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	Kill Windows Phone or risk dying, analyst tells Microsoft | Fed says tech demand outstripping supply in Boston, San Francisco
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	4 survival strategies for IT chaos Your IT survival guide for the new business normal: Four steps for mastering the world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Nexsan Time to Rethink Archive 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. Read the DCIG White Paper on The Five Forces Advancing Archive Center Stage in a Big Data-Driven World. In this Issue Kill Windows Phone or risk dying, analyst tells Microsoft Fed says tech demand outstripping supply in Boston, San Francisco Elop moves from long shot to shoo-in as next Microsoft CEO NASA team fixes lunar orbiter glitch Federal judge upholds Apple's 30% take on in-app e-book sales Samsung and Qualcomm fail to launch the smartwatch revolution Google celebrates Chrome's 5th birthday with desktop/mobile Chrome Apps Nissan working on smartwatch that monitors car and driver Disk storage revenues decline in Q2 Encryption still best way to protect data -- despite NSA Trust no one, advises security expert after NSA revelations Small-screen Bay Trail-based Windows 8.1 tablet on tap for IDF After successful launch, NASA probe heads to the moon Richi Jennings: iPhone 6-incher is coming (but not tomorrow) RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: HP   HP Smart Production Suite – On demand printing Get production printing in just a few steps from the leader in Enterprise managed print solutions Click to continue Kill Windows Phone or risk dying, analyst tells Microsoft Microsoft should have given up on Windows Phone while it could, instead of doubling down on the mobile OS with its Nokia acquisition. Read More   Fed says tech demand outstripping supply in Boston, San Francisco The IT employment outlook has provided nothing but mixed signals. Tech employment is showing signs of slowing, but not everywhere. Now the Federal Reserve is saying that in some markets -- Boston and San Francisco -- demand for certain types of tech skills is outstripping supply. Read More   Elop moves from long shot to shoo-in as next Microsoft CEO Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has moved into a commanding position as the overwhelming favorite to win the CEO job at Microsoft, according to online bookmakers. Read More   NASA team fixes lunar orbiter glitch NASA engineers have fixed a problem with the new lunar orbiter and the spacecraft is continuing its month-long journey to the moon. Read More   Federal judge upholds Apple's 30% take on in-app e-book sales A federal judge rejected government regulators' demand that Apple waive its 30% commission on all in-app e-book sales by third-party retailers, including Amazon, for two years. Read More   Samsung and Qualcomm fail to launch the smartwatch revolution The Samsung Galaxy Gear and the Qualcomm Toq are not starting smartwatch revolution you've been waiting for, writes Mike Elgan. Not to worry though, a flood of devices are coming next year. Read More   Google celebrates Chrome's 5th birthday with desktop/mobile Chrome Apps Google's Chrome browser, in its five years of existence, has blossomed into one of the cornerstones of the company's online empire, boasting its own stable of Chrome Apps for the browser and even forming the foundation of Chrome OS, Google's netbook operating system. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Symantec Evolution and Value of Purpose Build This IDC White Paper explores the increased use and adoption patterns of PBBAs and the utility these appliances provide to customers in their data protection processes. In addition, this White Paper illuminates the customer value that Symantec's Backup Exec and NetBackup appliances bring to the data protection and recovery process. Read now! Nissan working on smartwatch that monitors car and driver Nissan is working on a smartwatch that will monitor both its Nismo cars and their drivers. Read More   Disk storage revenues decline in Q2 Disk storage systems sales generated $7.7B in the second quarter, a 5% decline from the same quarter in 2012, according to IDC. Read More   Encryption still best way to protect data -- despite NSA Though the National Security Agency spends billions of dollars to crack encryption technologies, security experts maintain that properly implemented, encryption is still the best way to maintain online privacy. Read More   Trust no one, advises security expert after NSA revelations The U.S. National Security Agency's efforts to defeat encrypted Internet communications, detailed in news stories this week, are an attack on the security of the Internet and on users' trust in the network, some security experts said. Read More   Small-screen Bay Trail-based Windows 8.1 tablet on tap for IDF Startup Aava Mobile will show a Windows 8.1 tablet with an 8.3-in., high-definition screen and Intel's upcoming Atom tablet processor code-named Bay Trail at the Intel Developer Forum next week. Read More   After successful launch, NASA probe heads to the moon   After a successful lift off late Friday night, NASA's lunar orbiter is powered up, communicating and on its way to the moon. Read More   Richi Jennings: iPhone 6-incher is coming (but not tomorrow) Rumors of iPhablet won't go away. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is testing bigger iPhones we're told (again). Could Cupertino be planning to release a 6-inch iPhone phablet? Yes, but not tomorrow. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers brace instead for the expected 5S and 5C. Read More
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