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In this Issue Utility sets IT department on path to self-destruction Microsoft inches toward Office on iPad, Android tablets Security org raises Internet threat level after seeing expanded IE attacks Ellison promises 'ungodly' speed with new in-memory Oracle database option German hackers say old technique can beat Apple's Touch ID NSA spying fiasco sending customers overseas Oracle preps NetBeans for a mobile Web future Where's my solar-powered iPhone? LinkedIn denies harvesting user email accounts without permission Preston Gralla: Time to break up Microsoft? Not so fast Richi Jennings: 'Ungodly' -- Larry Ellison, on in-core Oracle 12c DB perf WHITE PAPER: Moovweb The Next Generation of Mobile In this tech dossier from Moovweb, learn about responsive web delivery, an approach to mobile development that can reduce costs and increase agility so companies can build great mobile solutions without the big rewrite of their existing sites. Read now! Utility sets IT department on path to self-destruction Northeast Utilities has told IT employees that is considering outsourcing IT work to India-based offshore firms, putting as many as 400 IT jobs at risk. Read More   Microsoft inches toward Office on iPad, Android tablets Microsoft executives last week came the closest yet to saying that the company will release Office on iPads and Android tablets, but stopped short of specifics. Read More   Security org raises Internet threat level after seeing expanded IE attacks The Internet Storm Center on Saturday boosted its threat level to 'Yellow,' indicating a 'significant new threat' to Internet users from attacks exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in all versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser. Read More   Ellison promises 'ungodly' speed with new in-memory Oracle database option Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has thrown his gauntlet down in the burgeoning market for in-memory computing, announcing a new option for Oracle's flagship database at the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Read More   German hackers say old technique can beat Apple's Touch ID Apple's Touch ID authentication system can be defeated using a well-honed technique for creating a latex copy of someone's fingerprint, according to a German hacking group. Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   VMware Horizon View and EMC VSPEX Take the Easy Route to Next Generation Virtual Desktops. Learn how VSPEX with End User Computing Transforms Central Vermont Medical Center IT from Problem Solver to Business Enabler. Learn More. NSA spying fiasco sending customers overseas The spectacle of National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden exposing the covert spying nature of US federal officials has sent ripple waves through the technology industry -- especially in the outsourcing arena. Read More   Oracle preps NetBeans for a mobile Web future Although originally built to develop enterprise Java apps, the NetBeans IDE (integrated development environment) is increasingly being rigged to help developers use the lighter weight HTML5 and JavaScript Web languages as well. Read More   Where's my solar-powered iPhone? Is there a solar-powered smartphone in your future? Mike Elgan thinks so, and he explains what's being done right now to bring that technology to reality. Read More   LinkedIn denies harvesting user email accounts without permission LinkedIn denied over the weekend charges that the company breaks into the email accounts of its members without permission to harvest contacts' addresses. Read More   Preston Gralla: Time to break up Microsoft? Not so fast There are increasing calls for Microsoft to sell off Bing and walk away from mobile. Would those moves be good in the long term? Read More   Richi Jennings: 'Ungodly' -- Larry Ellison, on in-core Oracle 12c DB perf Larry joins the in-memory club at OOW13. Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) has gotten in-memory religion, finally. Speaking in his OpenWorld 2013 keynote, CEO Ellison pontificated about how fast it is (as if we didn't know). He also unveiled some hardware and cracked some bad jokes. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are glad there are still at least some personalities in this market. Read More
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