Exec turnover, IT decisions are hurting HP, says CEO

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	CEO turnover, IT decisions are hurting HP, says Whitman Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman says she won't be able to say whether she has completely turned this company around until 2016. Read More WEBCAST: T-Systems Charting a Course for Realizing Business Value in the Cloud Cloud is not simply about delivering IT services. Rather it is about vesting the organization with the agility it must have to respond to challenges and opportunities at the speed of business. Tune into this live webcast - Thursday, October 18, 2012, 2:00 PM, EDT - to learn how to blaze your own pathway to enterprise applications in the cloud. Learn more. In this Issue T-Mobile-MetroPCS deal would expand LTE, no-contract services FTC hits scary tech support scammers that make 'virtual mayhem' iPad Mini's likely launch date means inventory will be everything, say analysts PlayBook OS 2.1 update boosts security, management Group says it hacked systems at 100 major universities Samsung claims jury misconduct, demands retrial against Apple Kurzweil: Brains will extend to the cloud Dish missing out on mobile deals while waiting for rulings, Ergen says HP offers weak outlook, will cut 25 percent of PC models EMC names new CTO to oversee cloud, big data strategy Big data shines at DEMO Fall 2012 Timing your move into disruptive technologies Johanna Ambrosio: DEMO: Energy, excitement -- and lots of cool tech Preston Gralla: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: Windows 8's "bimodal user experience" is "puzzling" and "confusing," but still a winner WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware A Lower Entry Cost for Desktop Virtualization High entry costs and overall complexity have prevented many SMBs from taking advantage of the benefits of client virtualization. Now HP and VMware have teamed to bring desktop virtualization that delivers results right out of the box. Learn More T-Mobile-MetroPCS deal would expand LTE, no-contract services T-Mobile USA's planned merger with MetroPCS promises to create the "leading value" wireless carrier in the U.S., officials from both companies said. Read More FTC hits scary tech support scammers that make 'virtual mayhem' U.S. officials today struck at six long-running scams, freezing assets of 14 companies charged with bilking consumers by posing as tech support from Microsoft, Symantec and others. Read More iPad Mini's likely launch date means inventory will be everything, say analysts Apple's rumored November launch of a smaller, less-expensive iPad will put the company in a tight spot -- tighter than usual -- if it's not able to build up and maintain adequate supplies through the holiday season, analysts said today. Read More PlayBook OS 2.1 update boosts security, management Research in Motion Wednesday released a BlackBerry PlayBook OS update that adds full device encryption to secure personal data stored on the device to go along with the already-available encryption for corporate data. Read More Group says it hacked systems at 100 major universities A hacking group that calls itself Team GhostShell this week claimed credit for breaking into servers at 100 major universities from around the world, including Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan. Read More Samsung claims jury misconduct, demands retrial against Apple The foreman of the jury that recently handed Apple a $1 billion patent victory over Samsung Electronics was untruthful and biased, the South Korean company alleged in a filing with a U.S. court. Read More Kurzweil: Brains will extend to the cloud Futurist and computer pioneer Ray Kurzweil says it will be possible to 'repurpose' human brains to learn new things. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! Dish missing out on mobile deals while waiting for rulings, Ergen says While T-Mobile USA announced a deal to merge with MetroPCS Wireless on Wednesday, Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen said regulatory delays have prevented his company from securing partners and spectrum it will need to build a viable mobile broadband business. Read More HP offers weak outlook, will cut 25 percent of PC models Hewlett-Packard has outlined a turnaround plan that includes slashing the number of PC models it sells by 25 percent over the next two years. Read More EMC names new CTO to oversee cloud, big data strategy EMC appointed former Huawei Technologies executive John Roese as its new CTO. Roese will play a key role in shaping EMC's technology strategy. Roese replaces Jeff Nick, who has been EMC's CTO for eight years. Read More Big data shines at DEMO Fall 2012 At this week's Fall 2012 DEMO conference, big data was in a category by itself - and for good reason. Read More Timing your move into disruptive technologies Though product cycle times are accelerating, the underlying technologies unfold over many years. Read More Johanna Ambrosio: DEMO: Energy, excitement -- and lots of cool tech Johanna Ambrosio fell in love with technology again at this week's DEMO show. Here's why. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: Windows 8's "bimodal user experience" is "puzzling" and "confusing," but still a winner If you find yourself confused by Windows 8's dueling interfaces, you're not alone. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen says that he finds its "bimodal user experience" "puzzling" and "confusing," although he ultimately thinks the operating system is a winner. Read More
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