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	Jonny Evans: Apple seeks 'Pie in the sky' ideas for innovation Apple has turned to retail store employees in an attempt to improve the way it sells iPhones in its stores, urging its workers to dream up ideas it calls, "Pie in the sky". Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Storage Virtualization eGuide In this eGuide, Computerworld along with sister publications Network World and the IDG News Service examine some of the newest technologies and trends in storage virtualization today. Read on to learn about how leveraging storage virtualization can help enterprises get a handle on their data while minimizing costs and management headaches. Learn more. In this Issue Darlene Storm: Can you hear me now? Yeah, hacked Verizon device can nab your texts and photos too Preston Gralla: Microsoft may merge Windows Phone and tablets OSes -- what happens to Windows? Jonny Evans: Will Apple's iTunes Radio make Radiohead's Thom Yorke happy? Robert L. Mitchell: So your boss is a sociopath. Now what? Steve Pate: Will FISMA, FedRAMP impact cloud security? Sharky: At least he waited till the guy left WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Best Practices in Data Protection Monitoring Whether you consider your domain to be a private cloud, a hybrid cloud, or a public cloud, you are providing data protection as a service. According to ESG's 2013 IT Spending Intentions Survey, improving data backup and recovery was the number two-most important IT priority selected by respondents (27%). Learn more. Darlene Storm: Can you hear me now? Yeah, hacked Verizon device can nab your texts and photos too Security researchers hacked a Verizon femtocell and turned it into a spying device if an unlucky user is within 40 feet of the network extender. The device is small, portable and "can pick up signals through most walls." Their upcoming Def Con talk will show how any NSA surveillance wannabes could eavesdrop on phone calls, text messages, photos sent on an iPhone or Android smartphone. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft may merge Windows Phone and tablets OSes -- what happens to Windows? A rumor making the rounds says that Microsoft will combine Windows Phone and its tablet operating systems by 2015, in much the way Apple has a united phone/tablet operating system. That makes sense. But what then happens to Windows? Read More Jonny Evans: Will Apple's iTunes Radio make Radiohead's Thom Yorke happy? There may be tough times ahead for iTunes Radio on news Radiohead front man, Thom Yorke has withdrawn tracks from streaming music service, Spotify, slamming the service for paying artists peanuts for their music. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Federal IT Innovation Caught in a Catch-22 Fed resources shoring up old infrastructure, holding back new technologies. Read Now Robert L. Mitchell: So your boss is a sociopath. Now what? What should you do if you personally have to work with -- or worse for -- a sociopath? Read More Steve Pate: Will FISMA, FedRAMP impact cloud security? I can usually tell when a regulation has teeth when I start to hear multiple customers asking about it. Interestingly, the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013, also known as HR 1163, isn't even in effect yet, but people are already looking for ways to comply. While regulations aren't usually the most intriguing reading, there are some interesting gems in the new FISMA amendment. Read More Sharky: At least he waited till the guy left It's a few years back, and this CIO stops a pilot fish in the hall, asking for help printing on letterhead with his laser printer. And fish sees the problem right away. Read More
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