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	Get things done: 10 to-do apps for Android and iOS These 10 task managers for Android and iOS can help keep your to-do list reasonable and achievable. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Become a Cloud expert at AWS re: Invent Amazon Web Services invites you to AWS re:Invent, our first global customer and partner conference. Hear how companies are migrating their IT applications to the Cloud. Learn best practices for managing security, monitoring your resources, optimizing performance, and cutting costs. Get your questions answered by AWS experts to help you get started. Register today for AWS re: Invent, the largest gathering ever of the AWS community. In this Issue WD: New Thunderbolt desktop hard drive is faster than SSD Oracle knew about zero-day Java vulnerabilities for months, researcher says HP announces Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with Windows 8 6 truths about rock star developers Microsoft links Windows 8 apps to Azure HP-Oracle Itanium ruling becomes final, sets case toward jury trial Dell unveils XPS 10 tablet with ARM processor, Windows RT HTC launches entry-level Android smartphone with Dropbox Salesforce.com's next release to feature Chatter updates, third-party app integration tools Former Motorola employee sentenced to four years imprisonment for trade secrets theft US Republicans back Internet 'freedom' Dutch ministries use Yammer despite Patriot Act worries Preston Gralla: More good news for Windows Phone -- Samsung announces a slick, high-end Windows Phone 8 device Richi Jennings: Java zero-days take SIX MONTHS to patch? SRSLY, Oracle? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. WD: New Thunderbolt desktop hard drive is faster than SSD Western Digital today released two new external hard drives, one of which it says has the performance of a solid-state drive at less than half the cost. Read More Oracle knew about zero-day Java vulnerabilities for months, researcher says Oracle knew since April about the existence of the two unpatched Java 7 vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited in malware attacks, according to Adam Gowdiak, the founder and CEO of Polish security firm Security Explorations. Read More HP announces Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with Windows 8 Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced an Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with the Windows 8 OS, signaling the company's re-entry into the consumer tablet market, which it abandoned after the highly publicized failure of its TouchPad product. Read More 6 truths about rock star developers You want the best and the brightest money can buy. Or do you? In fact, you're better served by a group of developers with mixed skill levels who focus on getting the job done Read More Microsoft links Windows 8 apps to Azure Windows Azure Mobile Services connects Windows 8-based client and mobile apps to scalable cloud; will include Android and iOS Read More HP-Oracle Itanium ruling becomes final, sets case toward jury trial A California judge's order that Oracle must keep porting its software to Hewlett-Packard's Itanium platform is now final, setting the stage for a jury trial over whether Oracle breached a contract with HP and what damages it may need to pay. Read More Dell unveils XPS 10 tablet with ARM processor, Windows RT Dell is back in the tablet market after laying low for a few months, announcing the XPS 10 tablet, which has an ARM processor and Microsoft's upcoming Windows RT OS. Read More WEBCAST: VCE Boosting Asset Utilization of Vblock Customers This webcast will highlight detailed results from a recent IDC study, sponsored by VCE, of five organizations that have implemented Vblock Systems, and seen dramatic cost savings, vast improvement in deployment times, and reduction in downtime. Learn more. HTC launches entry-level Android smartphone with Dropbox HTC has launched the Desire X, which has integrated cloud storage and a camera that can shoot video and take pictures at the same time, the company said on Thursday. Read More Salesforce.com's next release to feature Chatter updates, third-party app integration tools Salesforce.com has revealed details of what's coming in its next major product update, Winter '13, in a set of release notes recently posted on its website. Read More Former Motorola employee sentenced to four years imprisonment for trade secrets theft A former Motorola employee, charged with the theft of trade secrets from the company, was sentenced by a federal court in Illinois on Wednesday to four years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Read More US Republicans back Internet 'freedom' The U.S. Republican Party has approved a policy statement that focuses on removing regulations and protects personal data on the Internet. Read More Dutch ministries use Yammer despite Patriot Act worries Dutch ministries can keep using social networking tool Yammer for internal communication despite worries in the parliament that data could secretly be seized by U.S. law enforcement agencies under the U.S. Patriot Act, Liesbeth Spies, minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, said on Wednesday. Read More Preston Gralla: More good news for Windows Phone -- Samsung announces a slick, high-end Windows Phone 8 device The good news for Windows Phone keeps coming: Samsung today announced a slick Windows 8 phone whose specs make it seem as if it can provide serious competition to iPhones and Android phones. With HTC and Nokia slated to announce Windows Phone 8 devices, and carriers lining up behind the operating system, the news is all good for Microsoft. Read More Richi Jennings: Java zero-days take SIX MONTHS to patch? SRSLY, Oracle? There are some zero-day vulnerabilities in Java that are already being exploited. However, these aren't new bugs: Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has known about them since early April, and doesn't plan to fix them until October. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder why it takes six months to fix critical security holes. Read More
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