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	IBM layoffs pass 3,000, says labor group IBM's latest round of job cuts, a series of layoff actions that began over a week ago, has passed the 3,000 mark. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Intelligent IT Operations: Making IT Smarter Consolidating IT event management in a centralized operations bridge can help you increase efficiency in the short term while setting the stage for greater competitiveness over the long term. Read Now! In this Issue Windows Store's app growth recovers from winter funk Microsoft promises IE11 on Windows 7 NASA to launch solar-explorer spacecraft tonight Talking robot to blast into space for experiment in human/robot conversation NSA collected U.S. email records, Internet use for years 11 highlights from Microsoft's BUILD conference QuickPoll: With Windows 8.1 out (in preview), has Microsoft turned a corner? Verizon notches 500th LTE market, declares initial rollout done EFF sues FBI over facial-recognition records Citadel malware targets localized brands and users Facebook wants beta testers for its Android app Video: Shrinking sensors boost wearable tech market Yahoo News gets a redesign aimed at personalization Cisco waited too long to address SDNs, Chambers says Top EU court says printers can be taxed to compensate rights holders JR Raphael: Deciphering the gray of Google's 'Play Edition' upgrade promise Jonny Evans: Smartphone sales slow as consumers await Apple's new iPhones JR Raphael: A warning about the HTC One Google Play Edition and T-Mobile WHITE PAPER: VMware, Cisco and NetApp Meritrust Sees Results with FlexPod and VMware Faced with an aging physical IT infrastructure, Meritrust Credit Union sought a more stable foundation for its business critical applications and for its Oracle database, which is central to its operations. Read Now! Windows Store's app growth recovers from winter funk Submissions to Microsoft's Windows Store, after stalling earlier this year, are again on the increase, perhaps because developers have been reinvigorated by talk of Windows 8.1 and this week's BUILD conference. Read More Microsoft promises IE11 on Windows 7 Microsoft today confirmed that Internet Explorer 11 will be ported to Windows 7, but declined to name a release date. Read More NASA to launch solar-explorer spacecraft tonight NASA is preparing to launch a spacecraft tonight that scientists hope will answer fundamental questions on how the sun creates such intense energy. Read More Talking robot to blast into space for experiment in human/robot conversation A small, humanoid robot will fly to the International Space Station this summer to take part in the first experiment on conversation in space between a human and a robot. Read More NSA collected U.S. email records, Internet use for years The U.S. National Security Agency collected the email and Internet use records of some U.S. residents for about a decade following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to documents published Thursday by the U.K. newspaper the Guardian. Read More 11 highlights from Microsoft's BUILD conference Microsoft kicked off it's BUILD developers conference Wednesday with a two hour keynote. Here are some of the takeaways. Read More QuickPoll: With Windows 8.1 out (in preview), has Microsoft turned a corner? Expectations were high for the Windows 8.1 preview that Microsoft rolled out at its BUILD conference on Wednesday. Do you think with Windows 8.1 that Microsoft has turned a corner? Read More Verizon notches 500th LTE market, declares initial rollout done Verizon Wireless has completed the initial rollout of its 4G LTE network, covering 95 percent of the U.S. population, and is now looking to reuse other spectrum for LTE and deploy small cells using the technology. Read More EFF sues FBI over facial-recognition records The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit to force the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to turn over records about a facial-recognition database it is building. Read More 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 Citadel malware targets localized brands and users A new variant of the Citadel financial malware uses in-browser injection techniques combined with extensive content localization to steal log-in credentials and credit card information from users in different countries, according to researchers from security vendor Trusteer. Read More Facebook wants beta testers for its Android app Facebook is launching a beta tester program for Android smartphone users that it hopes will result in quicker diagnosis of bugs and more feedback on new features. Read More Video: Shrinking sensors boost wearable tech market While still in its infancy, there was a big push for wearable technology at CE Week in New York. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More Yahoo News gets a redesign aimed at personalization In its continuing efforts to woo users with new products and services, Yahoo is at it again, this time with a redesign of its News Page. Read More Cisco waited too long to address SDNs, Chambers says Cisco waited too long to address the software-defined networking trend now sweeping the industry, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said this week at the Cisco Live conference. Read More Top EU court says printers can be taxed to compensate rights holders Europe's top court ruled Thursday that it is legal for countries to impose a levy on printer manufacturers such as Canon, Epson, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Kyocera and Xerox in order to compensate rights holders for unauthorised reproduction of their work. Read More JR Raphael: Deciphering the gray of Google's 'Play Edition' upgrade promise Google's new Galaxy S4 and HTC One Play Edition devices are supposed to get future Android upgrades "quickly" -- but what exactly does that mean? Read More Jonny Evans: Smartphone sales slow as consumers await Apple's new iPhones The Apple effect is hitting the smartphone business all over again, as analysts report slowing sales of devices from all vendors, including those of the present generation iPhone pending introduction of a lower cost iPhone and the iPhone 5S. We've seen this before, of course -- consumers want to see what Apple's got before they choose which device to buy. Read More JR Raphael: A warning about the HTC One Google Play Edition and T-Mobile Google's new Play Edition phones are unlocked GSM devices, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll work well on the network of your choice. Read More
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