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	Richi Jennings: Microsoft: Windows 8 is great, your argument is invalid Microsoft wants us to know that Windows 8 is a huge success, selling 40 million copies in its first month. That's probably faster than Windows 7! But hang on, just a week ago the sales situation looked dire. What could have changed in seven days? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers scratch their heads (or get a bird to do it for them). Read More WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level By viewing this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. View Now In this Issue Jonny Evans: New iMac ships from November 30 as Apple faces display supply challenge Darlene Storm: Pwning printers: Backdoor in Samsung printers via hard-coded admin account INSIDER Leigh Jasper: Big data deluge: New challenges for collaboration Preston Gralla: Are Windows 8 users cheapskates? Windows Store downloads beat the Mac App Store, but Mac app revenue is five times higher. Sharky: All I know is, they're blinking together 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 Jonny Evans: New iMac ships from November 30 as Apple faces display supply challenge The post-Samsung Appe is closing in on resolving its display manufacturing as it reveals the new iMac range will be available from Friday, November 30 -- and you can forget the Apple television until the company's screen crisis is resolved... Read More Darlene Storm: Pwning printers: Backdoor in Samsung printers via hard-coded admin account Pwning printers could potentially be an IT nightmare. The latest vulnerability was discovered in the hard-coded admin account of Samsung and some Dell printers that could be remotely exploited as a backdoor. One in every four HP LaserJet printers is still vulnerable to hacking, being infected with malware and then potentially bursting into flames because people do not bother to update the firmware. Security is often an afterthought for printers and photocopiers, even though they have been "hackable" for years, are increasingly "smarter" and connected to the Internet. Your network is only as secure as its weakest link, and the potential for hacking printers now include: remotely changing a printer's settings, eavesdropping on network traffic to spy on you, launching a denial of service attack, transmitting fake print jobs or faxes, and gaining access to sensitive documents sent to the printer for espionage or identity theft. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon Leading the Revolution of Device Independence As employees bring their own devices to work, employers must respond with effective strategies to secure and manage a plethora of new devices containing business-critical data. A Computerworld QuickPoll survey found approximately four in 10 smartphones and tablet devices in the enterprise are owned by employees. Learn More INSIDER Leigh Jasper: Big data deluge: New challenges for collaboration When we talk about big data, we often focus on the stress of storage costs on IT budgets, or on the need for faster and more powerful analytics. But big data also has implications for collaboration. Insider (registration required). Read More Preston Gralla: Are Windows 8 users cheapskates? Windows Store downloads beat the Mac App Store, but Mac app revenue is five times higher. Are Windows 8 users cheapskates? Judging by the first month of downloads in the Windows 8 Store, that might be the case. Even though downloads of the most popular apps in the Windows 8 Store beat downloads in the Mac App Store, Mac App Store revenue dwarfs that of the Windows 8 Store. Read More Sharky: All I know is, they're blinking together Client calls this consultant pilot fish with a complaint: The firewall that fish installed and has been working fine for months is now interfering with VoIP. And the client's receptionist is pretty sure she has proof. Read More
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