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	Computerworld's 2012 holiday gift guide Need some help choosing holiday presents for the technology fans on your gift list? We've rounded up this year's best tech gifts, from tablets and HDTVs to smartphones, laptops and an array of other gadgets and accessories. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS Operationalizing Analytics Discover the three main elements of operationalizing analytics and learn how to develop a scalable framework to quickly solve the problems that lead to more profitable decisions. Read Now In this Issue 3 Windows 8 ultrabooks: Lightweight and powerful INSIDER Why voice recognition will finally conquer the office Apple vs. The World: Best of Apple's legal battles Dell XPS 12 review: Does it succeed as both an ultrabook and a tablet? JR Raphael: The mystery of the disappearing Android developer INSIDER Securing the keys to the cloud Visual tour: Is a picture worth a thousand gigabytes? Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Premium review: Accurate voice recognition 5 top tools for BYOD management WHITE PAPER: EMC 15-Minute Guide to Smarter Backup Backup and recovery has become a fundamental part of business and an essential element of information management. This white paper identifies the three big trends that are irreversibly changing how organizations must think about backup and recovery and how to transform your company's future with smarter backup. Read now. 3 Windows 8 ultrabooks: Lightweight and powerful A crop of ultrabooks -- some with touch screens -- is being introduced for the new Windows 8 operating system. We examine the HP Envy TouchSmart, Sony Vaio T13 and Toshiba Portege Z935 to see how they shape up. Read More INSIDER Why voice recognition will finally conquer the office While spoken input is spreading on mobile devices, it barely has a toehold in the office. But artificial intelligence that operates in the cloud will help drive speech technology beyond smartphones to computers and into other areas of the workplace, say experts. Insider (registration required) Read More Apple vs. The World: Best of Apple's legal battles Here you'll find some of the most important and influential -- as well as downright silly -- legal battles that Apple has been involved in since its founding in 1976. Read More Dell XPS 12 review: Does it succeed as both an ultrabook and a tablet? Dell's new XPS 12 convertible is one of the first Windows 8 computer to work both as an ultrabook and a tablet. But despite a nice design and great display, it may not succeed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sourcefire, Inc. Next-Generation Firewall Product Analysis Report The Sourcefire FirePOWER 8250 NGFW set a new standard in security effectiveness, performance and value: • 99% protection against all attacks • 100% firewall enforcement • 100% application control • 100% identity/user awareness • 10 Gbps real-world traffic throughput • TCO of $33 per Mbps protected Learn More JR Raphael: The mystery of the disappearing Android developer Why did a successful Android developer abandon his apps for more than a year -- then suddenly re-emerge? I reached out to Ander Webbs of ADWLauncher fame to find out. Read More INSIDER Securing the keys to the cloud Cloud service providers claim they can secure your data, but as the technology model is put to the test by more and more organizations, security holes, malware and other vulnerabilities are coming to light. Insider (registration required) Read More Visual tour: Is a picture worth a thousand gigabytes? An ambitious and attractive new large-format book, "The Human Face of Big Data," aims to give readers, through photography and short articles, a glimpse of how powerful new data processing capabilities are changing people's lives. Here is a sample. Read More Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12 Premium review: Accurate voice recognition Dragon NaturallySpeaking is the premiere voice-recognition software package. Its latest version adds additional accuracy. Read More 5 top tools for BYOD management SOTI MobiControl and SAP Afaria lead the way in a five-vendor test of MDM tools. Read More
	COMPUTERWORLD'S 2012 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Need some help choosing holiday presents for the technology fans on your gift list? We've rounded up this year's best tech gifts, from tablets and HDTVs to smartphones, laptops and an array of other gadgets and accessories. HOW DOES YOUR SALARY COMPARE WITH YOUR IT PEERS? Computerworld's 27th Annual Salary Survey will feature the latest IT salary trends and advice on where to find the best-paying jobs. This year's survey participants can enter a drawing to win one of 5 new Google 16GB Nexus 7 tablets with Wi-Fi! The drawing is open to legal U.S. residents, age 18 or older, until Dec. 17, 2012. Take our annual IT Salary Survey today! BEST PLACES TO WORK -- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Is your IT department a great place to work? Our 20th annual Best Places to Work in IT report will honor 100 organizations that offer great benefits, salaries and opportunities for training and advancement, as well as interesting projects and a flexible and diverse work environment. Nominate an organization now through Dec. 13, 2012. SHARK TANK OF THE DAY Or do you think maybe he was being polite? Flashback to 1984, when this sysadmin pilot fish is working for a high-tech startup. Yes, Virginia, they did have high-tech startups back then -- but things were a little different. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Apple will manufacture one of its Mac lines exclusively in the U.S. by the end of 2013. Why is Apple making this move? NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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