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	Richi Jennings: Does this mega-VC sound racist? Paul Graham: "Don't say things people want to misunderstand." Is Y-Combinator-founder Paul Graham a racist? Twice this year, the big-cheese VC been quoted as saying that people with foreign accents often make lousy startup CEOs. Amazingly, he's unrepentant, denying he said anything remotely racist, and telling his critics that they "want to misunderstand" his point. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers dig out the Picard double-facepalm meme. 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 Jonny Evans: Apple's Post-PC Fall begins, Microsoft's doesn't JR Raphael: Chromecast revisited: 1 month with Google's $35 streaming stick Preston Gralla: Salesforce.com CEO says Bill Gates should be interim Microsoft CEO. Wrong! Sharky: Going through the firewall isn't USUALLY faster WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Forrester - Turn Big Data Inward With IT Analytics Big data promises to manage your complex business to make better decisions. But the technology services that run your business are also complex. This Forrester report helps leaders prepare for IT analytics that turn big data efforts inward to manage the technology services that run your business. Register now to get the full report. Read Now Jonny Evans: Apple's Post-PC Fall begins, Microsoft's doesn't   We're reaching the end of summer when Apple [AAPL] is expected to begin a flow of fresh temptations designed to give the firm top billing in the post-PC world; meanwhile Microsoft has lost the game. The new haulage company Read More   JR Raphael: Chromecast revisited: 1 month with Google's $35 streaming stick Google made quite a splash when it announced the Chromecast, a $35 Internet-to-TV streaming stick. So one month later, how does the device hold up? Read More   WHITE PAPER: Nexsan Technologies The Five Forces Advancing Archive Center Stage Big Data isn't over yet. How will you handle the ever-increasing amount of digital information? It's time to reconsider why archive may be the game-changing – and budget-saving – way to manage and secure your growing data. Storage analyst Jerome Wendt explains why it's time to rethink archive. Read now! Preston Gralla: Salesforce.com CEO says Bill Gates should be interim Microsoft CEO. Wrong! Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff says that Bill Gates should take the helm at Microsoft as interim CEO for three years as a way to turn around the company. That's exactly what Microsoft doesn't need. Here's why. Read More   Sharky: Going through the firewall isn't USUALLY faster Consultant pilot fish's customer loses 10TB of data after a mishap at the office -- with no backup and no way to get the data back, of course. Fish proposes a complete backup system, but the customer has another solution. Read More
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