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	ID theft may cost IRS $21B over next five years The dead can't speak for themselves. But they can apparently file U.S. tax returns. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Virtualizing SAP This KnowledgeVault has answers to questions in a series of concise videos, webinars and assets that explain how SAP and VMware work together to deliver optimal application performance in a virtualized environment. View Now! In this Issue NASA's Mars rover heading toward '7 minutes of terror' JR Raphael: Verizon's tethering settlement: What about Google Wallet? Samsung says Apple's claim is an affront to jury's integrity Japanese semiconductor companies hurt in Q2, study says Survey: Drivers like in-car Internet, worry about safety, privacy Yammer lets organizations measure emotions in enterprise social networks Oracle-HP ruling shows risk of IT vendor partnerships INSIDER CEO Dick Williams on Webroot's big cloud gamble SAP agrees to pay Oracle $306 million in TomorrowNow case MIT researchers streamline coding for image processing Richard Hoffman: 3 simple strategic questions to master IT chaos Richi Jennings: Facebook 'sponsored stories' privacy proposal: Farcical fiasco RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > NASA's Mars rover heading toward '7 minutes of terror' When NASA's newest and largest robotic rover lands on Mars on Sunday morning, it will use a supersonic parachute, a tether and rockets to safely alight 350 million miles from home Read More JR Raphael: Verizon's tethering settlement: What about Google Wallet? Verizon's recent FCC settlement raises an interesting question: If the carrier isn't allowed to block tethering apps, should it be allowed to block Google Wallet? Read More Samsung says Apple's claim is an affront to jury's integrity Samsung Electronics has asked a court in California to strike down Apple's "self-serving" recommendation of sanctions against the South Korean company for revealing to the press documents that were not allowed as evidence in a patent dispute. Read More Japanese semiconductor companies hurt in Q2, study says The Japanese semiconductor industry is on a downward spiral as rival companies in Taiwan, South Korea and the U.S. made gains in chip, memory and integrated circuit sales, research firm IC Insights said in a study. Read More Survey: Drivers like in-car Internet, worry about safety, privacy U.S. drivers seem to hold conflicting opinions on in-car Internet access, viewing the technology as a driving hazard and even a threat to privacy while praising the entertainment and safety features it offers. Read More Yammer lets organizations measure emotions in enterprise social networks Yammer is adding functionality to its cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software that lets organizations gauge the types of emotions expressed in employee posts. Read More WHITE PAPER: AppCentral 4 Tips to Leverage Mobile Enterprise Apps Read this tip sheet to learn how to use custom mobile apps to share information with customers, partners and suppliers, while retaining control of the data. Learn More Now! Oracle-HP ruling shows risk of IT vendor partnerships A strongly worded order by a California judge saying Oracle has to keep porting its software to Itanium-based Hewlett=Packard servers is not the end of the nasty legal battle between the two companies, but it could have an effect on the broader IT industry. Read More INSIDER CEO Dick Williams on Webroot's big cloud gamble Anti-malware vendor Webroot has bet the company on cloud. Read More SAP agrees to pay Oracle $306 million in TomorrowNow case SAP has agreed to pay Oracle US$306 million in connection with the corporate-theft case that Oracle filed against it and a former SAP subsidiary in 2007, according to a filing made Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Read More MIT researchers streamline coding for image processing Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have figured out a way of helping developers more easily rearrange their image processing code so that it could execute faster and use fewer computational resources. Read More Richard Hoffman: 3 simple strategic questions to master IT chaos It may be true that "the only constant is change," but as strategists and leaders, how can we find the patterns beneath the chaos? In the words of the ancients, we can sometimes gain wise advice for modern problems. Read More Richi Jennings: Facebook 'sponsored stories' privacy proposal: Farcical fiasco Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is again under fire over its privacy-preventing 'sponsored stories' advertising scheme. This time, by a federal judge: A class-action settlement is being criticized because it doesn't actually compensate any of the victims and it doesn't allow adults to opt out of involuntarily appearing in these wretched ads! In IT Blogwatch, bloggers tear out their hair in frustration over Facebook's continued flouting of basic privacy norms. Read More
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