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	Getting around Google+: A guide to the basics In the two years it's been around, Google+ has both grown and changed. In the first of three "how-to" guides, we tell you how to get started. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation VMware Horizon View and EMC VSPEX Take the Easy Route to Next Generation Virtual Desktops. Learn how VSPEX with End User Computing Transforms Central Vermont Medical Center IT from Problem Solver to Business Enabler. Learn More. In this Issue Flash breakthrough promises faster storage, terabytes of memory Feds say $2.3M in bribes paid to CIO, database chief New 'smart' headphones learn your tastes, share songs Is Microsoft the answer to the cloud quandary? Sprint reports $1.6B loss, cites shut down of Nextel Is Snowden a Russian citizen? No, it's a Google Translate trick HTC sees basic smartphones as way to regain market share Yale grad's 'Prism' program turns text metadata into wavy art Microsoft to link schools in South African 'white spaces' project Jean-Loup Richet: Russia follows in footsteps of SOPA with unsettling new anti-piracy laws Richi Jennings: iPhone 5C: Does the C stand for CHEAP? WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Eliminating the Challenge of Remote Backup In today's global economy, many companies are increasingly distributed. That puts IT in a precarious position, especially when it comes to backup processes. Providing IT services to remote locations generally requires investment in local servers, storage, and networking. Read Now Flash breakthrough promises faster storage, terabytes of memory In the ongoing quest for faster access to data, Diablo Technologies has taken what could be a significant next step. Read More Feds say $2.3M in bribes paid to CIO, database chief U.S. law enforcement officials have charged eight people in an extensive bribery and kickback scheme it alleges involved fake companies, sham invoices and made-up IT consulting services. Read More New 'smart' headphones learn your tastes, share songs Startup Muzik today announced its first headphones, which it said will be able to instantly post the music users are listening to on Twitter and Facebook as well as learn the music you like and create playlists. Read More Is Microsoft the answer to the cloud quandary? The company could rediscover relevance because it understands that the companies using its cloud services require flexibility first and foremost. Read More Sprint reports $1.6B loss, cites shut down of Nextel Sprint Nextel reported made a $1.6 billion loss in the second quarter, swollen by the cost of shutting down its Nextel wireless network, but the company is more optimistic about future profitability. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Hyperconvergence Era From cloud computing and virtualization to mobility and unified communications, an array of innovative technologies is transforming today's data centers. And along the way, they're also flooding corporate networks with enormous new torrents of traffic. Read Now Is Snowden a Russian citizen? No, it's a Google Translate trick The announcement appeared in small text on the Russian president's website: 'Let me speak from my heart: Edward Snowden is a Russian Citizen. Thanks to @homakov!'; Read More HTC sees basic smartphones as way to regain market share HTC plans to introduce a series of mid-tier and entry-level smartphones later this year as a way to regain market share, after posting disappointing financial results in the second quarter. Read More Yale grad's 'Prism' program turns text metadata into wavy art What if the NSA took your text message metadata and made a flowing, colorful diagram with a timeline? Read More Microsoft to link schools in South African 'white spaces' project Microsoft is expanding the push for so-called 'white spaces' broadband to South Africa, where it will help to deploy the technology in a pilot project serving five primary and secondary schools. Read More Jean-Loup Richet: Russia follows in footsteps of SOPA with unsettling new anti-piracy laws In a controversial move by the Kremlin, Russia has followed in the footsteps of SOPA by hurriedly passing two new anti-piracy bills. Experts have been debating whether the new proposed laws - the first to be passed by Russian authorities in over eighteen years - are in fact a smokescreen for something more sinister. The first bill is an extrajudicial blacklist for websites, meaning that any website containing content deemed to be 'unsuitable' or harmful can be shut down without the need for court judgment or investigation. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 5C: Does the C stand for CHEAP? Confirmation of cheap-iPhone rumor comes from surprising source. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) seems certain to be readying a cheaper, plastic-bodied iPhone. The latest triangulation of the rumor is courtesy of China Labor Watch, who pepper a report with mentions of the new product. Thought to be called the iPhone 5C, the smartphone is probably aimed at BRIC markets, but may also come to these shores. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers do the math. Read More
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