iPhone 5s/6 -- features/rumors -- release date sooner?

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	Richi Jennings: iPhone 5s / 6 -- features / rumors -- release date sooner? New BYOD iToy release earlier than expected? The Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 5S has been spotted again. In today's IT Blogwatch, we round up the rumors and fettle the features, as mused by the masses. Oh, and what of the imagined iPhone 6 -- is it possible we'll see it this year? Bloggers blather on... Read More WEBCAST: VMware, Cisco and NetApp Consider a Better Way to Virtualize Oracle Databases This video highlights how three industry leaders - VMware, Cisco and NetApp have teamed to provide a solution that can help you lower your Oracle database license and maintenance costs. View Now! In this Issue Preston Gralla: Windows 8.1 first look: Finally, Windows the way you want it JR Raphael: What the Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play Editions are actually like to use Darlene Storm: Car hacking: Car cyberattack a possible theory behind journalist's death Preston Gralla: Why touch is killing Windows 8 apps Nicholas D. Evans: 4 options for getting more with more data JR Raphael: New 'Google Play Edition' phones show off subtle changes to Android OS Jaikumar Vijayan: If he is smart, Edward Snowden will shut up JohnWThompson: STEM education and immigration reform are opposite sides of the same coin Andrew Litt: Social analytics provides an Rx for the pharmaceutical industry Sharky: IT that counts 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. Preston Gralla: Windows 8.1 first look: Finally, Windows the way you want it With Windows 8.1 Microsoft finally recognizes that a big portion of the world actively dislikes the new "Modern" interface and Start screen, and lets people downplay it, bypass it, or make it work the way they like. It doesn't solve the basic problem of Windows 8 having dueling interfaces -- one for touch and tablets, and another for the desktop and mouse and keyboard -- but it gives desktop fans enough options to make the operating system much better to use. Read More JR Raphael: What the Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play Editions are actually like to use The Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Play Editions offer pure Android software with smokin' hot hardware -- so what are the devices actually like to use? Here's a hands-on look at the pros and cons. Read More Darlene Storm: Car hacking: Car cyberattack a possible theory behind journalist's death Is car hacking now a reality or a conspiracy theory? Richard Clarke, former US National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism believes that a car cyberattack is a possibility behind journalist Michael Hastings' death. Read More Preston Gralla: Why touch is killing Windows 8 apps At his keynote speech at the BUILD conference today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hyped how important touch is to Windows and the future of computing. But because of Microsoft's reliance on touch, Microsoft and others have dumbed down Windows 8 apps so that many are barely useful. Read More Nicholas D. Evans: 4 options for getting more with more data It might be argued that access to more data gives people more ability to make the data say what they want, as in the case of data around which there are conflicting interests such as political campaigns and so on. Another argument is that collecting and storing more data, opens up even more opportunities for that information to be used inappropriately or in ways that may impact privacy and security. Read More WHITE PAPER: Siemens Enterprise Communications Top Ten Reasons to Choose Siemens Enterprise Communications Trusted by over 75% of the Fortune 500, Siemens Enterprise Communications is the only vendor to provide the complete range of Voice, UCC and Contact Center solutions and services on-premise and in private, hybrid and public clouds. Learn 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 Jaikumar Vijayan: If he is smart, Edward Snowden will shut up Edward Snowden needs to shut up for his own good and for those who support his actions. Seems like every time the self-confessed document leaker opens his mouth these days, he says something that gives the government more fodder for going after him with everything its got. And that's a problem because it detracts from the importance of his revelations. 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 Andrew Litt: Social analytics provides an Rx for the pharmaceutical industry The pharmaceutical industry on the whole has been cautious about its use of social media and mobile technology, but the pace is rapidly picking up. The opportunities are great and the time is right for pharmaceutical companies to establish and strengthen their social strategies as they await further guidance from the FDA. Read More Sharky: IT that counts This psychiatric hospital's IT department has 11 staffers and an IT director who's very hands-on and gives more than the usual attention to even the smallest detail -- a fact that shows up at an important training session. Read More
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