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	Apple unveils 18-megawatt solar farm to power cloud data center Apple plans to build an 18-megawatt solar power plant to power a new data center in Reno. 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 Microsoft trumpets early success in IE11 bug bounty In first, NASA astronaut in space controls robot on Earth Ads for coming Moto X focus on user 'freedom to design' own unique smartphone Android flaw lets attackers modify apps without breaking signatures Apple hires Yves Saint Laurent CEO to head special projects Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft's restructing be Ballmer's last stand? New, lower-cost Nokia phones have social networking, YouTube integration Action: Yahoo buys Qwiki moviemaking app Jonny Evans: Apple's YSL hire: One size fits all? Matt Hamblen: Sony Xperia ZL is an unlocked gem in the Android smartphone market WEBCAST: Egnyte The Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Sharing Security. Scalability. Control. These are just some of the many benefits of enterprise cloud file-sharing that you'll discover in this KnowledgeVault, packed with short videos, white papers and demos. View Now! Microsoft trumpets early success in IE11 bug bounty Microsoft today said it had received "a few submissions" so far for its Internet Explorer 11 bug bounty program, the first for the company. Read More In first, NASA astronaut in space controls robot on Earth In an effort to further human and robot cooperation in space, a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station flying 240 miles above Earth controlled a robot on the ground. Read More Ads for coming Moto X focus on user 'freedom to design' own unique smartphone Motorola today began promoting its highly anticipated Moto X smartphone in newspaper ads and on its Web site. Read More Android flaw lets attackers modify apps without breaking signatures A vulnerability that has existed in Android for the past four years can allow hackers to modify any legitimate and digitally signed application in order to transform it into a Trojan program that can be used to steal data or take control of the OS. Read More Apple hires Yves Saint Laurent CEO to head special projects Apple has hired Paul Deneve, until Tuesday the CEO of French luxury brand Yves Saint Laurent, to work as its vice president for special projects, igniting fresh speculation about possible new product launches including a TV or wearable computing devices such as a smart watch. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Boost Profitability with Better Planning & Mobile Reporting This session will discuss how Ashurst, a top-tier legal service provider for private and public sector clients worldwide, was able to effectively manage organizational change and improve their profitability using IBM Business Analytics. Learn More. Preston Gralla: Will Microsoft's restructing be Ballmer's last stand? Steve Ballmer is said to be close to unveiling a major shakeup in Microsoft's organizational structure to more closely align it with his goal of turning Microsoft into a services and devices company. It's a very big reorganization, the biggest the company has seen in some time. Will it work, or will this be Ballmer's last stand? Read More New, lower-cost Nokia phones have social networking, YouTube integration Nokia's latest low-cost phones, the 207 and 208, have integrated support for social networking as well as Exchange and can be turned into a USB modem. Read More Action: Yahoo buys Qwiki moviemaking app In yet another mobile acquisition, Yahoo has acquired Qwiki, a New York City company that makes an app for turning photos and videos into short, edited movies. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's YSL hire: One size fits all? Does the phrase "connected device" excite you?Do your lips wet with anticipation at the prospect of IPv6 or HEVC? Then you are a technologist. Meanwhile, in the wider world of the mass market, people's arousal response is stimulated by more primitive reactions to beauty, utility and trend. Apple's hire of Yves St Laurent CEO Paul Deneve suggest it's planning to turn the latter market on. Read More Matt Hamblen: Sony Xperia ZL is an unlocked gem in the Android smartphone market Testing out the new unlocked 5-in. Sony Xperia ZL smartphone recently made me realize that smartphone innovation has truly turned a corner. Read More
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