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	Richi Jennings: Apple hacked: 'Naked' personal details accessed; Dev Center down for DAYS Cook and Co. rush around and fix bugs. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is scrambling to fix a security hole in its Developer Center site. It's been down 'for maintenance' since Thursday, but now the company's confessed it was hacked, and that some personal information was stored unencrypted. However, a Turkish security researcher based in London says he reported the problem and that he's not a hacker at all. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get to the bottom of the situation. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Backup Game Plan Learn the 3 steps you can take now to implement the right disk platform, ensure quick recoveries, identify the biggest backup pain points, and add a range of value-added services across the organization. Learn more. In this Issue JR Raphael: 4 hidden settings to make Chrome for Android even better Jonny Evans: Apple purchases Locationary to make accurate crowd-sourced Maps Sharon Gaudin: Robots prep NASA spacecraft for human Mars mission Preston Gralla: Latest numbers show the consumer market may be dying for Microsoft Sharky: Definitely not one of those NON-database DBAs WEBCAST: EasyVista So you think ITSM is boring? It just might get you a raise! The ITIL process framework is at the core of IT Service delivery. Add in the demands created by the consumerization of IT and the complexity of service delivery intensifies. View this on-demand webinar to hear how North America's most insightful IT Service Management and Support expert, George Spalding, advises on the hottest trends in IT. Learn More JR Raphael: 4 hidden settings to make Chrome for Android even better Google's Chrome for Android provides a powerful browsing experience by default -- but if you know where to look, you can unlock extra power-user features that make the browser even better. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple purchases Locationary to make accurate crowd-sourced Maps Apple has made a significant technology acquisition designed to massively improve its ill-starred Maps service, purchasing Canadian start-up, Locationary. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs with Data Deduplication This IDC Buyer Case Study explores the benefits EMC realized from the use of a range of EMC's own backup and recovery solutions that leverage deduplication technology. Learn more. Sharon Gaudin: Robots prep NASA spacecraft for human Mars mission When it comes to getting astronauts home safely from a Mars mission, building Orion's heat shield is a hot topic. Read More Preston Gralla: Latest numbers show the consumer market may be dying for Microsoft Microsoft's latest earnings numbers make one thing perfectly clear: Enterprises love the company, but consumers are staying away in droves. In the quarter, revenue for businesses was up solidly, while consumer revenue was far more problematic. Does this mean that the consumer will eventually be dead for Microsoft? Read More Sharky: Definitely not one of those NON-database DBAs This change manager pilot fish at an extremely big bank is facing a major incident that requires the intervention of a database administrator -- but it's going to be a bit more complicated than in the past. Read More
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