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	Richi Jennings: AT&T blocks FaceTime: Follow the money In restricting use of Apple FaceTime, AT&T is being accused of violating network neutrality regulations. Not so, says AT&T, outlining a tortuous legal argument why it's in the clear. It just wants more money, to ensure it can offer enough bandwidth. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers gasp in angered awe at AT&T's audacity. Not to mention: The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde: Freedom king, or evil monster? ... Read More WHITE PAPER: Comcast Better Network Connectivity Drives Transformation Network connectivity is more than just plumbing. Leading organizations today see high-performance network connectivity as a critical enabler of competitive advantage, and not just a way to cut expenses. Click here for exclusive survey findings from Comcast and IDG on why Ethernet/fiber is the smart choice for high-performance network connectivity. Learn More In this Issue Darlene Storm: ToorCamp: Adventures in an American hacker camp Jonny Evans: iPhone 5 release: Carriers march to 4G/LTE services war Preston Gralla: Verizon will offer Nokia Windows 8 Phones -- could this be the jump-start Microsoft needs? JR Raphael: Rethinking the Android ecosystem Shark Tank: That would explain it WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity Centralized Cloud Identity Management for Enterprise Now that employees are leaving the relative safety of the firewall to use online SaaS applications, enterprises need to adjust the way they manage employee identities. This White Paper from Ping Identity addresses why we need to centralize employees' IDs across applications. Read now Darlene Storm: ToorCamp: Adventures in an American hacker camp While a tech camping event might sound like an oxymoron, hackers, makers, breakers and shakers assembled at the northwestern tip of the USA for ToorCamp and dispelled the notion that all hackers avoid sunshine and the great outdoors. As you would expect from a hacker conference, there were workshops like the one for lock picking and a plethora of presentations from "hacking computers to brain hacking, from brewing soda to fighting robots, from civil rights to lightning guns." Then unique aspects of this cool hacker camp get more bizarre . . like the laser that was so bright it required FAA clearance to deploy it, the ShadyTel community 'payphone,' the Temple of Robotron, an RFID implantation station, bike jousting, dancing robots and of course campfires. Need an even stranger adventure that's also in the ToorCon family of hacking conferences? There's the upcoming WorldToor, the first ever hacker conference in Antarctica. Read More Jonny Evans: iPhone 5 release: Carriers march to 4G/LTE services war September's new iPhone 5 introduction will see carriers worldwide begin vicious competition to hook new customers up to superfast mobile broadband services. This could be great news for millions of consumers eager to get the most data and the best deals. Read More WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right In this live, interactive Webcast you will learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. Preston Gralla: Verizon will offer Nokia Windows 8 Phones -- could this be the jump-start Microsoft needs? Verizon Wireless will carry Windows Phone 8 devices this year, in a major break from the carrier's overall coolness towards all things Microsoft. This could well be the jumpstart that Microsoft's struggling smartphone operating system needs. Read More JR Raphael: Rethinking the Android ecosystem We can't change how manufacturers mess with the Android interface, but we can change how we look at their efforts -- and it's high time to do so. Read More Shark Tank: That would explain it Remote user calls this help-desk pilot fish to complain that Outlook has a password prompt, but his password won't let him through. And for once, fish's quick fixes don't do the trick. Read More
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