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	EU fines Microsoft $732M over browser ballot debacle European Union antitrust officials today hit Microsoft with a $732 million fine for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a choice of alternate browsers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Autonomy Cloud Backup and Recovery for Virtual Server Environments Cloud data protection is widely used for physical data protection strategy; but it's benefit can be extended to virtual environment as well. Read this brief white paper to learn more about how cloud backup and recovery can further reduce cost and risks to your organization's critical data. Read Now! In this Issue Six useful JavaScript libraries for maps, charts and other data visualizations U.S. military networks not prepared for cyber threats, report warns Physicians may be marginalized as mobile tech engages us in healthcare U.S. lawmaker introduces bill to legalize cellphone unlocking Following hack, Evernote speeds move to two-factor authentication Asprox botnet proves to be a resilient foe Samsung locks up Sharp as long-time screen provider Tech groups ask for a variety of skilled immigration changes Asus: Windows 8 acceptance still low, but touch-based notebooks performing well Google's latest Android browser promises faster surfing EBay develops 'miles per gallon' metric for data centers FBI data requests to Google outlined in report U.S. lawmakers want Internet freedom task force Pocket lets you shelve items to read and watch when the time is right Susan Feinberg: Financial services employees need mobile access Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy S4 in 'fake' leak Eye Scroll shenanigans WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky Lab, Inc. Delivering Endpoint Integration and Control Read this report to learn more about the offerings of platform-based secure content and threat management and why businesses should put an increased focus around an endpoint security platform implementation. Learn more. Six useful JavaScript libraries for maps, charts and other data visualizations These libraries can help format your data for analysis or a compelling online presentation. Read More U.S. military networks not prepared for cyber threats, report warns The U.S. is dangerously unprepared to face a full-scale cyber conflict launched by a peer adversary, a report by the military's Defense Science Board (DSB) warns. Read More Physicians may be marginalized as mobile tech engages us in healthcare Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist and professor of genomics took aim at the medical community, calling for the end to paternal medicine and annual checks and the beginning a consumer-centered healthcare, where patients own their own data, including their genomes for drug treatment. Read More U.S. lawmaker introduces bill to legalize cellphone unlocking A U.S. senator has proposed a bill that will allow consumers to unlock cellphones for use in other networks, after the administration of President Barack Obama backed over 114,000 petitioners who asked the government to legalize the unlocking of smartphones. Read More Following hack, Evernote speeds move to two-factor authentication Evernote is speeding up its plans to offer two-factor authentication to users following a recent data breach that exposed user names, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Read More Asprox botnet proves to be a resilient foe A botnet that has been in the eye of researchers for years continues to serve up malware, spam and fake antivirus software, according to research by Trend Micro. Read More Samsung locks up Sharp as long-time screen provider Japan's Sharp has secured a US$110 million lifeline investment from Samsung Electronics, and agreed to become a major supplier of screens for the South Korean company's growing electronics empire. Read More Tech groups ask for a variety of skilled immigration changes The U.S. Congress needs to fix skilled immigration programs by encouraging talented immigrants to permanently move to the country, a group of witnesses told a congressional subcommittee. Read More WHITE PAPER: Service-now.com Guide to Social IT Basics When IT organizations utilize social media, it can efficiently help more people inside and outside the data center quickly access more services and knowledge. Read Now! Asus: Windows 8 acceptance still low, but touch-based notebooks performing well Touch-based Windows 8 notebooks have been selling well for Taiwanese PC maker Asus, but overall Microsoft's new operating system has yet to find a major following, the company said. Read More Google's latest Android browser promises faster surfing Faster Web browsing and lower data use might be on the cards for Android mobile phone users if they download a new version of the Chrome Web browser offered by Google. Read More EBay develops 'miles per gallon' metric for data centers There's a maxim in the data center business that you can't manage what you can't measure, and eBay has come up with the mother of all measurement systems for calculating data center efficiency. Read More FBI data requests to Google outlined in report Some thousand-plus Google users have been subject to FBI security information requests since 2009, the company said Tuesday. The data build on Google's already existing tally of government data requests. Read More U.S. lawmakers want Internet freedom task force New legislation in the U.S. Congress would establish a government task force to monitor domestic and overseas policy proposals that could threaten Internet freedom. Read More Pocket lets you shelve items to read and watch when the time is right The Internet is a distracting place. Cat videos, recipes, and interesting blog posts all conspire to steal our focus and distract us from whatever we've set out to do in the first place. One way you can deal with this constant barrage of brain candy by blocking it out with procrastination-curbing applications such as Cold Turkey. Another possible way is to save all those interesting distractions for later, carrying on with your day secure in the knowledge you'll get to them when the time is right. If that sort of distraction management appeals to you, you're going to like free Web-based service Pocket. Read More Susan Feinberg: Financial services employees need mobile access Banks, insurance companies, and brokerages have all been investing heavily in consumer mobile apps for years now. The result: enhanced customer service; bolstered loyalty; innovative services (e.g., mobile remote deposit); improved services for sophisticated users, especially those in more-developed countries; and improved services for unbanked and underbanked households, especially those in less-developed countries. Why, then, are most financial services institutions hesitant to tout their return on these investments? More importantly, how can they bring a real ROI to their bottom line? Read More Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy S4 in 'fake' leak Eye Scroll shenanigans Samsung Galaxy S4 controlled by your eyes...In a probably-PR-produced leak, it appears that the new Galaxy S IV flagship BYOD-toy will include eye-tracking. It'll be called Eye Scroll, we learn (iScroll?). Shame about the incredibly irritating kid in the teaser ad, though (pictured). Naturally, it'll also be fast, have high resolution, better cameras, yadda, yadda, yadda. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonders if it'll be your plastic pal that's fun to be with. Read More
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