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	Office revenue smells sweet even as PC sales stink it up Microsoft's Business Division, the company's biggest money maker for 10 out of the last 11 quarters thanks to its Office cash cow, was not immune to the historic decline in PC sales. Read More WHITE PAPER: Globanet Beyond Data Migration Best Practices When managing a migration, performance optimization is at the heart of the process. With millions (or even billions) of items to move, ensuring that you mitigate any expected environmental or configuration bottlenecks is essential. Read Now! In this Issue How Rackspace hires admins: Textbook questions vs. break-fix challenges Serious MacBook Pro discounts hint at pending refresh Wyndham lawsuit tests FTC's data security enforrcement authority Look, ma, no hands! 9 mounts for mobile devices Google Glass still vulnerable to Wi-Fi attack Microsoft stumbles in Q4, missing profit and revenue expectations AMD sees reversal of fortunes ahead in third quarter after weak Q2 earnings Consumer shift to mobile devices boosts Google's revenue Video brew: This is your brain on LED N.J. Supreme Court rules warrants needed for phone tracking Video: In the run-up to security conference Black Hat, all apps are suspicious No-contract mobile plans compared: Verizon Edge, AT&T Next, T-Mobile Jump Lawmakers push for federal data breach notification law Sharon Machlis: Where can tech workers afford the nicest homes? IT Blogwatch: Why are Huawei woes the way we go? (To distract from PRISM, silly.) WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware Your IT Journey - Your Way Faced with unrelenting pressure to do more with less, IT leaders are implementing virtualization, mobility and cloud computing in their enterprises. In this Knowledge Vault Exchange you'll find a plethora of valuable information, including videos, on-demand Webcasts, white papers and Twitter chats. View Now! How Rackspace hires admins: Textbook questions vs. break-fix challenges Luke Owen liked working at Rackspace, but he really appreciated the camaraderie he had with some of his fellow employees. They had some ideas about creating a business. Read More Serious MacBook Pro discounts hint at pending refresh Best Buy has discounted some MacBook Pro laptops by as much as $200, and offered college students another $100 off in a promotion that may hint at impending refreshes of Apple's signature notebook. Read More Wyndham lawsuit tests FTC's data security enforrcement authority A federal court judge in New Jersey has agreed to allow the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other organizations to seek the dismissal of a closely watched data breach lawsuit filed by the FTC against Wyndham Worldwide Corp. Read More Look, ma, no hands! 9 mounts for mobile devices On the desk or on the go, it is often inconvenient -- and sometimes dangerous -- to have to hold your smartphone or tablet. These mounts for your car, office or home let you drive, work or play hands-free. Read More Google Glass still vulnerable to Wi-Fi attack Google fixed one Wi-Fi security problem with its wearable computer Glass, but Symantec says there's another problem, which has been a long-known weakness in wireless networking. Read More Microsoft stumbles in Q4, missing profit and revenue expectations Microsoft closed its fiscal year with a less-than-stellar earnings report, missing Wall Street's revenue and profit expectations and taking a gigantic charge related to its Surface RT tablet sales. Read More AMD sees reversal of fortunes ahead in third quarter after weak Q2 earnings Advanced Micro Devices hopes to turn around its financial struggles in the third quarter, saying it will record significant revenue growth and return to profit after reporting a loss and drop in revenue during the second quarter. Read More WEBCAST: Workday, Inc. Innovation in the Cloud – Knowledge Vault Managing HR and financial information in the modern business requires efficient business practices and technology. Learn how leveraging the cloud allows you to unify financial and HR data; visualize data with cloud analytics and improve productivity with flexible configuration. View Now Consumer shift to mobile devices boosts Google's revenue Google's second-quarter revenue increased by 19% to about $14 billion, aided by consumers' shift to mobile devices, the company said Thursday. Read More Video brew: This is your brain on LED When sculpture, science and tech come together, you sometimes end up with a 15-foot tall LED-lit brain. Read More N.J. Supreme Court rules warrants needed for phone tracking Cellphone users have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cellphone location information, and police must obtain a search warrant before accessing that information, the Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled Thursday. Read More Video: In the run-up to security conference Black Hat, all apps are suspicious Navigating city streets, walking to work… you see cell phones, everywhere. Three out of four of those are Android, according to Gartner.Users might feel confident that the apps they use are safe-- but that's not always true. Read More No-contract mobile plans compared: Verizon Edge, AT&T Next, T-Mobile Jump Hot on the heels of T-Mobile and AT&T, Verizon on Thursday announced Verizon Edge, a new plan that lets you switch your smartphone or tablet as quickly as every six months. Read More Lawmakers push for federal data breach notification law U.S. lawmakers plan to resurrect national data breach notification legislation that has failed to pass in past sessions of Congress, but some advocates don't agree on what should be included in a bill. Read More Sharon Machlis: Where can tech workers afford the nicest homes? Which of seven major US metor areas has the most favorable combination of IT salaries and housing prices? Read More IT Blogwatch: Why are Huawei woes the way we go? (To distract from PRISM, silly.) In @cjoye's chat, Gen. Michael Hayden hopes we all have ADHD. A former NSA and CIA chief all-but accuses Chinese networking company Huawei (SHE:002502) of spying for its government. This comes the day after a UK government committee voiced strong concerns over the Chinese company's access to critical infrastructure. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers pay attention to the man behind the curtain. Read More
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