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	Investment group offers $4.7 billion for BlackBerry   A consortium led by Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings has offered to acquire struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry. Read More   WEBCAST: Citrix Online Detecting and Dealing with Toxic Teams Join Paul Glen, CEO and author of Leading Geeks, on Thursday September 26 at 10AM PDT/ 1 PM EDT. as he explains the 5 warning signs that indicate you have a toxic team and how to restore your team to 100% health. Learn big solutions for big problems! View now In this Issue Microsoft takes second swing at tablets with new Surface 2 lineup iPhone sales top 9M, set record for opening weekend Microsoft's latest Surface tablets don't dazzle Microsoft puts Windows XP laggards in a pinch Top automakers set to offer in-vehicle mobile wireless charging NASA's comet-hunting spacecraft lost in space Barbara Krasnoff: Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablets: Are they sufficiently covered? In another blow, Blackberry suspends Messenger rollout for iPhone, Android Oracle's 'big data' push gets even bigger Ellison takes $1 salary, declines bonus, still lands $78 million Java exploits seen as huge menace so far this year Apache Struts security update disables vulnerable feature INSIDER How to protect corporate data from angry ex-employees Preston Gralla: Microsoft's Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2: Too-high prices mean they're non-starters Darlene Storm: Strange but true: Companies say stop using our security products, cops say use iOS 7 WHITE PAPER: SAS The Brave New World of Customer-Centric Manufacturing Manufacturers have traditionally fostered close relationships with retailers and channel partners who sell their products rather than interacting directly with consumers. But this is changing. Learn how manufacturers can succeed in this new era of customer-centric manufacturing. Learn more Microsoft takes second swing at tablets with new Surface 2 lineup Microsoft today kicked off its second attempt at cracking the tablet market, unveiling replacements for both the Surface RT and Surface Pro. Read More   iPhone sales top 9M, set record for opening weekend Apple said it had sold more than 9 million iPhones during the opening three-day weekend of sales, an 80% increase over last year's launch of the iPhone 5 and a record by a major margin. Read More   Microsoft's latest Surface tablets don't dazzle   Microsoft's second-generation Surface tablets didn't dazzle analysts on Monday, even with improved processor speeds, better cameras and longer battery life. Read More   Microsoft puts Windows XP laggards in a pinch Microsoft last week painted Windows XP consumer and small business customers into an even smaller corner when it said it could not recommend that they upgrade to Windows 8.1, the update to Windows 8 slated to ship Oct. 18. Read More   Top automakers set to offer in-vehicle mobile wireless charging Next year, the number of cars with wireless charging will explode as auto makers representing 30% of the world's vehicle production plan to include the technology in various models. Read More   NASA's comet-hunting spacecraft lost in space After nearly nine years in space, traveling 4.7 billion miles, NASA's deep space comet hunter has come to the end of its mission. Read More   Barbara Krasnoff: Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablets: Are they sufficiently covered? Microsoft expanded the range of covers that will be available for the Surface 2 -- including one that is not yet available, but which was, for me, one of the most interesting gadgets shown at the tablet's introduction. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel®   Business Value of Blade Infrastructures Download this white paper to discover how migrating to a blade platform helped eight companies in the education, healthcare, media, retail and telecommunications industries reduce annual IT infrastructure cost per user by almost 25%. Learn More In another blow, Blackberry suspends Messenger rollout for iPhone, Android BlackBerry suspended the initial rollout of BlackBerry Messenger to iPhone and Android over the weekend in another blow to the phone maker following a week of bad news. Read More   Oracle's 'big data' push gets even bigger Oracle is doubling down on "big data" with a number of new products and enhancements to existing ones, in hopes that customers looking to analyze massive amounts of information for business insights will in turn invest further in Oracle. Read More   Ellison takes $1 salary, declines bonus, still lands $78 million Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, who consistently ranks among the highest paid CEOs in the U.S., took an 18% pay cut this year. His total compensation, valued at $78.4 million, is down from $96.2 million in 2012. Read More   Java exploits seen as huge menace so far this year Java was the most targeted development platform for exploit attacks during the first half of the year, and attacks have increasingly shifted to zero-day vulnerabilities, according to F-Secure's new threat report. Read More   Apache Struts security update disables vulnerable feature   A new version of the Apache Struts development framework released Friday fixes two problems that had developers worried. Read More     INSIDER How to protect corporate data from angry ex-employees The vast majority of employees who leave a company are honest, upstanding corporate citizens. But you never know when someone might leave on bad terms and then attempt to hack back into your corporate systems. Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft's Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2: Too-high prices mean they're non-starters Microsoft's Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 have gotten some nice hardware refreshes, but they're still priced too high -- so high that it's unlikely they'll seriously compete against the iPad or Android tablets. Think of them as Ballmer's last stand. Read More   Darlene Storm: Strange but true: Companies say stop using our security products, cops say use iOS 7 Today's strange but true security news includes security companies warning customers to stop using their security products and cops handing out fliers about upgrading to iOS 7 for better security. Read More
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