12 predictive analytics screw-ups

	Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% | U.S. cloud firms face backlash from NSA spy programs
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	12 predictive analytics screw-ups Data mining experts share stories of failure from the trenches and lessons learned. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Data+ Conference Computerworld Data+ Conference: Sept. 8-10, Scottsdale, AZ Data+, which evolved from the former BI & Analytics Perspectives Conference, takes place September 8-10, 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over the course of this two-day event, 250+ IT decision-makers and business leaders, like you, connect with peers and leading big data business and technology solution providers. Register now. In this Issue Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% U.S. cloud firms face backlash from NSA spy programs Does anyone in IT truly relax on vacation? MIT looks to movie CGI to make 3D printing easy Intel aims for longer tablet battery life with Haswell chips White House opposes amendment to curb NSA spying Apple's profit drops 22% as iPad sales slow; iPhone sales remain strong JR Raphael: Verizon's new Motorola Droid phones: Decent devices, terrible timing Seagate hybrid drive promises speed boost below the cost of flash SIM card vulnerabilities easy to fix, researcher says First look: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V shines on AT&T's Q2 revenue, profit gained on mobile growth SEC charges Texas man with running Bitcoin Ponzi scheme LinkedIn selling more marketing content into user feeds Richi Jennings: Nexus 7 mk 2 release date: Very soon. Pre-order now! 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. Mac sales slide for third straight quarter, fall 7% Mac sales in the second quarter contracted by nearly 7%, the third consecutive quarter of decline, sliding to 3.75 million systems, the lowest number in more than two years, the company reported. Read More U.S. cloud firms face backlash from NSA spy programs Non-U.S. clients of American cloud hosting companies are clearly rattled by revelations that the National Security Agency collects huge amounts of customer data from Internet service providers and telecommunication companies. Read More Does anyone in IT truly relax on vacation? That IT professionals work on vacation is as obvious as sand on a beach. Some see it as part of the job bargain. Maybe there's something to relish about being indispensable. Read More MIT looks to movie CGI to make 3D printing easy MIT has created OpenFab, an open source, programmable pipeline architecture for 3D printers that was inspired by RenderMan, the software used to design computer-generated images in movies. Read More Intel aims for longer tablet battery life with Haswell chips Intel says it will increase the battery life of tablets and hybrid PCs that use its microprocessors, with new low-power Haswell chips that will start shipping later this year. Read More White House opposes amendment to curb NSA spying The White House is opposed to an amendment to a defense spending bill that would limit spending on mass surveillance by the National Security Agency. Read More Apple's profit drops 22% as iPad sales slow; iPhone sales remain strong Apple reported a drop in profits on roughly flat revenue for the April to June quarter, though the results were ahead of analysts' expectations, providing something of a silver lining for the company. Read More WHITE PAPER: CommVault Enterprise Storage eGuide Storage professionals today are dealing with the ramification of a number of new technologies. Trends such as cloud, virtualization, mobility and big data are having a significant impact on how enterprises store data today. Learn More JR Raphael: Verizon's new Motorola Droid phones: Decent devices, terrible timing Verizon's new Motorola-made Droid phones seem like sensible enough devices -- until you consider that Moto's heavily hyped flagship, the Moto X, launches next week. Read More Seagate hybrid drive promises speed boost below the cost of flash SSDs are encroaching on hard disk drives with the promise of faster access to data, but HDDs are fighting back -- in some cases, with built-in solid-state storage of their own. Read More SIM card vulnerabilities easy to fix, researcher says A pair of severe security problems in millions of SIM cards should be easy for operators to fix, according to the German security researcher who found the issues. Read More First look: Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V shines on Preview editions of Hyper-V 2012 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 pick up where the strong initial releases left off Read More AT&T's Q2 revenue, profit gained on mobile growth AT&T posted higher revenue and profit in the second quarter, with gains in its mobile unit offsetting flat wireline revenue. Read More SEC charges Texas man with running Bitcoin Ponzi scheme A Texas man was charged on Tuesday in federal court with allegedly running a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme, siphoning the virtual currency from victims to pay for rent, food and gambling. Read More LinkedIn selling more marketing content into user feeds LinkedIn is giving companies the ability to place their marketing content into user feeds, a move that's said to expand the social network's revenue opportunities. Read More Richi Jennings: Nexus 7 mk 2 release date: Very soon. Pre-order now! Meet the new boss: Not the same as the old boss. Google will announce its new 2013 Nexus 7 mk 2 today, we hear. In fact, you can already pre-order it, so the release date must be imminent. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers tell us what they know (which is pretty much everything). Read More
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