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	Windows 8 app store growth slows Microsoft launched a Windows 8 app-for-cash promotion this week because growth of the company's app store has slowed this quarter, an analyst argued today. Read More WHITE PAPER: serVelocity Is Your Services Organization Leaving Money on the Table? Fully adopting today's service automation technology provides executives the visibility they require to increase profitability at a time when it is sorely needed. Visibility enables actions that optimize key Services margin levers where even small improvements equate to significant bottom line and strategic impact for the company. Learn more. In this Issue Legal experts pitch in to appeal AT&T hacker's sentence Google smartwatch may be next part of wearable computer family Google Drive hit by three outages this week BlackBerry 10 goes on sale in the U.S. Video: BlackBerry Z10 launches in the U.S. Researchers uncover vSkimmer malware targeting point-of-sale systems EU mulls Apple antitrust probe over contracts FCC chairman to resign 12 simple steps to safer social networking Sharon Machlis: Tableau Public dataviz software updates to version 8 Preston Gralla: Microsoft defends Windows RT. Did it do more harm than good? WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Winning Strategies for Omnichannel Banking Research reveals new ways for banks to prosper. Customers are ready for omnichannel experiences. Respond now-learn how to manage the transition to omnichannel banking and reap the rewards of delivering innovative services. Read Now Legal experts pitch in to appeal AT&T hacker's sentence Legal experts are stepping in to help hacker Andrew Auernheimer appeal his 41 month prison sentence for illegally accessing emails and other data belonging to about 120,000 iPad subscribers of AT&T's networks. Read More Google smartwatch may be next part of wearable computer family Move over Glass. Google is also reportedly working on an Android-based 'smartwatch.' Read More Google Drive hit by three outages this week Google Drive, the cloud storage and applications suite used by millions at home and at work, has suffered three service interruptions this week, making it impossible at times for affected users to access their files and applications. Read More BlackBerry 10 goes on sale in the U.S. BlackBerry began a fight to regain share in the key U.S. market on Friday with the debut of the first phone running its BlackBerry 10 operating system. Read More Video: BlackBerry Z10 launches in the U.S. BlackBerry Z10 launches in the U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Corporation Smarter Business Requires Intelligent Systems This paper discusses the growing adoption of intelligent systems and the role Microsoft, through its Windows Embedded, Windows Azure, and other technologies, can play in developing these systems. Read Now. Researchers uncover vSkimmer malware targeting point-of-sale systems A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor McAfee. Read More EU mulls Apple antitrust probe over contracts The European Commission is deciding whether or not to launch an anti-trust investigation into Apple's contracts with European mobile phone companies. Read More FCC chairman to resign U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Friday he will soon step down, following months of rumors that he would resign early this year. Read More 12 simple steps to safer social networking Confession time: I'm an inveterate social media junkie. From Facebook to Instagram to Diaspora, whenever a newA communication platform rolls around--or comes back around--I'm ready to leap aboard. Read More Sharon Machlis: Tableau Public dataviz software updates to version 8 Tableau Software has updated its data visualization software suite to version 8 with a host of new features, including a JavaScript API and, in the case of the paid version, connections to Google Analytics, Salesforce.com and Google BigQuery. Alas I don't have the budget for the paid version but have used its free counterpart, Tableau Public. In general, I find Tableau Public robust but non-intuitive; if I'm away from it for even a few weeks, I find it difficult to do all but basic work without spending a fair amount of time looking up how to do things. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft defends Windows RT. Did it do more harm than good? Windows RT has taken a lot of hits lately, ranging from multiple hardware partners to analysts, with some calling for Microsoft to abandon the troubled operating system. Now Microsoft has come out in a full-throated defense. But some of what Microsoft said may make things worse, not better, for RT. Read More
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