new king of PR. It appears to be overtaking Apple's mastery at setting the blogosphere and tech press atwitter at the slightest rumor. Read More
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