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	IDC trims tablet forecasts, expects wearables, 'phablets' to affect sales | Intel wants to help gamers, others overclock their SSDs
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	Windows 8.1 RTM leaks to Internet Windows 8.1's RTM, which Microsoft announced on Tuesday, has leaked to file-sharing sites, according to numerous forum postings and blog reports. Read More   WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware   Trust your virtualization with the leaders 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! In this Issue IDC trims tablet forecasts, expects wearables, 'phablets' to affect sales Intel wants to help gamers, others overclock their SSDs Under legal pressure, Facebook clarifies how it uses your data Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network, FTC says Microsoft who? 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IDC trims tablet forecasts, expects wearables, 'phablets' to affect sales Researcher IDC today slightly lowered its tablet shipment forecast for 2013 and beyond, saying that competing technologies, including larger-sized smartphones and futuristic wearable computing devices will steal some dollars that would have gone to tablets. Read More   Intel wants to help gamers, others overclock their SSDs   Without saying exactly what it will be, Intel plans to make a "big splash" near the end of the year or the beginning of next with a product that can "overclock" solid-state drives (SSDs). Read More   Under legal pressure, Facebook clarifies how it uses your data Facebook wants to be clear: It can use the names, profile pictures and other data of its members to deliver ads on the site. Read More   Medical lab lost patient info on peer-to-peer network, FTC says An Atlanta medical testing laboratory had billing information for more than 9,000 customers land on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network in 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has alleged. Read More   Microsoft who? Sinofsky adds another scene to his second act, signs up with Box Steven Sinofsky remains very active after his retirement from Microsoft, now signing on with Box as an adviser for its cloud storage and file sharing service, its developer platform and its mobile applications. Read More   IBM's Power8 opens up to component makers IBM hopes to spawn third-party Power servers by opening up its 12-core Power8 chip design to licensees, and now the company has to convince component makers to make parts for the servers. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Make Backups Reliable, Available, and Secure Recent surveys have shown that almost half of today's data centers are using the same backup system architecture that was all the rage 20 years ago. The other half are using disk in some fashion. This Deep Dive will explain the evolving role of disk and tape, as well as how they can work together to bring you the best of both worlds. View now >> Best of summer: Matchbox computers: Small is beautiful (and powerful) If you like to build your own PC or just want something extremely portable, these tiny devices can be very useful. Read More   Amazon Web Services improves GovCloud management Users of Amazon Web Services' GovCloud can now take advantage of CloudFormation, which aims to make it easier to manage more complex environments. Read More   Cisco fixes critical remote command execution vulnerability in Secure Access Control Server   Cisco Systems released security patches for Secure Access Control Server for Windows to address a critical vulnerability that could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute arbitrary commands and take control of the underlying operating system. Read More   Vodafone confirms talks on selling its Verizon Wireless stake Vodafone Group is in talks to sell back its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless to its partner in that company, Verizon Communications. Read More   QuickPoll: If you had to bet, who would you pick to be the next Microsoft CEO? Steve Ballmer will retire as CEO of Microsoft within the next 12 months, and a U.K. bookmaker is taking wagers on his replacement. If you had to bet, who would you pick to be the next Microsoft CEO? 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   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
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