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	New BlackBerry phones don't wow investors, but analysts see promise RIM's share price dropped more than 6% Wednesday, after the company announced it was changing its to BlackBerry and unveiled two new smartphones, the touchscreen Z10 and the qwerty Q10. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cloudera Get Certified in Apache Hadoop. Learn with Cloudera! Cloudera University is the world's leading provider of Apache Hadoop training and certification . Get job-specific training for Hadoop administrators and developers, as well as in-depth coverage of other Apache projects such as HBase, Hive and Pig. Check out the free online tutorials or sign up for a live training class near you, by visiting university.cloudera.com/. In this Issue Surface Pro storage space in short supply Researchers use Twitter to track flu outbreak Mozilla takes drastic step to automatically block virtually all plug-ins in Firefox Pay-as-you-go Office 365 cripples apps if subscription expires BlackBerry 10 launches with comeback hopes Review: RIM tries to get back in the game with sleek and fast Z10 BlackBerry Goodbye Research In Motion, hello BlackBerry Video: BlackBerry Z10 hands on QuickPoll: Can BlackBerry score in the smartphone game? Salesforce.com 'aggressively investigating' database error ZTE set to launch Firefox OS smartphone Windows 8 'convertibles' help Lenovo break into high-end PC market Microsoft embraces open-source Git for development tools Kaspersky Lab adds mobile and system management to its business security offering Google seen missing another deadline in EU antitrust case Jonny Evans: Hey Apple, Google: people don't trust you any more Preston Gralla: Why Windows Phone will beat the new Blackberry JR Raphael: Android's (quiet) killer feature WHITE PAPER: CDW Corporation A Deep Dive into Virtualization Optimization This reference guide provides an in-depth look at best practices for improving server virtualization, exploring client virtualization options, blade migration, storage virtualization and WAN optimization techniques. Learn More. Surface Pro storage space in short supply Microsoft's low-end Surface Pro tablet, slated to start shipping Feb. 9, sports just 23GB of free storage space out of the box, Microsoft confirmed today. Read More Researchers use Twitter to track flu outbreak Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are using Twitter to track what has been a particularly severe flu season across the U.S. Read More Mozilla takes drastic step to automatically block virtually all plug-ins in Firefox Mozilla yesterday announced it would automatically disable all plug-ins in Firefox except the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player, citing security and stability reasons for the move. Read More Pay-as-you-go Office 365 cripples apps if subscription expires Microsoft's new pay-as-you-go Office 365 subscription plans differ from traditional buy-once software in one important aspect: When customers stop paying, the applications stop working. Read More BlackBerry 10 launches with comeback hopes With its future in the balance, the company until now known as Research In Motion launched its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, two new handsets and a new company name on Wednesday. Read More Review: RIM tries to get back in the game with sleek and fast Z10 BlackBerry The touch-screen smartphone retains most of the strengths that made the platform a corporate favorite while making a play for consumers. Read More Goodbye Research In Motion, hello BlackBerry Research In Motion is changing its name to BlackBerry, a move it hopes will signify a fresh start for the company. Read More Video: BlackBerry Z10 hands on BlackBerry's Z10 is one of two handsets running the company's new mobile operating system BlackBerry 10. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More QuickPoll: Can BlackBerry score in the smartphone game? Can the release of a new OS, new handsets and a new company name make a difference this late in the game? Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Cloud-Based Business Continuity The paper addresses the most current challenges of enterprise-class continuity, and how traditional IT operations can be recovered to the cloud. Also the paper explores the key issues that organizations may examine when considering a cloud-oriented approach to disaster recovery (DR). Read Now! Salesforce.com 'aggressively investigating' database error Salesforce.com is "aggressively investigating" a database software error that led to temporary performance problems in part of its infrastructure. Read More ZTE set to launch Firefox OS smartphone Chinese phone maker ZTE is planning to launch a smartphone based on Mozilla's Firefox OS at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. Read More Windows 8 'convertibles' help Lenovo break into high-end PC market Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing said sales of its Windows 8 PCs have been 'normal' to date;, neither surpassing nor falling behind expectations, but added that convertible devices using the OS are helping the company break into the high-end segment for the North American market. Read More Microsoft embraces open-source Git for development tools Once vehemently opposed to open-source software, Microsoft has warmed to the development model over the years and will now take the unusual step of incorporating an open-source program developed by Linus Torvalds into its own development tools. Read More Kaspersky Lab adds mobile and system management to its business security offering Kaspersky Lab made its bid to reduce the complexity associated with managing IT security processes in corporate environments, with a new product that combines the company's anti-malware technology with new mobile and system management tools. Read More Google seen missing another deadline in EU antitrust case Despite saying in December that talks with Google could not go on forever, European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia seems resigned to keep waiting. Read More Jonny Evans: Hey Apple, Google: people don't trust you any more Yet another sign of widening chinks in the Apple armor today as the company loses some customer trust and a UK newspaper reveals the untold risks of storing data in iCloud. Read More Preston Gralla: Why Windows Phone will beat the new Blackberry The Blackberry 10 and new Blackberry devices took center stage today, but despite Blackberry's best efforts, it will lose out to Windows Phone as the number three smartphone operating system. Despite the improved new hardware, it will be no match for Microsoft and Windows Phone. Read More JR Raphael: Android's (quiet) killer feature It's no secret that Android has lots of good stuff going for it, but one of the platform's most useful and distinguishing features is one you rarely hear discussed. Read More
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