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	Richi Jennings: Windows 8 is gold: Release date just days away Windows 8 has gone gold, and the release date just days away -- unless you're a mere pleb, in which case you'll have to wait until October. Microsoft is crowing about reaching the release to manufacture (RTM) milestone. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers blog the Build 9200 hoopla. Not to mention: Bagger 288 saves the world... 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 JR Raphael: Verizon's tethering fiasco: A lesson in deception and denial Darlene Storm: Curious hackers inject ghost airplanes into radar, track celebrities' flights Jonny Evans: Opinion: iPhone 5 looms, but iPad nano won't appear till October Shark Tank: What are the odds? 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 JR Raphael: Verizon's tethering fiasco: A lesson in deception and denial Verizon may have agreed to adjust its policies on smartphone tethering, but the carrier continues to mislead and deceive its customers about what's really going on. Read More Darlene Storm: Curious hackers inject ghost airplanes into radar, track celebrities' flights What happens when hackers gets bored and then curious about airplane tracking systems? Security researchers revealed a plethora of privacy and security vulnerabilities that could be exploited right now as aircraft are flying overhead. Whether you are interested in tracking celebrities' flights or injecting ghost airplanes into radar which may cause air traffic controllers or pilots to dirty their underwear, here's a look at three such security presentations: From Def Con 20 -- "Hacker + Airplanes = No Good Can Come Of This" and "Busting the BARR: Tracking "Untrackable" Private Aircraft for Fun & Profit." From Black Hat USA -- "Ghost in the Air (Traffic)." Let's hope there are some fast fixes to these serious flaws. 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. Jonny Evans: Opinion: iPhone 5 looms, but iPad nano won't appear till October Sharp is preparing to ship displays to Apple for use within the iPhone 5, itself set to debut September 12. However separate reports this morning suggest the 7.85-inch iPad mini displays will only enter production next month, which I believe suggests that device won't debut until later in the year. Read More Shark Tank: What are the odds? First-level support pilot fish at this hospital gets a call from the secretary at the dental clinic: The digital X-ray unit isn't working, and that's all she knows. Fish figures his odds of improving the situation are 50-50 -- maybe. Read More
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