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	Ballmer forced out after $900M Surface RT debacle Steve Ballmer was forced out of as CEO by Microsoft's board of directors because of a $900 million write-off the company took to account for an oversupply of Surface RT tablets. Read More   WEBCAST: SAP The Challenges of Going Mobile Struggling with mobile? You're not alone. While everyone wants to go mobile, very few know how. IDG Research surveyed CIOs to uncover the biggest problems, as presented in this infographic. Learn More In this Issue Icahn to press Apple CEO Tim Cook on stock buyback over dinner Apple quietly launches iWork for iCloud public beta Update: Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire in 12 months Update: Missteps may have hit a tipping point for Ballmer Twitterers have their say on Steve Ballmer, Microsoft ... and Batman? Here's what Steve Ballmer said about his retirement in an internal email Video: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire in 12 months Preston Gralla: Did Steve Ballmer jump or was he pushed? Jonny Evans: 5 questions for Microsoft's next CEO How AMD is Faring 2 Years Into Its Turnaround Amazon reportedly tested Wi-Fi network in new spectrum Mozilla may follow Google's lead and reject long-lived digital certificates Privacy groups hit $8.5M Google settlement plan Google buys Foxconn's Hon Hai display patents Rob Walker: Let the data be your compass JR Raphael: 3 mistakes Motorola's making with the Moto X launch Darlene Storm: Spend too much time on social media? Weaponize your keyboard to shock you 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 Icahn to press Apple CEO Tim Cook on stock buyback over dinner Carl Icahn, the billionaire activist investor, and Apple CEO Tim Cook will dine together next month, when they will discuss Icahn's proposal to boost the company's stock buyback program. Read More   Apple quietly launches iWork for iCloud public beta Apple today quietly opened the free beta of iWork for iCloud to everyone with iCloud log-on credentials. Read More   Update: Microsoft CEO Ballmer to retire in 12 months Steve Ballmer will retire as Microsoft CEO at some point in the next 12 months, the company said on Friday Read More   Update: Missteps may have hit a tipping point for Ballmer   An accumulation of perceived missteps under Steve Ballmer's leadership may have hit a tipping point this year, leading to Friday's big announcement that the Microsoft CEO will step down within a year. Read More   Twitterers have their say on Steve Ballmer, Microsoft ... and Batman? As reports on Steve Ballmer's plan to retire from his Microsoft CEO post raced across the Internet this morning, Twitter lit up with tweets poking some fun and hand wringing about the fate of Microsoft. Read More   Here's what Steve Ballmer said about his retirement in an internal email Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent an internal email from to employees about his plan to retire. Read More   Video: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire in 12 months Microsoft CEO since 2000, Ballmer wrote in an email to employees that Microsoft's "best days are ahead." Ballmer will stay in command until his successor is found. Read More   Preston Gralla: Did Steve Ballmer jump or was he pushed? Steve Ballmer is a fierce in-fighter who gave every indication he'd be heading Microsoft for years to come. So his sudden retirement announcement leads to a big question: Did he make the decision on his own, or was he forced out? 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. Jonny Evans: 5 questions for Microsoft's next CEO I'll keep this post short. It's about Microsoft, its outgoing CEO, Steve Ballmer, and what sort of questions the company really should ask as it seeks new leadership. It's meant to provoke a discussion. Read More   How AMD is Faring 2 Years Into Its Turnaround Faced with the daunting prospect of competing with Intel and ARM, new AMD CEO Rory Read followed the standard operating procedure for a successful tech company turnaround: Hire dedicated, loyal executives and build a business strategy that makes other firms depend on you. So far, so good--but can AMD keep it up? Read More   Amazon reportedly tested Wi-Fi network in new spectrum Amazon has reportedly been testing a Wi-Fi network based on new spectrum, from satellite network vendor Globalstar. The result: a much improved Wi-Fi experience. Read More   Mozilla may follow Google's lead and reject long-lived digital certificates Mozilla is considering the possibility of rejecting as invalid SSL certificates issued after July 1, 2012, with a validity period of more than 60 months. Google already made the decision to block such certificates in Chrome starting early next year. Read More   Privacy groups hit $8.5M Google settlement plan Five U.S. privacy groups have opposed a proposed $8.5 million settlement with Google in a class action lawsuit over search privacy, as it fails to require Google to change its business practices, they said. Read More   Google buys Foxconn's Hon Hai display patents Google has bought Foxconn's Hon Hai Precision Industry display patent portfolio as the search company ramps up its development of Google Glass. Read More   Rob Walker: Let the data be your compass Using data and analytics to do the right thing. Before predictive analytics became a buzzword for businesses around the globe, marketing teams were improving their targeting with predictive models for more than a quarter of the previous century. Predictive models and methodologies have been used effectively for a long time especially in risk management. Many businesses have seen the benefits of predictive analytics for decades and have continued to test the quality of these tools and methodologies. Read More   JR Raphael: 3 mistakes Motorola's making with the Moto X launch The Moto X offers an outstanding overall user experience -- but Motorola's launch of the device hasn't been quite as impressive. Read More   Darlene Storm: Spend too much time on social media? Weaponize your keyboard to shock you If you want to limit the time you spend emailing or surfing social networking sites, so the NSA has fewer of your online activities to spy on, then how about a trying a new twist on classical conditioning techniques? Pavlov Poke weaponizes your keyboard to shock you, then has a Mechanical Turk worker call and yell at you, all to help you break your addictive online habits. Read More
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