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	Forget fingerprints: Your iris is your new identity Dropping prices, fast processing speeds and more user-friendly designs have given a boost to this highly accurate biometric technology. Read More 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! In this Issue Microsoft's Surface to be under revenue microscope IBM settles with U.S. over alleged discrimination in job ads Gartner to IT shops: Game over for BlackBerry BlackBerry responds to Gartner's call for clients to ditch BB products Touch and type: 3 keyboard covers for the iPad Mini US gov't shutdown could take money from IT workers, contracts Replacing silicon with nanotubes could revolutionize tech Microsoft buys used iPhones in latest attempt to get consumers to switch to Windows Why San Francisco today is like every city tomorrow NASA doubles commercial fleet after successful Cygnus docking Sharp shows 7-inch next-generation MEMS display Apple beats Coca-Cola to emerge as most valuable global brand Microsoft gets 37,000 requests for user data in first half of year Iran accused of hacking into U.S. Navy computers What kind of ads would you 'like'? Facebook wants to know 'Free Unix!': The world-changing proclamation made 30 years ago Google finally squashes IM bug Rights groups plan anti-NSA surveillance rally in D.C. John W Thompson: The manufacturing renaissance and the middle class WEBCAST: Dell VMware An End-to-End Approach to Data Protection Traditional approaches to data protection are no longer enough. Why not? Because data volumes are exploding. Because there's little or no tolerance for data loss and downtime. View Now Microsoft's Surface to be under revenue microscope Microsoft plans to make it easier for Wall Street and industry analysts to track revenue generated by the company's struggling Surface line of tablets. Read More IBM settles with U.S. over alleged discrimination in job ads The U.S. Dept. of Justice and IBM have settled charges the company posted job ads with a preference for visa holders, something the government says is discriminatory. Read More Gartner to IT shops: Game over for BlackBerry Respected analyst firm Gartner is set to recommend that all BlackBerry enterprise customers find alternatives to the struggling vendor's smartphones and enterprise management software over the next six months. Read More BlackBerry responds to Gartner's call for clients to ditch BB products BlackBerry this weekend defended its ability to continue serving enterprise customers with smartphones and secure mobile management software, responding to a Gartner report recommending that its corporate clients stop using the Canadian vendor's products. Read More Touch and type: 3 keyboard covers for the iPad Mini Covers from Belkin, Logitech and Zagg offer both protection for your iPad Mini's screen and a keyboard for your fingers. Read More US gov't shutdown could take money from IT workers, contracts A looming U.S. government shutdown could mean smaller paychecks for some government IT workers and contractors, as well as renegotiated contracts for some IT vendors. Read More Replacing silicon with nanotubes could revolutionize tech Replacing silicon transistors with carbon nanotubes could make any electronic device -- smartphones, laptops, tablets and supercomputers -- smaller and more powerful. Read More Microsoft buys used iPhones in latest attempt to get consumers to switch to Windows Microsoft on Friday launched yet another trade-in program to convince consumers to switch to a Windows device, this time aimed at iPhone owners. Read More Why San Francisco today is like every city tomorrow San Francisco residents are used as lab rats in Silicon Valley's many new high-tech services. And you won't believe the cheese they get. Read More WEBCAST: Dell VMware Data Protection Strategies to Make Government More Efficient This KnowledgeVault focuses on some of the key data protection challenges that today's enterprises must tackle. Specifically, the three videos in this series will explore the dramatic impact that unprecedented data growth and other developments have had on the data center View Now NASA doubles commercial fleet after successful Cygnus docking The second commercial venture to ink a deal with NASA to run resupply missions to International Space Station successfully docked at the orbiting facility on Sunday. Read More Sharp shows 7-inch next-generation MEMS display Sharp on Monday showed off its latest prototypes of a new type of display screen that it says brings several advantages over today's LCD screens. Read More Apple beats Coca-Cola to emerge as most valuable global brand Apple has emerged as the most valuable brand in the world, passing Coca-Cola which held the top position for 13 years, according to a report released by brand consultancy Interbrand. Read More Microsoft gets 37,000 requests for user data in first half of year Judges and police investigators are on track to submit about the same number of requests to Microsoft for end user data this year as they did in 2012, according to figures released Friday. Read More Iran accused of hacking into U.S. Navy computers Hackers backed by Iran have penetrated an unclassified U.S. Navy network in one of the most serious incidents of cybercrime yet by the Middle East nation, according to a report Friday. Read More What kind of ads would you 'like'? Facebook wants to know Facebook wants to make its ads less annoying to users by only showing them what they want to see, even if it means a dip in ad exposure for some marketers. Read More 'Free Unix!': The world-changing proclamation made 30 years ago It was 30 years ago -- which is to say Sept. 27, 1983 -- that the seeds were planted for both Linux and the open source software movement, though neither is called that name by the man who help set both of them into motion, the irascible Richard Stallman. Read More Google finally squashes IM bug Google is still tussling with a scary and disconcerting glitch that caused its IM apps to route messages to the incorrect recipients. Read More Rights groups plan anti-NSA surveillance rally in D.C. About 100 public advocacy and other groups plan to stage what they hope will be a big rally in Washington D.C. to protest the the controversial National Security Agency surveillance programs disclosed by document-leaker Edward Snowden in June. Read More John W Thompson: The manufacturing renaissance and the middle class Is the United States in the midst of, or on the brink of, a manufacturing renaissance? Will the rebirth of the manufacturing sector help rebuild our country's middle class? It may be too early to accurately answer these questions, but one thing is clear. A thriving manufacturing sector and growing middle class are critical to our innovation and economic success. Read More
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