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	Car-hacking: Bluetooth and other security issues It's not time for full-on panic, but researchers have already successfully applied brakes remotely, listened into conversations and more. Read More WHITE PAPER: Datawatch Bringing Big Data into your Analytics Strategy. Learn how a report analytics solution can eliminate your content blind spot by allowing you to get to all of your organization's data, so you may take action in improving your business. Learn more. In this Issue IT execs explain their moves to solid-state storage Talk of a Sept. 12 iPhone launch triggers trade-in flurry Video: NASA's Curiosity lands on Mars Elgan: Facebook's Summer of Fail Twitter takes social spotlight at London Olympics Samsung to ship Galaxy Note 10.1 with better processor than expected INSIDER CEOs talk about outsourcing, customers, mobility, big data and so much more Judge rejects Apple's punishment against Samsung Trial with Samsung reveals Apple's 7-inch iPad vision, 'Purple Project' Oracle hopes to turn tables on SAP with Sybase-to-Oracle migration tools UPS mid-way in deploying wearable image scanners for faster package sorting Samsung: Apple pushed expert witnesses to change their minds Massive payment card upgrade has mixed results in Australia TSMC follows Intel to invest in ASML for smaller chips Preston Gralla: Microsoft should come clean about why it's dropping the Windows 8 Metro name Richi Jennings: Apple iCloud 'not secure': Cloud rains on BYOD parade 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 IT execs explain their moves to solid-state storage The adoption of flash storage in the enterprise is boosting database performance, cutting in half the time needed for nightly full backups and providing users with real-time responses. Here's how four companies chose to up their game with flash. Read More Talk of a Sept. 12 iPhone launch triggers trade-in flurry Speculation about a Sept. 12 announcement of a new iPhone triggered a 70% increase in the number of owners trying to unload their current smartphones, online auctioneer eBay said. Read More Video: NASA's Curiosity lands on Mars It was described as one of the most complicated missions ever attempted by NASA, but it went off without a hitch. Curiosity landed on Mars to jubilation at mission control. A two-year mission now begins. Read More Elgan: Facebook's Summer of Fail Facebook's stock price is in the toilet and critics want Zuckerberg to quit. But first, the bad news. Read More Twitter takes social spotlight at London Olympics Twitter is basking in the Olympic spotlight, with athletes tweeting about the games and fans around the world tweeting their support. Read More Samsung to ship Galaxy Note 10.1 with better processor than expected Samsung Electronics will start shipping the Galaxy Note 10.1 later this month, with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor and a software feature from the Galaxy S III. Read More INSIDER CEOs talk about outsourcing, customers, mobility, big data and so much more In a recent series of interviews, IDG Enterprises's chief content officer, John Gallant, spoke with several CEOs about a wide range of current challenges facing top tech executives. Some put the customer first, and some decidedly do not. Register to download the PDF. Read More Judge rejects Apple's punishment against Samsung The judge in Apple's patent-infringement suit against Samsung Electronics turned down Apple's request that she rule in its favor as punishment for an improper disclosure by Samsung. Read More WEBCAST: VMware 3 Common Misconceptions About Virtualization This article by an industry expert helps clear up misinformation and shatters three common myths, illustrated by a customer success story. Learn more how VMware can add value and help your company no matter what stage you are on in your virtualization journey. Learn more! Trial with Samsung reveals Apple's 7-inch iPad vision, 'Purple Project' Apple considered developing a car or a camera after seeing the iPod's success, and in early 2011 one of its top executives recommended making a 7-inch iPad, Friday's testimony and documents revealed in the company's patent suit against Samsung. Read More Oracle hopes to turn tables on SAP with Sybase-to-Oracle migration tools Oracle is planning to unveil new migration tools that help customers port applications written for SAP's Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise product over to Oracle's own flagship database and Exadata database machine, according to a session scheduled for the upcoming OpenWorld conference. Read More UPS mid-way in deploying wearable image scanners for faster package sorting UPS workers are taking advantage of new wearable scanning technology that speeds up package loading and quickly transmits online tracking data to customers. Read More Samsung: Apple pushed expert witnesses to change their minds Samsung accused Apple of improperly influencing expert witnesses on Monday, following the amendment of an expert report delivered to the Korean company's legal team late Sunday night. Read More Massive payment card upgrade has mixed results in Australia Despite a years-long upgrade of Australia's payment systems, fraudsters are still profiting, leaving a questionable record for a vast program to equip debit and credit cards with new security features. Read More TSMC follows Intel to invest in ASML for smaller chips Following Intel's lead, contract chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), is investing $1 billion in Netherlands tools maker ASML to speed up the development of faster and more power-efficient chips while reducing manufacturing costs. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft should come clean about why it's dropping the Windows 8 Metro name Microsoft has long used the term "Metro" for its newest Windows interfaces, first for Windows Phone 7, and after that for Windows 8. Now it's dropping that name, and the explanation for it makes little sense. Microsoft should come clean about why it's dropping the name. Read More Richi Jennings: Apple iCloud 'not secure': Cloud rains on BYOD parade Mat Honan suffered a hellacious hack Friday. It turns out that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) reset his password for a hacker. Due to the nature of iCloud, all his devices stopped working and he's lost all his backups. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are excoriatingly critical of Apple's security policies . Read More
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