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	Yahoo tries to clear air after telecommuting uproar After creating a ruckus for calling all of its telecommuters back into the office, Yahoo is trying to quell some of the furor. Read More WHITE PAPER: ITinvolve 5 Reasons Why Social IT is Essential Forward-thinking IT managers recognize that social collaboration can harness the power of the collective knowledge in IT to substantially improve efficiencies while reducing risks in managing IT environments. This whitepaper describes five reasons why IT departments must embrace social IT as it will increasingly become essential to their success. Read Now. In this Issue Chromebook Pixel review: A luxury laptop for life in the cloud Federal judge orders Apple to pay $363K daily to patent-holding firm VirnetX Microsoft exec refuses to be drawn out on Office for iPad Researchers uncover new global cyber-espionage campaign Facebook to fix bug leaking users' phone numbers Second wave of Windows 8 client promotions coming soon LTE smartphone prices dropping surprisingly fast, analyst says Dell releases first wireless ultrabook docking station Intel takes on ARM in low-cost Android tablet market LinkedIn open sources its database change capture system Apple, BlackBerry, others sued over security patents Office 365 for businesses gets upgraded, new bundles added Microsoft joins Open Data Center Alliance Nokia Siemens to tackle overload with base-station smarts Matt Hamblen: LTE could cost users a bundle when video is streamed to a GM car Jonny Evans: Samsung's latest Apple-inspired 'innovation': Samsung Wallet Preston Gralla: Nokia CEO says Windows Phone 'can be the biggest operating system in the world' WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. In-the-Cloud Email Service Replaces Three Point Products Read this case study for more information on a comprehensive in-the-cloud email service to help replace three point products. Learn More. Chromebook Pixel review: A luxury laptop for life in the cloud A deep-dive review of Google's new Chromebook Pixel laptop, which has high-quality hardware and an amazing touch-based display -- and a few limitations. So at $1,300, is it the laptop for you? Read More Federal judge orders Apple to pay $363K daily to patent-holding firm VirnetX A Texas federal judge denied Apple's move to reduce last year's $368 million jury verdict in a patent infringement case it lost, and ordered the Cupertino, Calif. company to pay more than $363,000 daily in interest and damages until a final judgment is awarded, the plaintiff said today. Read More Microsoft exec refuses to be drawn out on Office for iPad Microsoft's top Office executive, Kurt DelBene, yesterday dodged questions about plans to bring its lucrative suite to Apple's iPad. Read More Researchers uncover new global cyber-espionage campaign Security researchers have identified an ongoing cyber-espionage campaign that compromised 59 computers belonging to government organizations, research institutes, think tanks and private companies from 23 countries in the past 10 days. Read More Facebook to fix bug leaking users' phone numbers Facebook is rolling out a patch to fix a rare bug in its API that had apparently been leaking users' phone numbers to app developers. Read More Second wave of Windows 8 client promotions coming soon Microsoft is about to embark on a second wave of Windows 8 client hardware promotions and user education, an executive said Wednesday. Read More LTE smartphone prices dropping surprisingly fast, analyst says Products from several smartphone vendors and processors from the likes of Nvidia are helping drive down the cost of LTE-enabled devices. Read More Dell releases first wireless ultrabook docking station Dell has taken the wraps off the Dell Wireless Dock, which allows the company's Latitude 6430u Ultrabook to connect to peripherals wirelessly using the WiGig standard. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cirba Capacity Reservation System for Virtual & Cloud Environments How can a modern IT environment expect to operate effectively without having a functioning capacity reservation system? The simple answer is that it can't. Learn how to manage the demand pipeline for new workload placements in order to improve the accuracy of capacity forecasting and increase agility in response to new workload placement requests. Learn More Intel takes on ARM in low-cost Android tablet market One of the first low-cost Android tablets with an Intel x86 processor was announced at Mobile World Congress, setting the stage for a long battle between the world's largest chip maker and ARM, whose processors go into most tablets today. Read More LinkedIn open sources its database change capture system OK, lots of interesting stuff for you this week. First up, LinkedIn has open sourced a system called Databus, a real-time database change capture system that provides a "timeline-consistent stream of change capture events ... grouped in transactions, in source commit order." Read More Apple, BlackBerry, others sued over security patents Security company Maz Encryption Technologies sued seven large technology companies for allegedly infringing on several of its security patents. The suits target security technology used in the iPhone and iPad as well as the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution, among other products. Read More Office 365 for businesses gets upgraded, new bundles added Microsoft will upgrade on Wednesday its existing Office 365 cloud email and collaboration suites for businesses, as well as introduce new bundles, growing even more the list of Office 365 editions, which some analysts and users had already termed somewhat confusing. Read More Microsoft joins Open Data Center Alliance Microsoft has joined the Open Data Center Alliance, a user-led organization that aims to simplify the purchasing of data center and cloud services by promoting interoperability and common standards. Read More Nokia Siemens to tackle overload with base-station smarts Nokia Siemens Networks says it can prevent LTE base stations from getting overloaded while extra capacity in nearby cells goes to waste, even if the cells use different types of spectrum. Read More Matt Hamblen: LTE could cost users a bundle when video is streamed to a GM car "Son, do NOT load that video to this car while I'm driving!" Read More Jonny Evans: Samsung's latest Apple-inspired 'innovation': Samsung Wallet Where Apple goes, Samsung seems to follow, and the latest news out of Mobile World Congress today does nothing to reduce this perception as the Korean firm introduces its take on Apple's iOS Passbook service, "Samsung Wallet"... Read More Preston Gralla: Nokia CEO says Windows Phone 'can be the biggest operating system in the world' Windows Phone is bumping along with a market share in the low single digits, but Nokia CEO Stephen Elop claims that Windows Phone "can be the biggest operating system in the world." If that's not the definition of chutzpah, I don't know what is. Read More
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