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	Social nets could hold wealth of info on marathon suspects As the manhunt goes on for the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, the bombers' social networks could give investigators needed clues about them. Read More WEBCAST: Microsoft Corporation Enabling Enterprise Collaboration In this KnowledgeVault you will find information on how UC can help your business, including videos, white papers, research, infographics and your own benchmarking tool. View Now In this Issue Microsoft to drive Windows tablet strategy with smaller devices, OS rebates What IBM's x86 exit may mean for rivals Florida poised to become first state with anti-drone law Update: Boston police use Twitter to inform residents during manhunt Microsoft: Mum's again the word on Windows 8 sales Microsoft to pay departing CFO Klein $2M for non-compete, secrecy promises Wall Street Beat: Tech bellwethers report mixed quarter Survey: Internet users like targeted ads, free content New version of Gozi financial malware bundles MBR rootkit Former LulzSec member gets prison sentence for Sony Pictures hack Citrix pitches cloud-based webcasts with GoToWebcast Blackstone abandons offer for Dell Preston Gralla: Don't be fooled by Microsoft's earning report about Windows growth Jonny Evans: Apple's iWatch hits the big time: Changewave claims iPad level demand WHITE PAPER: Symmetricom, Inc. The Importance of Network Time Synchronization Your network is time stamping files, email, transactions, etc., while your server logs are recording the transactions in case you need that information. Fundamental to all of this is the belief that the time is correct. Read Now Microsoft to drive Windows tablet strategy with smaller devices, OS rebates Microsoft's chief financial officer yesterday confirmed that the company and its hardware partners would ship smaller, lower-priced Windows tablets in the next months. Read More What IBM's x86 exit may mean for rivals IBM's reported interest in selling parts of its x86 server business to Lenovo may bring major changes to the global market. Read More Florida poised to become first state with anti-drone law A Florida bill that would impose restrictions on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, by state law enforcement officials is one signature away from becoming the first law of its kind in the country. Read More Update: Boston police use Twitter to inform residents during manhunt Boston police today used Twitter and Facebook to reach out to residents during a manhunt for one of the men suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon this past Monday. Read More Microsoft: Mum's again the word on Windows 8 sales Even though PC shipments were down 14% last quarter, Microsoft's Windows division posted revenue about the same as the last year, making up for slumping sales to OEMs with growth in long-term licensing agreements sold to enterprises. Read More Microsoft to pay departing CFO Klein $2M for non-compete, secrecy promises Microsoft's chief financial officer, Peter Klein, will receive $2 million in the year after he retires from the company, according to documents filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More Wall Street Beat: Tech bellwethers report mixed quarter Some of the biggest names in IT including IBM, Microsoft, Google and Intel reported quarterly earnings this week, revealing a picture of the tech sector that, while not as gloomy as had been feared, is nevertheless mixed. Read More WEBCAST: Box Cloud Collaboration Knowledge Vault Learn from videos, case studies and reports how to sync files across your desktop, browser and mobile devices; how to secure data on mobile devices and in the cloud; and how to provide the mobile applications your employees need -- with information tailored to your specific industry. Learn More Now! Survey: Internet users like targeted ads, free content Internet users overwhelmingly enjoy free Web content supported by advertising, and they'd rather see advertisements targeted toward their interests than random ads, according to a survey released this week by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). Read More New version of Gozi financial malware bundles MBR rootkit Researchers from security firm Trusteer have found a new variant of the Gozi banking Trojan program that infects a computer's Master Boot Record (MBR) in order to achieve persistence. Read More Former LulzSec member gets prison sentence for Sony Pictures hack Cody Andrew Kretsinger, a 25-year-old man from Decatur, Ill., was sentenced Thursday to one year in federal prison for his role in a May 2011 breach of a Sony Pictures website and database. Read More Citrix pitches cloud-based webcasts with GoToWebcast Citrix System's GoToWebcast has become generally available in North America and Europe, offering users a cloud-based webcasting tool for up to 5,000 attendees. Read More Blackstone abandons offer for Dell Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than a month after the private-equity fund manager said it was planning to top an offer from founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners, according to news reports. Read More Preston Gralla: Don't be fooled by Microsoft's earning report about Windows growth At first blush, the news is all good about Windows from Microsoft's earning report. But a closer look shows that's not at all the case. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's iWatch hits the big time: Changewave claims iPad level demand In the event Apple actually does introduce such a device, the iWatch seems set to deliver the same level of success as the iPad before it, that's the news coming out of the latest consumer research survey from Changewave which claims just under one-in-five consumers will be eager to snap one up. Read More
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