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	A data center story for the ages: the fuel bucket brigade The improbable story of the data center saved by a fuel bucket brigade is not told with fondness, even if there is a sense of pride and humor in its retelling. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Give Your Users What They Want with Cloud and Mobile Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM EDT You will learn: - How moving to the cloud can help accelerate mobile adoption in your organization. - The benefits of combining the power of cloud with the freedom and functionality of mobile. Learn More. In this Issue Microsoft restarts Windows push with 'refined blend' Windows 8.1 beta Microsoft teases 'Office Lite' for Windows' touch UI Who said that? Social network launched for anonymous users FTC commissioner calls for way to 'reclaim your name' Developers express enthusiasm for Firefox OS, survey shows Updated Microsoft Visual Studio tools focus on 'connected app' building Sprint to launch two Windows Phone 8 smartphones this summer Rivals Ellison, Benioff to jointly explain Oracle-Salesforce.com partnership Why Microsoft could let AppContainer take over Windows Chinese malware attack affected dozens of South Korean organizations, researchers say Foxconn to hasten deployment of 'robot army' Most Android threats would be blocked if phones ran latest Android version, report says Square launches online marketplace service to rival eBay, Amazon and Etsy Telefonica hopes Windows Phone push can slow iOS-Android duopoly JohnWThompson: STEM education and immigration reform are opposite sides of the same coin JR Raphael: New 'Google Play Edition' phones show off subtle changes to Android OS Jonny Evans: The guy who sold an unreleased Apple iPhone 4 to Gizmodo wouldn't do it again -- and says he didn't get paid WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Storage Resource Management Suite Learn how you can visualize applications to storage dependencies, analyze configurations and capacity growth, and optimize your environment to improve storage management efficiency. Learn more. Microsoft restarts Windows push with 'refined blend' Windows 8.1 beta Microsoft today shipped Windows 8.1, the free upgrade to Windows 8, with CEO Steve Ballmer calling it "a refined blend" of what many critics had called a jarring disconnect between its two radically different user interfaces. Read More Microsoft teases 'Office Lite' for Windows' touch UI Microsoft today briefly previewed an Office application designed for the Windows "Modern," née "Metro," user interface, and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year. Read More Who said that? Social network launched for anonymous users The Duvamis social network went online less than a month ago with a mission of keeping the identity of its posters from other users -- and site operators. Read More FTC commissioner calls for way to 'reclaim your name' U.S. consumers should be able to reclaim control of their personal data from data brokers, websites and other companies, a member of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. Read More Developers express enthusiasm for Firefox OS, survey shows Developers find Firefox OS the most compelling among new smartphone OSes, generating more interest than Tizen and BlackBerry 10, even though no commercial products have been launched for it yet. Read More Updated Microsoft Visual Studio tools focus on 'connected app' building Microsoft kicked off its Build conference in San Francisco this week by releasing a preview of the next version of its Visual Studio IDE, as well as updates to other development tools. Read More Sprint to launch two Windows Phone 8 smartphones this summer Sprint announced it will soon sell two Windows Phone 8 smartphones that run over fast LTE, the HTC 8XT and the Samsung ATIV S Neo. Read More Rivals Ellison, Benioff to jointly explain Oracle-Salesforce.com partnership Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff have had their share of public differences, but the jibes will likely be stowed away on Thursday, when the two conduct a press conference to discuss the recently announced, nine-year technology partnership between the companies. Read More WHITE PAPER: Siemens Enterprise Communications Seven Contact Center Trends You Can't Ignore Rapid changes are underway in the world of traditional contact centers. It starts with the disruptive nature of social media and mobile apps, but it doesn't end there. Don't be left behind. Learn the seven contact center trends you can't ignore. Learn More Why Microsoft could let AppContainer take over Windows The UI that overlies AppContainer is pretty much the thing that makes Windows a desktop OS. What would it mean if the OS running on desktops weren't a desktop OS? Read More Chinese malware attack affected dozens of South Korean organizations, researchers say A recent targeted attack that used Chinese malware compromised over 1,000 computers belonging to dozens of South Korea organizations, according to researchers from Israeli security firm Seculert. Read More Foxconn to hasten deployment of 'robot army' Manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group is on track with its goal to a create a 'million robot army', and already has 20,000 robotic machines in its factories, said CEO Terry Gou on Wednesday. Read More Most Android threats would be blocked if phones ran latest Android version, report says Over three quarters of Android threats are malicious apps that send SMS messages to premium rate numbers and could be mitigated by a protection feature present in Android 4.2, according to researchers from networking vendor Juniper Networks. Read More Square launches online marketplace service to rival eBay, Amazon and Etsy Mobile payments company Square has launched an online marketplace, an offering that an analyst said is similar to those from eBay, Amazon and Etsy, where merchants can sell products to consumers. Read More Telefonica hopes Windows Phone push can slow iOS-Android duopoly Spanish operator Telefonica is worried about the Android-iOS smartphone duopoly, and has joined with Microsoft in a marketing blitz that it hopes will convince consumers to pick up smartphones based on Windows Phone. Read More JohnWThompson: STEM education and immigration reform are opposite sides of the same coin America's innovation and leadership position is at risk. In order to reclaim it we must address two separate but intertwined issues: science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM) education programs and immigration reform. These issues are on opposite sides of the same coin and both address the overwhelming need our country has for the human capital that underpins national innovation and competitiveness. Read More JR Raphael: New 'Google Play Edition' phones show off subtle changes to Android OS Google's new Galaxy S4 and HTC One "Google Play Edition" devices give us a glimpse at some subtle changes that appear to be on the way to Android. Read More Jonny Evans: The guy who sold an unreleased Apple iPhone 4 to Gizmodo wouldn't do it again -- and says he didn't get paid Here's the rest of the story of what happened to Brian Hogan, the man who found the 2010 Apple iPhone 4 prototype. In this latest installment he tells us everything we didn't know about what happened when he found Apple's lost phone in a bar and sold it to Gizmodo, got punished and says he never got paid. Read More
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