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	Richi Jennings: Google Maps offline FAIL: Android users are revolting Oh, you wanted that functionality we removed? Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) released its updated Maps app for Android this week. But it's come under heavy criticism for removing some functionality. Most of the flamage has come from the lack of offline map storage. The huge ad broker promises a swift volte face. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers bang their heads in frustration. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux - A Platform without Boundaries Businesses that depend on innovation have one thing in common: They have built their technology foundations to be open, not closed. These businesses run on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®. It's time to experience what IT can do with no proprietary limits, vendor-imposed constraints, or boundaries to innovation. Learn more now In this Issue Preston Gralla: New Snowden revelation shows Skype may be privacy's biggest enemy Michael Horowitz: Unusual behavior from the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Sharky: Welcome back, boss. When's your next trip? 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 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 WEBCAST: PC Connection Simplify Your Servers Would you like to simplify your server infrastructure? Learn about the benefits that Cisco UCS and Intel® Xeon® processors bring to data center computing. Discover how to overcome limitations in your existing server infrastructure to deploy more servers in less space at a lower cost and reduce time spent on tactical operational activities. View now. Michael Horowitz: Unusual behavior from the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool July 9th was patch Tuesday and I dutifully ran Windows Update on a few PCs. I *thought* perhaps that the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool was installing itself repeatedly, but I don't pay close attention to each bug fix any more. Read More Sharky: Welcome back, boss. When's your next trip? The office where this IT pilot works is constantly busy with more work than the staff can get done -- and the boss makes a decision. Read More
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