Everything there is to know about Android 4.4, KitKat

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	JR Raphael: Everything there is to know about Android 4.4, KitKat Forget Key Lime Pie: Google says the next version of Android will be Android 4.4, KitKat. So what do we actually know about this sweet-sounding release? Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Resolve Performance Issues Within Your Citrix Environment Citrix offers significant benefits to IT organizations but alters the performance troubleshooting process due to its unique architecture. Breakthrough new technology flips the Citrix performance management paradigm on its head by providing unprecedented end-to-end visibility of user transactions traversing a Citrix server. Read Now In this Issue Richi Jennings: Android 4.4 has RIDICULOUS name #GrannyEyed Preston Gralla: Did Nokia blackmail Microsoft into a sale by threatening to abandon Windows Phone? Darlene Storm: Phone attack can hijack calls and block texts sent to everyone in a city John W. Thompson: TAP into the light Sharky: If you think it's bad now, wait till we turn it on WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc SaaS with a Face Learn how a carefully targeted SaaS approach can add value to your email environment and potentially result in better services within a much reduced cost structure. Learn More. Richi Jennings: Android 4.4 has RIDICULOUS name #GrannyEyed Kit Kat kaper kreates kontroversy. The next version of Android will be called KitKat. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is teaming up with Nestlé (VTX:NESN) and Hershey (NYSE:HSY) in a bizarre branding exercise. Wait, did I say bizarre? I meant genius, obvs. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers boggle. Read More Preston Gralla: Did Nokia blackmail Microsoft into a sale by threatening to abandon Windows Phone? There are plenty of theories about why Microsoft is buying Nokia, but two analysts say that the real reason was that Nokia was soon going to end manufacturing Windows Phones. Are they on target, or have they been smoking something funny? Read More WHITE PAPER: Nexsan Technologies The Five Forces Advancing Archive Center Stage 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. Storage analyst Jerome Wendt explains why it's time to rethink archive. Read now! Darlene Storm: Phone attack can hijack calls and block texts sent to everyone in a city Security researchers hacked the firmware in Motorola phones to demonstrate new GSM cellular network targeted attacks capable of hijacking calls or texts sent to a specific victim. In "Let Me Answer That for You: Exploiting Broadcast Information in Cellular Networks," they explained that if several phones were modified, then the hacked phones could launch denial of service attacks capable of blocking all calls and texts to a metropolitan area. Read More John W. Thompson: TAP into the light Deploying TAPs in the optical networks of the modern data center is a topic of heated debate. TAPs have been common in the TCP/IP world for more than a decade, where they are deployed to provide network access to packet brokers, intrusion detection and security solutions, and performance management solutions. Although their use is recognized as a best practice by industry leaders and analysts alike, the full understanding of the benefits that TAPs enable has not yet reached the same level of maturity it has in the broader networking world. Read More Sharky: If you think it's bad now, wait till we turn it on Consultant pilot fish installs a replacement intrusion-prevention system server, but doesn't power it up because it still has to be configured and tested. And then the complaints start. Read More
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