Ballmer pushes 'family of devices' as Microsoft's new mantra

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	Ballmer pushes 'family of devices' as Microsoft's new mantra If Steve Ballmer's words mean anything, Microsoft is about to dramatically expand the number -- and type -- of devices it makes in-house. Read More WEBCAST: EMC Corporation Williams & Fudge on Transforming IT with EMC Watch Williams & Fudge Data Center Director Phillip Reynolds discuss why this accounts receivable management firm turned to EMC. By using EMC VNX unified storage and EMC RecoverPoint, Williams & Fudge was able to transform its business operations and accelerate desktop virtualization. View now. In this Issue Snowden says U.S. is using 'historically disproportionate aggression' to nab him Mobile malware, mainly aimed at Android devices, jumps 614% in a year Targeted attacks exploit now-patched Windows bug revealed by Google engineer Sharknado takes a big bite out of Twitter It's not a Terminator, but scientists create liquid metal with 3D printer Microsoft to pay first IE 11 Preview bug bounty to BlueHat security contest finalist Video: Military robots conquer air, land without humans Twitter hands French prosecutors identities of anti-Jewish posters Infosys posts strong revenue growth as markets recover Microsoft reorg could fix some problems, create others Jonny Evans: Microsoft kills the enterprise cloud Preston Gralla: New Snowden revelation shows Skype may be privacy's biggest enemy 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. Snowden says U.S. is using 'historically disproportionate aggression' to nab him Fugitive classified document leaker Edward Snowden, holed up at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport since June 23, today accused the U.S. government of using 'historically disproportionate aggression' to get him back to the United States to face charges of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. Read More Mobile malware, mainly aimed at Android devices, jumps 614% in a year Mobile malware attacks -- most of them aimed at Android devices -- are up six-fold since last year, an increase due mainly to the use of free mobile apps from sketchy vendors, according to studies by McAfee and Juniper Networks. Read More Targeted attacks exploit now-patched Windows bug revealed by Google engineer Microsoft this week said a pair of vulnerabilities, including one publicly disclosed by a Google security engineer in May, had been exploited in the wild before they were patched on Tuesday. Read More Sharknado takes a big bite out of Twitter A disaster movie on the SyFy channel about sharks raining down on L.A., lit up Twitter on Thursday night. Read More It's not a Terminator, but scientists create liquid metal with 3D printer It may not quite be a character out of The Terminator, but university scientists have developed a way to use 3D printing to create structures made out of liquid metal. Read More Microsoft to pay first IE 11 Preview bug bounty to BlueHat security contest finalist Microsoft has already received several vulnerability reports that qualify for monetary rewards as part of the company's bug bounty program launched in June for the preview version of Internet Explorer 11. Read More WHITE PAPER: ServiceNow Making IT Support Social When IT organizations utilize social media, it can efficiently help more people inside and outside the data center quickly access more services and knowledge. Read Now! Video: Military robots conquer air, land without humans The U.S. Navy's X-47B drone made an autonomous landing on an aircraft carrier and Boston Dynamics' Atlas builds on its predecessors. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More Twitter hands French prosecutors identities of anti-Jewish posters Twitter has handed French prosecutors information enabling the identification of some of those responsible for posts last year apparently contravening French laws on hate speech, according to the Union of French Jewish Students (UEJF), which had filed suits against the company to compel it to release the data. Read More Infosys posts strong revenue growth as markets recover Infosys posted strong revenue growth in the second quarter as demand picked up in key markets including the U.S. Read More Microsoft reorg could fix some problems, create others Steve Ballmer's grand plan to reinvent Microsoft has garnered mixed reviews from industry analysts, ranging from enthusiastic endorsements to frowning skepticism. Read More Jonny Evans: Microsoft kills the enterprise cloud Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may be taking a page from the Apple playbook in repositioning his corporation as a "devices company", but that's just smoke and mirrors to disguise a firm that's lost its soul: its data surveillance deal with the NSA undermines its precious position in the enterprise. Here's why: Read More Preston Gralla: New Snowden revelation shows Skype may be privacy's biggest enemy New information made available by Edward Snowden reveals that Skype's turning over video and audio information to the NSA has skyrocketed in the past year, by a factor of three. Given that Skype already helps the Chinese government snoop on its citizens, this makes Skype one of the world's biggest privacy invaders. Read More
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