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	XP's retirement will be hacker heaven Cyber criminals will bank their Windows XP zero-day vulnerabilities until after Microsoft stops patching the aged operating system next April, a security expert argued today. 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 10 small devices. No, we mean really small. JR Raphael: The most important thing you can do with your Android phone right now Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Microsoft Bing-bang-bungles local search 12 free Microsoft Exchange tools every IT admin will love Buried in software licensing Microsoft's bet on touch PCs fails to pay off Report pegs iPhone 5S intro on Sept. 10 JR Raphael: The new Nexus 7 revisited: 3 weeks with Google's latest tablet Asus kills its line of Windows RT tablets WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Best Practices in Data Protection Monitoring Whether you consider your domain to be a private cloud, a hybrid cloud, or a public cloud, you are providing data protection as a service. According to ESG's 2013 IT Spending Intentions Survey, improving data backup and recovery was the number two-most important IT priority selected by respondents (27%). Learn more. 10 small devices. No, we mean really small. From the world's tiniest semiconductor laser to a bee-sized flying robot, these minuscule devices -- many of which cannot be seen by a human eye -- are changing our world. Read More JR Raphael: The most important thing you can do with your Android phone right now Don't delay: If you own an Android phone or tablet, there's an important new setting you should activate this minute. Read More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Microsoft Bing-bang-bungles local search Search in Windows 8.1, now in preview, will use Bing to deliver targeted ads, even when you're just searching local drives. Read More 12 free Microsoft Exchange tools every IT admin will love Configuring, deploying, and maintaining Exchange just got a little easier thanks to these 12 essential free tools. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Requirements for compliance As organizational needs change, often your IT infrastructure does as well. But if you're accepting credit cards as payment -- as most organizations do -- these changes to your infrastructure can rattle your compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). Read Now Buried in software licensing IT leaders are fed up with the perpetual-license-plus-maintenance approach to enterprise software purchases, and they're tired of running on the upgrade treadmill simply for the sake of keeping their software maintenance status current. Here's a look at how they're breaking free. Read More Microsoft's bet on touch PCs fails to pay off Microsoft's bet that touch would propel Windows 8 has run into a major snag, an industry analyst said: Consumers see little reason to pay premium prices for touch-enabled laptops. Read More Report pegs iPhone 5S intro on Sept. 10 Apple will unveil its next iPhone on Sept. 10, according to unnamed sources cited by the AllThingsD blog. Read More JR Raphael: The new Nexus 7 revisited: 3 weeks with Google's latest tablet Is Google's new Nexus 7 tablet worth buying? Some updated thoughts after three weeks living with the device. Read More Asus kills its line of Windows RT tablets Asustek CEO Jerry Shen confirmed that his company will no longer produce Windows RT tablets. Read More
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