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	From build to buy: American Airlines changes modernization course midflight A multi-year effort to re-architect 47-year-old mainframe-based legacy software around a service-oriented architecture moved from build to buy. Here's why. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Top 10 Reasons to Consider Hosted Collaboration Solutions See why ROI potential has made unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) a top IT priority. Learn how cloud-based UC&C can boost productivity, overcome skill-set gaps, and lower TCO up to 40% with real-time, global deployment. Read Now In this Issue Apple CEO Tim Cook's 2012 comp package plummets Microsoft confirms zero-day bug in IE6, IE7 and IE8 Microsoft unveils future retail store plans Windows 8's uptake falls behind Vista's pace Drones, phones and other 2012 privacy threats Why Social networks should be more like Facebook Poke Microsoft strategy chief Mundie takes new role, will retire in 2014 Report predicts wave of tech divestitures in 2013 Former research analyst charged in IBM insider trading case FCC eases licensing for in-flight Internet gear on aircraft U.S. ITC judge recommends ban on Samsung products HP confirms DOJ investigation into Autonomy acquisition CTIA to merge mobile trade shows into single event Richi Jennings: iPhone 6 and iOS 7 leaked: Nobody shocked WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Big Data, Big Innovations Think big data, and think opportunity. That is, think beyond storing and managing data, and leverage analytics to derive more value than imaginable from your business intelligence. This white paper offers a forward thinking, collaborative approach to analyzing data and changing the way you think about business. Learn More. Apple CEO Tim Cook's 2012 comp package plummets Apple raised CEO Tim Cook's salary by 55% for 2012 and awarded him a $2.8 million bonus, but said the chief executive's pay was still "significantly below the median" of comparable firms. Read More Microsoft confirms zero-day bug in IE6, IE7 and IE8 Microsoft on Saturday confirmed that Internet Explorer (IE) 6, 7 and 8 contain an unpatched bug -- or "zero-day" vulnerability -- that is being used by attackers to hijack victims' Windows computers. Read More Microsoft unveils future retail store plans Microsoft on Wednesday revealed six locations for new retail stores it will open in early 2013, including four transformed from its holiday specialty stores, dubbed "pop-ups," that it established in October. Read More Windows 8's uptake falls behind Vista's pace With just a week left in the month, Windows 8's usage uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point in its release, according to data from Net Applications. Read More Drones, phones and other 2012 privacy threats Verizon's attempt to secure a patent for a so-called 'snooping technology,' which in this case would let television advertisers target individual viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their sets, capped another challenging year for privacy advocates. Read More Why Social networks should be more like Facebook Poke When it comes to Facebook users and their messages, almost nobody knows who can see or share their posts on social networks. And that's a problem that must be fixed, says Mike Elgan. Read More Microsoft strategy chief Mundie takes new role, will retire in 2014 Craig Mundie has left his role as Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer to become senior adviser to the CEO, as he winds down before retirement. Read More WEBCAST: IBM SDN & The Future of Enterprise for Cloud & Business Agility Learn from IBM and guest speaker, principal analyst Andre Kindness of Forrester Research Inc., about software defined networking (SDN) and the future of enterprise networking in an informational webcast on Thursday, 6 December, 10:30 AM PT/1:30 PM ET. Register Now Report predicts wave of tech divestitures in 2013 A number of signs suggest that next year will see a surge in tech companies selling off assets and product lines for both financial and strategic reasons, according to a recent report by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read More Former research analyst charged in IBM insider trading case U.S. authorities have charged a former research analyst at a financial services firm with insider trading offenses related to the 2009 acquisition of software vendor SPSS by IBM. Read More FCC eases licensing for in-flight Internet gear on aircraft The FCC is making it easier to launch in-flight Internet services on planes in the U.S. by setting up a standard approval process for onboard systems that use satellites. Read More U.S. ITC judge recommends ban on Samsung products A U.S. International Trade Comission judge recommends sanctions against Samsung that include an import and sales ban on products found to infringe Apple patents, and the posting of a bond for 88% of the value of some of the devices involved in the case. Read More HP confirms DOJ investigation into Autonomy acquisition HP said in a legal filing Thursday that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating its $10.3 billion acquisition of enterprise search company Autonomy, which HP alleges inflated its value through accounting tricks. Read More CTIA to merge mobile trade shows into single event U.S. mobile trade group CTIA will combine its two annual trade shows starting in 2014 as it tries to attract a bigger share of the world's interest in smartphones, apps and other hot technologies. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 6 and iOS 7 leaked: Nobody shocked Is this the iPhone 6? Logs show evidence of the latest Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shiny toy, along with a new iOS 7. Could it be an accidental leak, or is Apple PR just toying with us again? Anyway, it could simply be the rumored mid-year kicker iPhone 5S. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers find it hard to get super-excited. Not to mention: A tiny herd of owls... Read More
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