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	Microsoft's 'big gamble' with Windows 8 won't pay off in the enterprise, says Gartner Microsoft is taking a "big gamble" with its new Windows 8, one that will see the operating system peak at just 20% to 25% of corporate PCs, Gartner analysts said today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?    Using VMware NIC Teaming?    Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)    Get this essential FREE white paper now     11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff     Click to continue In this Issue Researcher finds 100K passwords, user IDs, on IEEE site Google patches 24 Chrome bugs, pays out $29K to bounty hunters No camera in latest Nook tablets puts focus on content consumption Mayer wants Yahoo to be part of your every day life RIM's stock price jumps on news of increased subscribers INSIDER Robert L. Mitchell: The paranoid user's guide to password protection: 10 steps to better security Google Maps dives underwater for panoramic ocean views New software suggests Samsung set to launch Tizen-based smartphone Healthcare faces acute IT staff shortage Cisco CEO Chambers hints at retirement Cisco acquires Wi-Fi-based location company Video: Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ to take on Amazon, Apple Infor open-source plan: Embrace Red Hat stack, MySQL Norway ends nine-month ban on Google Apps use Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhone 5 Maps app criticisms continue -- but users don't mind too much JR Raphael: Google Maps for Android: 4 hidden features WHITE PAPER: Framehawk Making Sense of the Work-Personal Device Blur BYOD brings some concerns, blurring the line between personal and corporate use raises security, compliance, and ownership issues. Does the BYOD trend actually make workers more productive, or is IT simply caving in to employee demand? Read Now! Researcher finds 100K passwords, user IDs, on IEEE site A Danish graduate student said he was searching for research material on an IEEE FTP server last week when he stumbled upon the usernames and passwords of about 100,000 members of the professional association. Read More Google patches 24 Chrome bugs, pays out $29K to bounty hunters Google yesterday patched 24 vulnerabilities in Chrome, and paid out $29,500 in bounties to nine researchers, more than half of that to one of the company's most prolific bug finders. Read More No camera in latest Nook tablets puts focus on content consumption Tablet functions seem to be heading in two directions: There are those primarily designed for consumption of books, movies and other content, and those intended for content creation as well as consumption. Read More Mayer wants Yahoo to be part of your every day life When Yahoo's new CEO Marissa Mayer spoke to company employees Tuesday, she reportedly talked about making Yahoo part of people's everyday lives. Read More RIM's stock price jumps on news of increased subscribers Research In Motion's stock price jumped more than 6% Wednesday after CEO Thorsten Heins addressed developers and said, among other things, that BlackBerry subscriptions had climbed to 80 million, up from 78 million in the second quarter. Read More INSIDER Robert L. Mitchell: The paranoid user's guide to password protection: 10 steps to better security Yes, they are out to get you. Yes, they want your passwords. And if you're like most folks out there, you've given them plenty of ways to take them from you. If you're dead serious about securing your online life, here's 10 tips for locking down and protecting your accounts. Insider (free registration required). Read More Google Maps dives underwater for panoramic ocean views Google has added its first underwater panoramic images to Google Maps. Read More New software suggests Samsung set to launch Tizen-based smartphone Tizen 2.0, the open-source smartphone operating system, is now available as an alpha release with an accompanying SDK, the Tizen project announced on Tuesday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. Healthcare faces acute IT staff shortage Two-thirds of healthcare organizations in the U.S. say they need more qualified IT staffers, according to a survey by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. Read More Cisco CEO Chambers hints at retirement Cisco CEO John Chambers says he may retire in two to four years and named several executives who could succeed him, according to Bloomberg. Read More Cisco acquires Wi-Fi-based location company Cisco said it acquired ThinkSmart Technologies of Cork, Ireland, a software company that delivers location data analysis based on Wi-Fi networks. Read More Video: Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ to take on Amazon, Apple Barnes & Noble introduced two new tablets Wednesday with 7-inch and 9-inch displays that offer profiles for each user. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb. Read More Infor open-source plan: Embrace Red Hat stack, MySQL Infor has certified some of its products for Red Hat's Linux and JBoss middleware and added support for the MySQL and MariaDB databases, as part of a new push into open-source software, the companies announced Wednesday. Read More Norway ends nine-month ban on Google Apps use After nine months of deliberations and some changes on Google's side, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority lifted a ban on the use of Google Apps by municipalities. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhone 5 Maps app criticisms continue -- but users don't mind too much iOS 6 Maps app may be this season's biggest iPhone 5 criticism as competitors jump around to point out its shortcomings, but iPhone users aren't particularly alarmed -- they're a little bothered, but the change hasn't reduced product satisfaction ratings too much. Read More JR Raphael: Google Maps for Android: 4 hidden features With all the talk over Google Maps and iOS right now, I thought it'd be a good time to take a look at Google Maps for Android and a handful of hidden features you might not know exist. Read More
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