Microsoft's cash-for-apps pitch to devs smells like desperation

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	Microsoft's cash-for-apps pitch to devs smells like desperation, says analyst Microsoft yesterday kicked off a promotion that rewards Windows 8 and Windows Phone developers $100 for each app that they publish in the company's app stores. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid Addressing the Broken State of Backup Check out the new report featuring Gartner Research, "Addressing the Broken State of Backup". Find out how to get faster, more reliable backup and disaster recovery by modernizing your backup systems. Learn more. In this Issue South Korea cyberattacks hold lessons for U.S. WebMD, Qualcomm build consumer cloud for mobile health data British government disputes reports that it rejected BlackBerry 10 for security reasons Google Fiber to expand service beyond Kansas City ICANN CEO pledges to keep the Internet intact and open Swiss supercomputer aims to predict mountain weather with help of GPUs Cisco inadvertently weakens password encryption in its IOS operating system Citrix outfits NetScaler with troubleshooting tools Samsung event highlights new 85-inch UltraHD TV Preston Gralla: Nvidia CEO: Windows RT has been "disappointing," but will eventually succeed Nvidia unveils Grid VGX software to boost graphics performance of virtual desktops and PCs Jonny Evans: WWDC 2013: Apple's focus on developers makes sense RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. South Korea cyberattacks hold lessons for U.S. U.S companies and government agencies can learn from the large-scale disruptions that have hit several banks and media outlets in South Korea in the last 24 hours, security analysts said. Read More WebMD, Qualcomm build consumer cloud for mobile health data WebMD and Qualcomm Life are collaborating on a cloud offering that will allow consumers with mobile health monitoring devices to sync their data to the cloud, where it can be shared with healthcare providers. Read More British government disputes reports that it rejected BlackBerry 10 for security reasons A British government security group said Wednesday said it hasn't yet evaluated the security of BlackBerry 10 devices such as the Z10. Read More Google Fiber to expand service beyond Kansas City Google is expanding its Google Fiber project in Kansas to Olathe, the fifth largest city in the state. Read More ICANN CEO pledges to keep the Internet intact and open ICANN's new CEO Fadi Chehade, who took over in October, is on a mission to help politicians around the world understand the importance of keeping the Internet intact and open, and is also working to bring home the addition of new generic top-level domains. Read More Swiss supercomputer aims to predict mountain weather with help of GPUs The Swiss National Supercomputing Center is going to upgrade its supercomputer with Nvidia GPUs to more accurately predict the weather in the steep mountains of the Swiss Alps. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Forrester - Turn Big Data Inward With IT Analytics Big data promises to manage your complex business to make better decisions. But the technology services that run your business are also complex. This Forrester report helps leaders prepare for IT analytics that turn big data efforts inward to manage the technology services that run your business. Register now to get the full report. Read Now Cisco inadvertently weakens password encryption in its IOS operating system The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week. Read More Citrix outfits NetScaler with troubleshooting tools Citrix has released new software to help users of its NetScaler Application Delivery Controller more easily troubleshoot application performance problems in complex network and data center environments. Read More Samsung event highlights new 85-inch UltraHD TV Samsung showed off some of its 2013 home entertainment products at an event in New York City Wednesday, with celebrities demonstrating some of the company's latest TVs and interface features. Read More Preston Gralla: Nvidia CEO: Windows RT has been "disappointing," but will eventually succeed Nvidia is the latest in a line of hardware makers who complain that Windows RT has so far been a bust. Nvidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang has called RT sales "disappointing," although he adds that he expects that eventually Microsoft will figure out a way to make it succeed. Read More Nvidia unveils Grid VGX software to boost graphics performance of virtual desktops and PCs With its new Grid VGX software, Nvidia is aiming to tear down the performance barrier that keeps graphics-intensive applications from running on virtual desktops. Read More Jonny Evans: WWDC 2013: Apple's focus on developers makes sense Apple will increase its focus on developers in the weeks ahead as it works to ensure it maintains its position at the cutting-edge of software design, WWDC this year should feature better tools for Maps and app discovery. Read More
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