Urban tech: From Masdar to Main Street?

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	Urban tech: From Masdar to Main Street? Self-driving electric taxis, smart appliances and municipal solar power are all amenities enjoyed by the residents of the futuristic Masdar City in the Middle East. Here's how they'll make their way to the U.S. 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 Metrics firms bicker over which browser, IE or Chrome, is No. 1 Yahoo, Facebook said to be in talks to settle patents dispute Larry Ellison to buy Hawaiian island Google's Schmidt warns 'Net revolution leaves many behind Survival guide: Do's and don'ts for next-gen IT Long live SOA in the cloud era Drobo embraces Thunderbolt, releases Drobo Mini Unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services flaw increasingly targeted in attacks, researchers say Samsung mulls enterprise cloud services for mobile devices Verizon launches 46 new 4G LTE markets Thursday Rackspace exec warns of Amazon lock-in Robert L. Mitchell: Why I became an Android purist Michael Horowitz: Defensive Computing with Java Jonny Evans: Apple partner Foxconn says Fall iPhone 5 will be the 'Samsung-killer' Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 rumors 'confirmed': Apple ditches dock connector WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL The Promises and Pitfalls of BYOD Bring-Your-Own-Device: It's a growing trend that offers many benefits for employees and companies - and potential headaches for IT. Having the right security measures in place can safely enable BYOD while boosting productivity and cutting support and equipment costs. Read now. Metrics firms bicker over which browser, IE or Chrome, is No. 1 A pair of Web metrics firms have traded sharp blows, calling into question how their rival measures browser usage, and whether Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Google's Chrome is the planet's most popular. Read More Yahoo, Facebook said to be in talks to settle patents dispute Yahoo and Facebook are in negotiations to resolve a patents dispute, an attorney for Yahoo told a federal court on Tuesday. Read More Larry Ellison to buy Hawaiian island Larry Ellison might have a new place to dock his yacht. The billionaire CEO of Oracle has reached an agreement to buy 98 percent of Lanai, one of Hawaii's eight main islands. Read More Google's Schmidt warns 'Net revolution leaves many behind Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt warned that the World Wide Web isn't as worldwide as it needs to be. Read More Survival guide: Do's and don'ts for next-gen IT Business IT is evolving behind your back. Here's how to head off extinction and assert a larger role Read More Long live SOA in the cloud era You might not hear much about SOA anymore, but its imperative to make 'everything a service' is more relevant than ever Read More Drobo embraces Thunderbolt, releases Drobo Mini Drobo today announced two new storage arrays, including its first portable unit, the Drobo Mini, and a larger array with as much as six times the performance of predecessors. The company also announced its support for Thunderbolt and USB 3.0. 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! Unpatched Microsoft XML Core Services flaw increasingly targeted in attacks, researchers say An unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) is being exploited in attacks launched from compromised websites to infect computers with malware, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Sophos. Read More Samsung mulls enterprise cloud services for mobile devices Samsung is looking into the idea of hosting its own cloud services to extend the appeal of its Android-based consumer smartphones and tablets to enterprises, the company said on Wednesday. Read More Verizon launches 46 new 4G LTE markets Thursday Verizon Wireless will add 46 U.S. cities to its 4G LTE network on Thursday, for a total of 304 markets. Read More Rackspace exec warns of Amazon lock-in Customers of Amazon Web Services may be unknowingly locking their data and computational logic in with the popular cloud service, making it difficult to move or significantly modify those resources, the president of a competing cloud provider asserted Wednesday. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Why I became an Android purist I spent last weekend setting up and playing with a Samsung Galaxy Nexus I ordered from Verizon -- my first Android phone. To get the inside scoop on these phones and how to choose the right one for my needs, I consulted our resident expert, JR Raphael, and trolled through his Android Power blog. Here are a few things you need to know before you hit the stores. Read More Michael Horowitz: Defensive Computing with Java Safety tips for using Java include: checking for updates daily, holding back a version on Windows, disabling Java in browsers, turning off Quick Start and, whenever possible, not installing it in the first place. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple partner Foxconn says Fall iPhone 5 will be the 'Samsung-killer' The smartphone wars take a new twist as Apple [AAPL] preps the Fall release of the iPhone 5, with Foxconn leader Terry Gou promising the coming smartphone will "put Samsung's Galaxy III to shame," when it ships. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 rumors 'confirmed': Apple ditches dock connector The iPhone 5 rumors are confirmed (perhaps 'triangulated' would be a better word). Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will ditch the classic 30-pin dock connector that it's used since the early days of iPods. Its replacement will be another proprietary port, again incompatible with anything else. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are either scandalized or can't wait to buy the next shiny. Read More
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