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	Keep watch: 5 cloud security cameras for your home Cloud-based security cameras can keep watch on your home when you're not around. We tested five of these systems and report on our findings. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware 4 Reasons to Expand Virtualization of Your IT Environment In this eBook, find out how other VMware customers have extended their virtualization deployment and have uncovered significant benefits, such as simplified IT management and reallocation of resources. Read Now! In this Issue 13 exciting new open source projects Sony Mobile unveils SmartWatch 2, Xperia Z Ultra smartphone Testy U.S. officials demand return of NSA document leaker Snowden Gartner offers more data on PC decline and tablet surge Facebook might jump into news with rumored Reader Western Digital to acquire sTec to expand in enterprise SSDs Oracle to certify its software for Microsoft Azure cloud, Hyper-V New privacy bill aimed at reforming FISA and the Patriot Act introduced in the Senate Google News opt-in is not good enough, German publishers say Mobile payments battle brews around small shops in big countries Pink Floyd members reunite to slam Pandora Darlene Storm: An EFF sticker on your laptop is an Insider Threat warning sign? 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. 13 exciting new open source projects Browser-based toolkits, add-ons to old favorites, tools programmers will love -- here are the most promising projects emerging from the open source community today. Read More Sony Mobile unveils SmartWatch 2, Xperia Z Ultra smartphone Sony Mobile today announced an Android-based SmartWatch 2 with NFC wireless and a large-screen, 6.44-in. HD smartphone called the Xperia Z Ultra. Read More Testy U.S. officials demand return of NSA document leaker Snowden U.S. officials Monday testily asked the Russian government to expel fugitive document leaker Edward Snowden, who arrived there Sunday after spending several days in hiding in Hong Kong. Read More Gartner offers more data on PC decline and tablet surge Gartner projected that the overall decline in shipments of desktop and laptop PCs will be 10.6% in 2013, while tablet shipments will grow by 67.9%. Read More Facebook might jump into news with rumored Reader Facebook didn't roll out a Google Reader replacement at its press event last Thursday, but the company may still be hard at work on a newsreading app. The world's largest social network is reportedly developing an application called Reader that lets you view news in a highly visual format, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read More Western Digital to acquire sTec to expand in enterprise SSDs Western Digital plans to acquire sTec to boost its presence in the market for enterprise solid-state drives. 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 Oracle to certify its software for Microsoft Azure cloud, Hyper-V Oracle and Microsoft have announced a partnership that will see Oracle's database, application server, Java programming language and other products find a home inside Microsoft's Azure cloud service. Read More New privacy bill aimed at reforming FISA and the Patriot Act introduced in the Senate New legislation aims to reform the Patriot and FISA Amendments Acts to apply greater oversight and control to the government's surveillance programs. Read More Google News opt-in is not good enough, German publishers say German publishers will disappear from Google News on Aug. 1 unless they opt in to the service as Google seeks to comply with a new German law. But the publishers said on Monday that this is not good enough, they want a share in Google's revenue. Read More Mobile payments battle brews around small shops in big countries While mobile payments transform financial life in many less developed countries, retailers and payment providers in the U.S. and Europe are still trying to find the right incentives to drive adoption. Read More Pink Floyd members reunite to slam Pandora Call it another brick in the wall. The surviving members of Pink Floyd have gotten together to slam Pandora for its support of an Internet radio bill that the rockers say would lead to an 85% pay cut for musicians. Read More Darlene Storm: An EFF sticker on your laptop is an Insider Threat warning sign? It may be the golden age of surveillance, but the feds still claim to be "going dark" and want more domestic surveillance powers. Edward Snowden had an EFF sticker on his laptop, which was called a "warning sign." Tired of federal officials playing word games, a congressman has a bill that basically says "answer me or you're fired!" In the war on leakers, the Insider Threat Program extends beyond trying to identify national security threats to requiring federal employees to keep close tabs on co-workers, snitch on their stressed-out friends, and punish people who fail to report their suspicions. Read More
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