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	Microsoft earnings shed no new light on Windows 8 sales Revenue at Microsoft's Windows division was up 11% in the fourth quarter of 2012, unexpected results that did little to answer the question on analysts' tongues: How did Windows 8 perform in its first sales test? Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Boston IT Roadmap Boston – 4/4 Register Now! IT Roadmap is the one day, cost free, professional-level conference and expo that's full of job-ready solutions you can put to work now. IT Roadmap Boston is the place where IT leaders come to explore high-priority IT issues -- and learn how to meet today's requirements for anytime, anywhere business interactions. Click to continue In this Issue New bug makes moot Java's latest anti-exploit defenses, claims researcher Server's down: How do I find out what's wrong? INSIDER Microsoft waived hearing in EU browser ballot antitrust case Will Apple, Google and Samsung lose the smartphone market? Anonymous hits US government site, threatens release of secrets IBM to beef up content management, analytics in Connections enterprise social product Facebook updates developer policy after Vine scuffle Vine's blocked Facebook search rooted in larger trends Chris Poelker: 5 steps for evaluating your IT infrastructure RIM hints at two BlackBerry 10 phones launching in early February ITU group OKs H.265 video standard to cut bandwidth use in half Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun Nokia offers paid upgrade to music service Darlene Storm: FBI digital hunt for Stuxnet leakers treats talking to journalists like a crime RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Manage your data, not your storage At EMC Isilon, our mission is to enable customers to turn big data into unprecedented opportunity. Today, the challenge to effectively aggregate, store and leverage information into real-time insight has never been greater, but neither has the opportunity to maximize your data's value. And that's where EMC Isilon comes in. Click here to learn more. New bug makes moot Java's latest anti-exploit defenses, claims researcher Java's new security settings, designed to block "drive-by" browser attacks, can be bypassed by hackers, a researcher announced Sunday. Read More Server's down: How do I find out what's wrong? This step-by-step troubleshooting guide will help you track down the problem when one Linux server can't talk to another or communication is unusually slow. Read More INSIDER Microsoft waived hearing in EU browser ballot antitrust case Microsoft waived its right to a hearing before European antitrust regulators to further answer charges that it failed to offer customers a browser choice screen, according to documents filed with the SEC. Insider (Registration required) Read More Will Apple, Google and Samsung lose the smartphone market? Mobile phone competition intensifies. Linux-based platforms are gunning for iOS and Android, and Chinese companies want to price the iPhone and the Galaxy S line out of the market. Read More Anonymous hits US government site, threatens release of secrets Hackers working under the name of the Anonymous hacktivist collective hit a U.S. government website on Saturday, replacing its home page with a 1,340 word text detailing its frustrations with the way the American legal system works and a threat to release "secrets" gathered from U.S. government websites. Read More IBM to beef up content management, analytics in Connections enterprise social product IBM will launch before mid-year several new and improved collaboration and communication products, including a new suite for human resources tasks and a major upgrade of its Connections enterprise social networking product. Read More Facebook updates developer policy after Vine scuffle Facebook has updated its policies for third-party application developers in a bid to explain why Twitter's new Vine video-sharing app is unable to access Facebook's friend-finder tool. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report Riverbed is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers. In this report, Gartner evaluates vendors based on their ability to execute and completeness of vision. Learn More Vine's blocked Facebook search rooted in larger trends The blocked Facebook friend-search feature on Twitter's new Vine mobile video app may be an annoyance for users, but it's all part of the social networking game. Read More Chris Poelker: 5 steps for evaluating your IT infrastructure In the pursuit of optimized IT models, CIOs need to carefully evaluate their IT infrastructures and make choices that cut costs and streamline processes. Read More RIM hints at two BlackBerry 10 phones launching in early February Research In Motion has hinted that it will launch two new handsets early next month to accompany the release of its BlackBerry 10 operating system. Read More ITU group OKs H.265 video standard to cut bandwidth use in half An ITU group has approved a successor to the H.264 video encoding standard, opening the door to future video transmission using only half the bandwidth that's now required. Read More Unseen, all-out cyber war on the U.S. has begun Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet. Read More Nokia offers paid upgrade to music service Nokia plans to roll out in the first quarter of this year its Nokia Music+, a new subscription-based upgrade to its free-to-stream mobile music service. Read More Darlene Storm: FBI digital hunt for Stuxnet leakers treats talking to journalists like a crime First amendment be damned because the FBI digital hunt for Stuxnet leakers among government officials almost treats talking to journalists like a crime. For all the government employee email, cellphone and text message searches, it was an Israeli official who spilled the beans and said the Pentagon may strike Iran again if it continues to develop nuclear weapons. Read More
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