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	Sizing up open source: Not so simple Open-source software throws a wrench into traditional software evaluation criteria. Here's what to look for and what you'll be expected to contribute. Read More WHITE PAPER: QLogic Corporation Enterprise Application Performance Scalability This ESG Lab preview summarizes the results of independent, third-party testing of QLogic's 10000 Series 8Gb Fibre Channel Adapter with a focus on database performance improvements and cache effectiveness in single-server and multi-server environments. Read Now! In this Issue Here's why new car tech is four years out of date Microsoft's $2B loan to Dell comes with strings Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch HP announces new ProBooks, including touchscreen model McAfee to acquire firewall maker Stonesoft Google plans video subscription service on YouTube Joyce Carpenter: Computing in the commercial age Steve Pate: Cloud security: A real concern or just an excuse? Richi Jennings: Nexus 5 pictured in Google I/O buildup rumor frenzy #slownewsday WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc The Shape of Email Our "Shape of Email" research attempts, for the first time, to describe the content of a typical corporate inbox in terms of its importance and relevance to the user. Learn More Here's why new car tech is four years out of date You'd expect a $35,000 car to have technology at least as good as a $200 smartphone, but it often doesn't. Although the auto industry has been slow to keep up with tech trends, that may soon change. Read More Microsoft's $2B loan to Dell comes with strings As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said. Read More Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet Details of what could be the first smaller Windows 8 tablet leaked Friday when Amazon briefly published a listing for an 8.1-in. Acer Iconia tablet. Read More Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch Microsoft late Friday confirmed that a "zero-day," or unpatched, vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8, the company's most popular browser. Read More HP announces new ProBooks, including touchscreen model Hewlett-Packard on Monday kicked off a series of upcoming PC announcements with new ProBook 400 series laptops, including a 15.6-inch model with a touchscreen. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Global IDG Mobile Survey IDG Mobile Survey: Participate & enter to win an iPad Mini IDG, the parent company of Computerworld, is conducting a survey on mobile initiatives & usage, and invites you to participate. At the end of the survey you will have the opportunity to enter a drawing to win one of five Apple iPad Minis. To take the survey please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/idgmobile2013_180 McAfee to acquire firewall maker Stonesoft McAfee plans to acquire Stonesoft, a Helsinki-based maker of firewalls, for US$389 million in cash, the companies said Monday. Read More Google plans video subscription service on YouTube Google plans to offer a video subscription service on YouTube, which according to a newspaper report, the company may announce this week. Read More Joyce Carpenter: Computing in the commercial age Weather prediction in the 50s. Missile intercepts of UFOs in the 60s. Electronic messages in the 70s. We learned about it through the commercials. Read More Steve Pate: Cloud security: A real concern or just an excuse? Is cloud security the chicken or the egg? Are CSOs playing the 'it's not secure' card to avoid anything that, well, smells like work? Are IT pros rabidly defending their turf because they fear their jobs might also be outsourced, along with their data center? Read More Richi Jennings: Nexus 5 pictured in Google I/O buildup rumor frenzy #slownewsday ...or perhaps it's an LG Optimus G2? An infamous gadget leaker offers this tantalizing shot of a future LG smartphone. Big whoop, except that there's some evidence that it's the hotly-anticipated Nexus 5. Unless it's the hotly-anticipated Optimus G2, natch. Anyway, it seems to have a 5.5-inch screen. Unless it's 4.7. Oh, what a tangled web we weave... In IT Blogwatch, bloggers got nothing else to talk about. Read More
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