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	Update: Gartner tells IT shops that it's '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 WHITE PAPER: SAS See the Possibilities Utilizing Data Visualization Regardless of size, today's businesses are bombarded with structured and unstructured data from a variety of sources. Take advantage of all this data with in-memory analytics and data visualization techniques, to get day-to-day insights for making better decisions. Learn more In this Issue On 15th anniversary, Google is a historical tech powerhouse Windows touchscreen laptops, Chromebooks save back-to-school Ford buys startup to juice in-car mobile connectivity Water! NASA's Curiosity rover finds H2O in Mars soil Hefty price premium awaits early DDR4 memory adopters IE zero-day vulnerability exploited more widely than previously thought iOS 7 security update patches lockscreen flaw Expect tech glitches when Obamacare launches Oct. 1 BlackBerry confirms abysmal Q2 results iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Sept. 27 Cisco IOS fixes 10 denial-of-service vulnerabilities Antone Gonsalves: Become a hacker. No coding necessary. Patrick Thibodeau: Northeast Utilities brings on H-1B workers Preston Gralla: Big businesses say Microsoft will fail in mobile Jonny Evans: The Apple Holic's essential guide to Apple's iOS 7 secrets WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Future-Proofing Your Data Center Storage Learn how investing in increased flexibility and automation can provide additional agility for businesses to respond to new opportunities quickly. Learn more. On 15th anniversary, Google is a historical tech powerhouse On its 15th anniversary, Google has grown from its early days as a search engine company to a powerhouse not only in the high-tech world but in the mainstream world, as well. Read More Windows touchscreen laptops, Chromebooks save back-to-school Touch-enabled Windows notebooks and Chrome OS-powered Chromebooks contributed to better-than-expected PC sales during the back-to-school period and may hint at a less dismal holiday-selling season than once thought, a retail analyst said. Read More Ford buys startup to juice in-car mobile connectivity Ford announced it will acquire Livio, a startup that makes smartphone-to-car connectivity software. Ford plans to use the IP to standardize its vehicles' link to mobile devices. Read More Water! NASA's Curiosity rover finds H2O in Mars soil Curiosity, NASA's Mars rover, has discovered there is water in the soil today after earlier finding evidence of ancient water flows on the Martian surface. Read More Hefty price premium awaits early DDR4 memory adopters With new DDR4 memory, computers will be faster next year but users will likely pay a premium on the price of the technology. Read More IE zero-day vulnerability exploited more widely than previously thought A recently announced and yet-to-be-patched vulnerability that affects all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) has been exploited in targeted attacks against organizations in Taiwan since the beginning of July, according to security researchers. Read More iOS 7 security update patches lockscreen flaw Apple yesterday released an iOS 7 software update that fixes a security flaw that let users bypass the iPhone lockscreen to access a range of onboard information and online accounts. Read More WHITE PAPER: ServiceNow Making IT Support Social When IT organizations utilize social media, it can efficiently help more people inside and outside the data center quickly access more services and knowledge. Read Now! Expect tech glitches when Obamacare launches Oct. 1 The health insurance marketplaces mandated by the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act are scheduled to open for business in four days. Yet even before the sites launch, tech problems are emerging. Read More BlackBerry confirms abysmal Q2 results BlackBerry confirmed on Friday its $965 million net operating loss in the second quarter, following low interest in the Z10 smartphone. Read More iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Sept. 27 The iOSphere this week was filled with iPhone 6 demands, revelations, assertions, and advice, most of it aimed at Apple. Read More Cisco IOS fixes 10 denial-of-service vulnerabilities Cisco Systems has patched 10 vulnerabilities that could impact the availability of devices using various versions of its IOS software. Read More Antone Gonsalves: Become a hacker. No coding necessary. Anti-virus vendors say software tools for infecting Android apps with malware have become so easy to use that anyone can become a hacker. While that's partly true, there's still no reason for most people to buy an AV product. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Northeast Utilities brings on H-1B workers Northeast Utilities may have been preparing for sometime to transfer jobs offshore Read More Preston Gralla: Big businesses say Microsoft will fail in mobile Microsoft's most loyal backers -- big enterprises -- don't hold out much hope for the success of Windows Phone and Windows tablets. A recent survey found that 60% of IT staff, CTOs, and others believe that Microsoft's mobile efforts will ultimately fail. 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