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	Think different: Apple's $17B debt offers stark contrast to 1996's junk bonds Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Backup Game Plan Ebook This eBook is designed to help you understand the impact of backup transformation, what the key steps are that all organizations should consider before and during the journey, and why EMC is uniquely qualified to guide you. Learn more. In this Issue Data centers under water: What, me worry? Long-distance CPR: NASA revives Mars rover Opportunity Intel's Haswell gets massive graphics performance boost Facebook cites mobile growth as it posts increased sales, profit in Q1 U.S. Department of Labor website infected with malware AMD creates new custom chip business unit to look beyond PCs Obama nominates Wheeler as new FCC chairman SAP loses bid to overturn $345M patent judgment D-Link publishes beta patches for IP camera flaws Senator introduces legislation targeting patent trolls VMware sells Java tool maker WaveMaker's assets Darlene Storm: Your Virtual Shadow: Are you so obsessed with social media tech that it's ruining your life? WHITE PAPER: QLogic Corporation The Value of Shared SSDs in Enterprise Computing With Mt. Rainier Accelerator technology, QLogic delivers a unique solution set that is optimized to address the growing performance gap between what today's processors can compute and what the storage I/O subsystem can deliver. Read Now! Data centers under water: What, me worry? Even most of those hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy are toughening their facilities instead of moving them entirely. In the storm-prone South, however, it's a different story. Read More Long-distance CPR: NASA revives Mars rover Opportunity NASA engineers have brought a long-running Mars rover out of stand-by mode after the robot ran into trouble last month. Read More Intel's Haswell gets massive graphics performance boost Intel is expected to announce its fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell for laptops and desktops in June, but the company is already releasing teasers that talk about their performance. Read More Facebook cites mobile growth as it posts increased sales, profit in Q1 Facebook posted a revenue increase of 38% in the first quarter that was bolstered by broad engagement across the site, the company reported Wednesday. Read More U.S. Department of Labor website infected with malware A subdomain of a U.S. Department of Labor website appeared offline on Wednesday after an apparent hack that looks similar to a known China-based hacking campaign nicknamed DeepPanda. Read More AMD creates new custom chip business unit to look beyond PCs Armed with a contract to build chips for Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming console, Advanced Micro Devices has now officially established a custom-chip business unit in an effort to break away from its heavy reliance on the slumping PC market. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc SaaS with a Face Learn how a carefully targeted SaaS approach can add value to your email environment and potentially result in better services within a much reduced cost structure. Learn More. Obama nominates Wheeler as new FCC chairman U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated telecom trade group veteran Tom Wheeler to be the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Read More SAP loses bid to overturn $345M patent judgment An appeals court has rejected SAP's attempt to overturn a $345 million judgment awarded to Versata Software, which had brought a patent-infringement case against the software maker. Read More D-Link publishes beta patches for IP camera flaws D-Link has published beta patches for vulnerabilities in the firmware of many of its IP surveillance cameras, which could allow a hacker to intercept a video stream. Read More Senator introduces legislation targeting patent trolls A U.S. senator has introduced legislation allowing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review and invalidate controversial patents challenged by technology startups in an effort to discourage so-called patent trolls. Read More VMware sells Java tool maker WaveMaker's assets A little more than two years after purchasing Java tool vendor WaveMaker, VMware has sold the assets of the company to the Pramati software engineering firm. Read More Darlene Storm: Your Virtual Shadow: Are you so obsessed with social media tech that it's ruining your life? In "Our Virtual Shadow," author Damon Brown looks at why we are obsessed with documenting our lives online. Here's a review of the book and a short interview with Damon Brown. Ultimately, after reading the book, you may ask yourself if you are missing out on living in the special moments because you were so busy trying to capture and share it on social media. Read More
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