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	Can Facedeals overcome 'creepy' factor? An ad agency is testing a new app that uses strategically placed cameras, facial recognition tools and Facebook histories to offer targeted local deals. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerating Cloud Performance with WAN Optimization Today's smart CIOs are assessing their workloads against business needs and analyzing where each should run—locally or in the public cloud. Read on to learn about the benefits of cloud computing, and why its success or failure is often dependent on WAN optimization. Learn more. In this Issue Chip sales falter in Q2 as market weakens, IHS iSuppli says HDS announces flash strategy, its own SSD controller Kill timer found in Shamoon malware suggests possible connection to Saudi Aramco attack Apple-Samsung jury extends deliberations Microsoft reveals new logo to represent wealth of new products Retail battle: Microsoft opens store steps from Apple VMware Workstation 9 is all about Windows 8 Facebook gets FTC clearance for Instagram acquisition Peter Eicher: Confronting the final disaster Jonny Evans: AT&T's Facetime charge shows unlimited data deals aren't rubber-clad JR Raphael: Bitter Apple? An update on Google's iOS Voice Search saga Preston Gralla: Microsoft continues Windows Phone onslaught with new models for AT&T, T-Mobile WHITE PAPER: AMD Cloud Computing Hits the Mainstream IDG research findings show that cloud computing initiatives are well under way at companies of all sizes. Cloud deployments require careful planning and purchasing decisions. Read this white paper to learn why the right cloud infrastructure is a critical success factor and how AMD technology can accelerate your cloud journey. Learn More! Chip sales falter in Q2 as market weakens, IHS iSuppli says Weak economies in the U.S. and Europe together with a slowdown in manufacturing in China hurt semiconductor sales during the second quarter this year, and the market will deteriorate further in the coming quarters as issues continue to plague chip suppliers, IHS iSuppli said in research released on Thursday. Read More HDS announces flash strategy, its own SSD controller Hitachi Data Systems lifted the covers off its flash roadmap, saying it will build its own flash controller and put NAND flash products in servers, storage and appliances in order to enable compute acceleration, caching and high-performance storage. Read More Kill timer found in Shamoon malware suggests possible connection to Saudi Aramco attack A timer found in the Shamoon cyber-sabotage malware discovered last week matches the exact time and date when a hacktivist group claims to have disabled thousands of computers from the network of Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia. Read More Apple-Samsung jury extends deliberations As it begins a second day of deliberations in the Apple v. Samsung patent battle, the jury charged with evaluating the case has decided to work an extra hour. Read More Microsoft reveals new logo to represent wealth of new products After 25 years, Microsoft is hanging up its old corporate logo in favor of a new one that includes a squared off version of its four-color window pane and a typeface that is more in line with its Windows 8 logo. Read More Retail battle: Microsoft opens store steps from Apple Cheering employees and fans welcomed the opening of the first Microsoft Store in Massachusetts. Follow Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue VMware Workstation 9 is all about Windows 8 Staying ahead of Microsoft itself, VMware has updated its Workstation desktop computer hypervisor so it can run Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Windows 8. Read More Facebook gets FTC clearance for Instagram acquisition The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has cleared Facebook's proposed acquisition of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram in an unanimous vote, FTC said on Wednesday. Read More Peter Eicher: Confronting the final disaster It was an ordinary, cloudless morning in England on September 1, 1859. This was the heyday of the Victorian amateur scientist, before science became institutional. One such amateur astronomer, Richard Carrington, was doing what he often did, which was monitor the sun. Read More Jonny Evans: AT&T's Facetime charge shows unlimited data deals aren't rubber-clad If you're enraged at AT&T's plan to charge for Facetime calls over cellular networks, then you'd better get ready: the age of unlimited data deals isn't going to last, in future carriers will want to charge you for the applications you use with particular focus on heavy bandwidth hogs, such as video conferencing... Are you ready? Read More JR Raphael: Bitter Apple? An update on Google's iOS Voice Search saga Google's Android 4.1-level Voice Search feature was supposed to reach iOS earlier this month. So why is Apple keeping its gates closed and its lips sealed? Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft continues Windows Phone onslaught with new models for AT&T, T-Mobile A day after it was revealed that Verizon will be carrying its first new Windows Phone model in more than a year, reports have surfaced that new Windows Phone 8 handsets will be launched for AT&T and T-Mobile. At this pace, Windows Phone could well become a contender. Read More
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