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	Microsoft to ship Surface Pro tablet Feb. 9 Microsoft will ship the Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet with an Intel Core i5 processor on Feb. 9, with prices starting at US$899. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Reduce Data Protection Complexity Choosing the right data protection solution should not add to the complexity and challenges of meeting the everyday demands of the business. Data protection can be simple to deploy, use and fit into IT's budget, but more importantly make systems, applications and data available 24/7. Learn More In this Issue JR Raphael: 6 hot Android launches on the horizon Micron introduces its highest-endurance SSD for servers NEC Casio readies 4.3-in. dual screen Android phone Twitter flaw gave private message access to third-party apps, researcher says In-home health monitoring to leap six-fold by 2017 NASA finds evidence of ancient crater lake on Mars AT&T to buy Alltel for $780 million Mozilla launches two Firefox OS-based phones for developers Verizon reports $1.9B Q4 loss; revenue climbs 5.7% to $30B Space prospectors look to mine asteroids, build human colonies Hortonworks adds a Hadoop sandbox VoltDB updates database with Web links IT's 2013 resolutions: Faster app delivery, but less cloud Roozz rents software in the cloud Twitter sees disruptions during Obama inauguration Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer is Microsoft's biggest problem and must go, says former senior executive Jonny Evans: Why Forbes is wrong about Tim Cook, Apple and Jony Ive 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. JR Raphael: 6 hot Android launches on the horizon You know a new year's officially underway when you've got loads of exciting new Android devices trying to sneak onto your calendar. Read More Micron introduces its highest-endurance SSD for servers Micron today announced it's highest endurance SSD for servers, the P400m, boasting the ability to fill a 400GB drive 10 times a day for five years. Read More NEC Casio readies 4.3-in. dual screen Android phone NEC Casio's forthcoming Medias W Android smartphone has two 4.3-inch touch screens arranged back-to-back on a hinge. Read More Twitter flaw gave private message access to third-party apps, researcher says Users who signed into third-party Web or mobile applications using their Twitter accounts might have given those applications access to their Twitter private "direct" messages without knowing it, according to Cesar Cerrudo, CTO of IOActive. Read More In-home health monitoring to leap six-fold by 2017 Wireless remote monitoring devices will be used by more than 1.8 million people worldwide in four years, representing a six-fold increase in adoption of telehealth technology, according to a new study by InMedica, part of research firm IHS. Read More NASA finds evidence of ancient crater lake on Mars A NASA spacecraft is sending back evidence that a deep crater on Mars once held a groundwater-fed lake. Read More AT&T to buy Alltel for $780 million The parent company of Alltel, a mobile telephone network serving rural customers in six states, has agreed to sell the business to AT&T for about US$780 million, Atlantic Tele-Network announced Tuesday. Read More Mozilla launches two Firefox OS-based phones for developers Mozilla has launched Keon and Peak, two smartphones based on the web-centric Firefox OS platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Boost Response Capacity with Service Cloud NJ TRANSIT wanted to increase productivity and effectiveness of its customer service operations. They selected the Service Cloud and the Force.com because of its powerful customization capabilities and anywhere access. They saw faster responses and improved handling of customer inquiries by 500%! Read Now! Verizon reports $1.9B Q4 loss; revenue climbs 5.7% to $30B Verizon Communications posted a net loss of $1.9 billion during the fourth quarter of 2012, but the losses were due to a series of one-time expenses announced earlier. Read More Space prospectors look to mine asteroids, build human colonies Deep Space Industries is looking to launch spacecraft to mine asteroids and one day act as an outer space gas station and an oasis for human colonies in space. Read More Hortonworks adds a Hadoop sandbox Those who want to try the much-hyped Hadoop but haven't got a cluster or two to spare can now test the data processing platform on their desktops, thanks to a new release from Hadoop distributor Hortonworks. Read More VoltDB updates database with Web links Responding to a growing user base of online service providers, VoltDB has outfitted its namesake in-memory database management system with additional tools to communicate with other technologies usually found in a Web applications stack. Read More IT's 2013 resolutions: Faster app delivery, but less cloud Survey also shows greater business alignment a goal, but moreso than usual Read More Roozz rents software in the cloud Hulu did it for video, and Spotify did it for music. Now Roozz is hoping to do the same thing for software: bring it to the cloud, in a hosted, pay-as-you-need-it format. Roozz End User (free) is slickly designed and mostly easy to use, but, for now, at least, it's a bit hampered by a limited title selection and a few technical glitches. Read More Twitter sees disruptions during Obama inauguration Twitter's service had problems on Monday for over six hours with some users complaining the service was slow, while others could not access the service. Read More Preston Gralla: Steve Ballmer is Microsoft's biggest problem and must go, says former senior executive The list of people calling for Steve Ballmer to step down has just grown, with a former senior executive saying that Ballmer is the cause of Microsoft's woes -- and that the only way the company can get back on the road to success is to fire him. Read More Jonny Evans: Why Forbes is wrong about Tim Cook, Apple and Jony Ive Somebody's let the dogs out, with pundits pointing to Apple CEO, Tim Cook, saying he's got to go because a media-created storm of speculation has wiped a few million off of the company's current stock price. Let's deconstruct some of their arguments for a moment. Read More
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