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	Gates sticks to company line on tablets, knocks iPad Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates today stuck to the company line on tablets, and disparaged rival Apple's iPad for its lack of a keyboard and its inability to run Office. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Why Cloud Computing Needs a Cloud-Intelligent Network 72% of IT managers list "security" as their primary concern about the cloud. In this ZK Research report, see why transitioning to a cloud-intelligent network is key to addressing security, visibility, and scalability concerns in the cloud. Read Now In this Issue Facebook on a mobile roll It works! First 3D-printed gun test fired Tablet shipments to outpace laptops in 2013 Apple breaks into Fortune 500's top 10 Free (with strings attached): Keeping track of open-source code 11 signs your IT project is doomed Video brew: Google Glass roundup Asus to launch Chromebook in second half of 2013 Intel's new Atom chips peak on performance, power consumption Researchers create zoomable display for smartwatches BMC going private in $6.9 billion deal Career advice: Are certs worthwhile? Dell boosts cloud portfolio with Enstratius buy EU says Motorola abused its position by seeking and enforcing injunction against Apple Darlene Storm: World's first downloadable 3D-printed gun, Liberator, fired: Rise of the Wiki Weapon Preston Gralla: Bill Gates swats the iPad, says Office will help Windows 8 tablets rule JR Raphael: Hands on: LG's Optimus G Pro makes a good first impression Patrick Thibodeau: Is this the most outrageous IT product placement ever? WHITE PAPER: VMware Crash Insurance: Protect Your Business with Virtualization Think that your business is safe from an IT outage caused by a natural or man-made disaster? Think again. Read this trend brief to learn more about potential risks to IT services and how a comprehensive disaster recovery plan is essential to keeping your systems up and running at all times. Read Now! Facebook on a mobile roll Facebook last week cited mobile growth as a major contributor to its first-quarter increase in sales and profits. But does that mean the company has mastered mobile? Read More It works! First 3D-printed gun test fired The company producing a 3D-printable gun today test fired it successfully, demonstrating the viability of the technology that would allow anyone with a printer and special resin toner to make their own weapons. Read More Tablet shipments to outpace laptops in 2013 New tablet shipments will outnumber laptops for the first time in 2013, as touch display capabilities drive buying patterns rather than new operating systems like Windows 8 and Windows RT, research firm NPD DisplaySearch reported on Monday. Read More Apple breaks into Fortune 500's top 10 Apple climbed the Fortune 500 this year to the No. 6 spot, its highest-ever ranking, its first time in the top 10, and the top technology company on the influential list, replacing sagging HP. Read More Free (with strings attached): Keeping track of open-source code Just about anyone in the office can introduce open-source code into the company's IT infrastructure. Yet CIOs face real dangers if they're not properly managing their open-source assets. Read More 11 signs your IT project is doomed The IT world is no stranger to projects that go down in flames. In fact, anyone who has had the unenviable pleasure of participating in a failed IT effort likely sensed its demise well before the go-live date. That sixth sense is invaluable in a competitive field like IT -- but only if it is acted on promptly and professionally. Read More Video brew: Google Glass roundup As Google Glass makes its way into the world, there are, of course, different takes on its features and functions. Here's a roundup of recent opinions, ranging from CNN to Engadget and an entertaining Saturday Night Live skit about it. Read More Asus to launch Chromebook in second half of 2013 Taiwanese PC maker Asus plans on getting behind Google's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook running the OS in the second half of this year, said company CEO Jerry Shen. Read More Intel's new Atom chips peak on performance, power consumption Intel's upcoming Atom chips with new CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power efficient than their predecessors and break the "myth" that ARM processors are more power efficient, Intel said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity 5 Ways Federation is Improving Security for Gov't Agencies This paper provides a brief overview of federated identity and reviews its roles within the identity management strategies of civilian agencies, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the intelligence community. Read Now Researchers create zoomable display for smartwatches As developers create tiny computer devices like smart watches, one question they face is how to make tiny keyboards us Read More BMC going private in $6.9 billion deal BMC has agreed to sell itself to a private investment consortium headed up by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital in a deal worth approximately $6.9 billion. Read More Career advice: Are certs worthwhile? Premier 100 IT Leader Gary Hensley also answers questions on transitioning to the security field and becoming a leader. Read More Dell boosts cloud portfolio with Enstratius buy Adding to its portfolio of IT management software, Dell has acquired Enstratius (formerly called EnStratus), which offers software for managing workloads in hosted cloud environments. Read More EU says Motorola abused its position by seeking and enforcing injunction against Apple Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the E.U. by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (SEPs), the European Commission said in a preliminary antitrust review of the case on Monday. Read More Darlene Storm: World's first downloadable 3D-printed gun, Liberator, fired: Rise of the Wiki Weapon The newest "shot heard 'round the world" was fired by a 3D-printed Wiki Weapon, dubbed the Liberator. 25-year-old law student Cody Wilson says the 3D-printed pistol is about freedom. His group, Defense Distributed, posted the blueprints online and made them freely available for download. Read More Preston Gralla: Bill Gates swats the iPad, says Office will help Windows 8 tablets rule The iPad may rule the roost today, but eventually Windows 8 tablets will succeed, in large part because they're built to run Office. So says Bill Gates, while also taking a backhand swipe at the iPad. Read More JR Raphael: Hands on: LG's Optimus G Pro makes a good first impression LG's Optimus G Pro is a device that deserves to be noticed. Here are some hands-on impressions of the new supersized phone. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Is this the most outrageous IT product placement ever? Did you see Ironman this weekend? Did you notice the Oracle Exadata server in the van? No spoiler alert needed. I'm not giving anything away about the movie. It's a decent popcorn crunching film. But what left me in awe wasn't the film, but what may be the most outrageous product placement ever by an IT company. The movie makes several references to Oracle databases as our hero, Tony Stark, battles the latest evil-doer. Read More
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