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	Email lessons from Gen. Petraeus' downfall Email is at the center of the scandal that brought down CIA Director David Petraeus, one of the country's most decorated generals. Read More WEBCAST: VMware A Quick-Start Guide to Disaster Recovery This guide unpacks the myths about disaster recovery and offers best-practices advice on protecting your valuable IT assets. Learn how VMware can keep you prepared. View Now! In this Issue 10 new Windows 8 tablet/laptop convertibles Europe looks to ARM chips for supercomputing edge Microsoft's Sinofsky, by the numbers Microsoft Surface users complain about Wi-Fi problems Air Force scraps massive ERP project after racking up $1B in costs Cybersecurity bill fails in U.S. Senate Texas Instruments to switch focus from cellphones, cut 1,700 jobs 10 new Windows 8 all-in-one PCs Samsung releases smaller, faster 64GB smartphone memory Adobe confirms breach of Connectusers.com forum database, shuts down website Two indicted in alleged theft of court database source code Google targets Android fragmentation with updated terms for SDK Four takeaways from Cisco's Q1 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here 10 new Windows 8 tablet/laptop convertibles It's a tablet! No, it's a laptop! The introduction of Microsoft Windows 8 has spawned a variety of new and exciting devices -- including a group of tablets that turn into laptops, and vice versa. Here are 10 new and upcoming convertibles that were built especially to accommodate the new operating system. Read More Europe looks to ARM chips for supercomputing edge The European Union is moving to build a high-performance computing industry to challenge U.S. dominance, but it doesn't want to play catch-up. It wants to leapfrog, and it is seeing whether ARM Holdings technology can give it that edge. Read More Microsoft's Sinofsky, by the numbers Microsoft is best known for Windows, and for the past six years, Steven Sinofsky has been best known as the man behind Windows. Even the numbers tell a story. Read More Microsoft Surface users complain about Wi-Fi problems Some users of Microsoft's new Surface tablet are complaining about connectivity issues that are preventing them from getting on the Internet, according to posts on Microsoft's Surface support forum. Read More Air Force scraps massive ERP project after racking up $1B in costs The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap a major ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project after spending $1 billion, concluding that finishing it would cost far too much more money for too little gain. Read More Cybersecurity bill fails in U.S. Senate The U.S. Senate has voted against moving forward on a cybersecurity bill that supporters have called critical for national security. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Online New Technology to Your Users: A Make-or-Break Moment Live Webcast: Tuesday, November 27th at 1:00pm EST Join this live, interactive webinar to learn: - How to assess what users expect from technology - Common missteps and omissions in the QA process - What you can do to make uses feel more confident and supported - And more… Learn More Texas Instruments to switch focus from cellphones, cut 1,700 jobs Texas Instruments will lay off 1,700 employees as it refocuses its efforts away from the wireless sector -- including cellphones and tablets -- and toward embedded systems, the company announced Wednesday. Read More 10 new Windows 8 all-in-one PCs The introduction of Microsoft Windows 8 has spawned a variety of new and exciting devices -- including some sleek and powerful all-in-one desktop systems. We feature here 10 of the newest systems, some touch and some not, that were created for the new operating system. Read More Samsung releases smaller, faster 64GB smartphone memory Samsung on Thursday announced a new 64GB memory chip for smartphones and tablets, which it says is 20% smaller and a third faster than current technology. Read More Adobe confirms breach of Connectusers.com forum database, shuts down website Adobe has shut down Connectusers.com, a community forum site for users of its Adobe Connect Web conferencing platform, because the site's user database was compromised. Read More Two indicted in alleged theft of court database source code Two former employees of Alabama's court system were indicted on Wednesday for allegedly stealing the source code for a court-records database and transferring it to a Florida-based company. Read More Google targets Android fragmentation with updated terms for SDK Google has expanded its legal agreement with developers working on Android applications to specifically prohibit them from taking any action that could lead to a fragmentation of the operating system. Read More Four takeaways from Cisco's Q1 Four things are clear from Cisco's better-than-expected Q1 FY 2013 results. Read More
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