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	Forget Shark Week: Researchers tag n' track great whites A team of scientists off the coast of Cape Cod has been catching, then tagging great white sharks with wireless transmitters to learn more about their behavior -- and where they go. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Data+ Conference Computerworld Data+ Conference: Sept. 8-10, Scottsdale, AZ Data+, which evolved from the former BI & Analytics Perspectives Conference, takes place September 8-10, 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over the course of this two-day event, 250+ IT decision-makers and business leaders, like you, connect with peers and leading big data business and technology solution providers. Register now. In this Issue New York Times site outage caused by attack on domain registrar, company says COBOL-based system for $160B pension fund is a political football U.S. man pleads guilty to hacking Department of Energy, other sites Tesla's Model S vulnerable to hackers, kind of Intel set to ship new Atom server chips New York Times website hacked New SPARC M6 chip runs Oracle software faster MIT develops 110-core processor Bitcoin offers privacy -- as long as you don't cash out or spend it VMware brings Suse Linux to new cloud service Yahoo aims for consistency with site redesign Server revenue continues to slide on weak demand, says IDC 10 big data trends changing the face of business Andrew Litt: IT and the promise of patient-centered collaborative care RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BlackBerry Trade up to devices that are built for business The BlackBerry® Smartphone Trade Up Program makes it easy for you to empower your employees with BlackBerry® 10. Trade in your used BlackBerry® smartphones or other mobile devices to receive cash back to use towards a new BlackBerry 10 device. Plus, you'll feel confident that your old devices will be securely wiped and responsibly recycled. Learn more about the BlackBerry Smartphone Trade Up Program and request a quote. New York Times site outage caused by attack on domain registrar, company says The New York Times blamed a prolonged website outage on Tuesday on a hacking attack at the company's Australia-based domain name registrar, Melbourne IT. Read More COBOL-based system for $160B pension fund is a political football A COBOL (common business oriented language)-based system used to support New York's US$160 billion state pension fund has become the subject of controversy, with some officials claiming it poses a potential security risk and others defending it as "battle-tested," albeit set to be replaced. Read More U.S. man pleads guilty to hacking Department of Energy, other sites A Pennsylvania man who was allegedly a member of the computer hacking group the Underground Intelligence Agency has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and two counts of computer intrusion, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Read More Tesla's Model S vulnerable to hackers, kind of It's the curse of the connected car a once it's linked to the Internet, it's, well, on the Internet. In the case of the Tesla Model S, this means that malicious hackers could, in theory, control some functions of the vehicle and even track it without the owner's knowledge. Read More Intel set to ship new Atom server chips Intel is expected to announce availability next week of a low-power Atom server chip code-named Avoton, which is likely to appear soon in systems such as Hewlett-Packard's Moonshot. Read More New York Times website hacked Less than two weeks after suffering a prolonged website outage, the New York Times was knocked offline again on Tuesday -- apparently as the result of a malicious hacking attack. Read More New SPARC M6 chip runs Oracle software faster Oracle's database and high-performance workloads will run faster with the company's latest SPARC M6 chip, which has been tuned specially for the Oracle products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism New Problems Require Innovative Solutions Crittercism surveyed over 250 technology professionals responsible for mobile apps from North American companies, across multiple industries, to understand their sentiments on Mobile Application Performance Management (APM) solutions. Read more! MIT develops 110-core processor A 110-core chip has been developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology as it looks for power-efficient ways to boost performance in mobile devices, PCs and servers. Read More Bitcoin offers privacy -- as long as you don't cash out or spend it On the surface, Bitcoin seems to be a great way to hide cash. Actually, it's a terrible way to launder money. Read More VMware brings Suse Linux to new cloud service The newly launched VMware vCloud Hybrid Service will start offering a fully supported Suse Linux Enterprise Server by the end of the year, making it the first commercially supported Linux OS that the cloud service plans to offer. Read More Yahoo aims for consistency with site redesign Yahoo has redesigned its Sports, Movies, Music, TV, omg, Games and Weather sites with a more consistent look and some personalized tools, the company said Tuesday. Read More Server revenue continues to slide on weak demand, says IDC The server business continued to slide in the second quarter with worldwide revenue and unit sales down, IDC said Tuesday. Read More 10 big data trends changing the face of business Big data is slowly but surely changing the way companies do business. Here's a look at 10 trends shaping big data and the future of business. Read More Andrew Litt: IT and the promise of patient-centered collaborative care How close are we to achieving the model of patient-centered care, facilitated by a free flow of information, that was envisioned by the Institute of Medicine more than a decade ago? Closer than you think. Read More
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