Just how important is a part in Apple's brand story?

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	Jonny Evans: Just how important is a part in Apple's brand story? There's a reason competitors like to go up against Apple: that reason's not just about business, it is because they hope to become part of the company's story. That story is pre-eminent among consumer brands, and other less well-fabled firms hope competing with Cupertino will be enough to seize themselves a speaking part in the Apple movie. Read More WHITE PAPER: Globanet Next Generation Archive Migration Tools This guide is designed to demonstrate the new features of Migrate, and how these features directly benefit data migration customers and providers. Read Now! In this Issue Darlene Storm: 750 million phones vulnerable to spying: Hack SIM card via tainted text to get root Jonny Evans: Opinion: Now Samsung's even emulating Apple's WWDC... Video Brew: Fireworks displays that rate immortality Preston Gralla: Developers say, "We love Windows Phone" but fail to cash in Sharky: Thanks, boss. That sure helps. 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. Darlene Storm: 750 million phones vulnerable to spying: Hack SIM card via tainted text to get root Security researchers exploited an encryption flaw by sending hidden text messages like mobile operators do to push out updates. But the researchers can text a secret virus that allows root access to the SIM card. An attacker could then eavesdrop on calls, access location information, send premium text messages, change the voicemail number, and even make purchases via mobile payment systems. About 750 million phones may be vulnerable and the attack takes only about two minutes. "Rooting SIM cards" will be presented at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas. Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: Now Samsung's even emulating Apple's WWDC... The Apple versus Samsung story really has grown old, but it seems the Korean firm has the ethics of a love-crossed stalker and really doesn't know where to draw the line -- and I think its latest copycat move is really rather vulgar as Samsung hosts a US developer event a few hundred meters away from Apple's WWDC. 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 Video Brew: Fireworks displays that rate immortality In many nations, holidays are observed with fireworks. LOTS of fireworks. Untold millions of dollars are destroyed in minutes, but oh how gloriously they are spent. In the USA, we're coming off of Independence Day celebrations, andthere are a plethora (nay, a veritable cornucopia!) of YouTube vids showing some of the more spectacular results. For example, check out what happens when 20,000 bottle rockets are shot up in a matter of a few seconds: Read More Preston Gralla: Developers say, "We love Windows Phone" but fail to cash in More developers plan to write apps for Windows Phone than any other platform, concludes a recently finished survey. But their interest has been waning, and a significant problem is that Windows Phone's revenue potential simply hasn't been there. If this continues, Windows Phone could fall even further behind iOS and Android in app availability. Read More Sharky: Thanks, boss. That sure helps. Flashback to the late 1980s, when this college has installed a minicomputer-based word processing system that users haven't quite got the hang of. Read More
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