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	XP Z: Microsoft scares Windows XP users straight with undead bug warning Microsoft warned Windows XP customers that they face never-patched, never-dead "zero-day" vulnerabilities if they don't dump the 12-year-old operating system before its April 2014 retirement. Read More   WHITE PAPER: SAS Data Visualization Techniques Regardless of how much data an organization has, creating visuals of data will deliver the most meaningful analysis. This paper discusses some of the basic issues concerning data visualization, from data size and column composition, to solving unique challenges presented by big data. Learn More In this Issue Empire state ends IT empire building Mozilla to ship 'Metro-ized' Firefox Dec. 10 Voyager 1, where are you? Cybercriminals add exploit for patched Java flaw to their arsenal Analysts slam 'bizarre' idea of a Windows RT tablet from Nokia Who goes to an Apple II convention in 2013? Facebook blames a bug for lost posts about same-sex marriage Open-source project aims to give vision to hobbyists' robots Jonny Evans: Jobs: Ashton Kutcher hits back at Woz Greg Lambert: Patch Tuesday history with a touch of critical and important Antone Gonsalves: Windows malware finds its way to Android Preston Gralla: Why is Google blocking Windows Phone's YouTube app? In a word, fear 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! Empire state ends IT empire building New York, the nation's third most populous state, has over 120,000 state employees spread across more than three dozen agencies. These agencies all run their own IT operations, but that is all going to change and for good reason. Read More   Mozilla to ship 'Metro-ized' Firefox Dec. 10 Mozilla will launch Firefox for Microsoft's Windows 8 "Modern" user interface in mid-December, more than a year after the operating system's launch, according to the open-source developer's planning documents. Read More   Voyager 1, where are you? NASA's Voyager 1 has journeyed farther from Earth than any other man-made object, but there's a debate about exactly how far it's gone and whether it's actually left our solar system. Read More   Cybercriminals add exploit for patched Java flaw to their arsenal Cybercriminals were quick to integrate a newly released exploit for a Java vulnerability patched in June into a tool used to launch mass attacks against users, an independent malware researcher warned. Read More   Analysts slam 'bizarre' idea of a Windows RT tablet from Nokia If true, reports that Nokia plans to release a tablet running Microsoft's failed Windows RT OS are "bizarre" and "highly surprising" according to analysts who think the company should focus on its struggling smartphone business. Read More   Who goes to an Apple II convention in 2013? KansasFest is an annual convention for fans of the 36-year-old Apple II computer. Who are these people, anyway? We turned on a video camera and let them speak for themselves. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Give Your Users What They Want with Cloud and Mobile Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM EDT You will learn: - How moving to the cloud can help accelerate mobile adoption in your organization. - The benefits of combining the power of cloud with the freedom and functionality of mobile. Learn More. Facebook blames a bug for lost posts about same-sex marriage Some recent cases of news articles about same-sex marriage disappearing from the newspaper page on Facebook appear to have been caused by a bug and not a policy violation, the social network said. Read More   Open-source project aims to give vision to hobbyists' robots An open-source project aims to give a rudimentary eye to robots with the help of a camera that can detect, identify and track the movement of specific objects. Read More   Jonny Evans: Jobs: Ashton Kutcher hits back at Woz Controversy. This is what we have today as Ashton Kutcher accuses Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, of being paid by another film studio as Woz's motivation to criticize the movie, Jobs. Read More   Greg Lambert: Patch Tuesday history with a touch of critical and important   Patch Tuesday as we know it is nine years old this month – with the first release cycle raising a good deal of criticism and then relief from enterprise customers. Patch Tuesday is a huge success for consumers and enterprise clients alike. Read More   Antone Gonsalves: Windows malware finds its way to Android Criminals are modifying the tools and techniques that have served them well for breaking into Windows PCs, so they can one day have as much success with Android smartphones. Read More   Preston Gralla: Why is Google blocking Windows Phone's YouTube app? In a word, fear Google's blocking of Microsoft's Windows Phone YouTube app may appear capricious and juvenile, but there's something deeper at work here. Surprising as it may seem, it's blocking the app out of fear that Windows Phone might eventually succeed. Read More
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