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	12 tips and tools for Chromebook power users The Chromebook can be a powerful workhorse -- here's how to replace your standard laptop for work. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky IT Security - Fighting the Silent Threat "IT Security - Fighting the Silent Threat" is a global report into business attitudes and opinions on IT security. Download the report now to get quantifiable statistics about perceived versus real cyberattacks. Learn More. In this Issue Having fun with super-fast storage drives Tilera chips add muscle to x86 servers, free up computing capacity Texas Instruments chip helps you stay on the road U.S. military gets fired up over weaponized robots Intel delays Broadwell chips for PCs and hybrids INSIDER Review: Puppet 3.0 pulls more strings D-Link to padlock router backdoor by end of October Full HD comes to Windows Phone devices Jonny Evans: 7 power saving tips for iOS 7 Lenovo joins Windows 8.1 tablet race with $299 Miix2 Cerberus explores acquiring BlackBerry Researchers challenge Apple's claim of unbreakable iMessage encryption RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds SQL Server Performance Monitoring Made Easy with AppInsight Go Where No SysAdmin Has Gone Before! AppInsight from SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM) helps eliminate blind spots with in-depth visibility & reporting on the node, database, memory, queries, disk usage, & more. SAM combines best-in-class systems management with SQL server performance monitoring to deliver visibility in one console. Learn more about SAM and its agentless monitoring of operating systems, hardware, virtual infrastructures, & more than 150 applications. Application performance issues can come from anywhere – Find out how where with SAM from SolarWinds! Having fun with super-fast storage drives In my role as multimedia content editor for IDG Enterprise, I find myself with lots of video footage, which takes up a ton of storage capacity. Backing up that footage to external storage drives can take a long time, especially if you're using older transfer technologies, such as USB 2.0. Fortunately, there are some faster devices and transfer connections now available, here are two recent drives (and a docking station) that can help speed up your personal file storage transfer dilemmas: Read More   Tilera chips add muscle to x86 servers, free up computing capacity New Tilera co-processors tuned for Hadoop, video and networking applications can free up the primary CPUs of x86 servers to run other applications. Read More   Texas Instruments chip helps you stay on the road If you want to avoid traffic accidents or aren't very good at parking, the latest SoC (System-on-Chip) from Texas Instruments offers relief. Read More   U.S. military gets fired up over weaponized robots Check out photos and video of machine gun-shooting robots at Fort Benning, Ga. Read More   Intel delays Broadwell chips for PCs and hybrids Intel has delayed production of its "Broadwell" processors due to a manufacturing glitch, something analysts say could postpone the launch of PCs and tablets based on the new chip. Read More     INSIDER Review: Puppet 3.0 pulls more strings Version 3.0 of Puppet Labs' configuration automation tool shines with speed boosts, orchestration improvements, and deeper support for Windows servers Read More   WHITE PAPER: Virtual Instruments Infrastructure Performance Management: The Next Game Changer Employees and customers expect access to applications anytime and from any device. Is your IT infrastructure able to support the constant demands placed on it and continually operate at peak performance? View now>> D-Link to padlock router backdoor by end of October D-Link will address by the end of October a security issue in some of its routers that could allow attackers to change the device settings without requiring a username and password. Read More   Full HD comes to Windows Phone devices Microsoft's next Windows Phone update opens the door for 1080p screens and more powerful processors from Qualcomm. Read More   Jonny Evans: 7 power saving tips for iOS 7   iOS 7 is a major step forward for Apple and its mobile devices, setting the scene for future improvements in the ecosystem. However, there have been some complaints of battery drain, so here's seven power saving tips for iOS 7.   Read More   Lenovo joins Windows 8.1 tablet race with $299 Miix2 Lenovo has entered the Windows 8.1 tablet market with the 8-in. Miix2 tablet, which starts at $299 and has an Intel Atom chip code-named Bay Trail. Read More   Cerberus explores acquiring BlackBerry Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management is reported to be considering a bid to acquire all of ailing BlackBerry. Read More   Researchers challenge Apple's claim of unbreakable iMessage encryption A close look at Apple's iMessage system shows the company could easily intercept communications on the service despite its assurances to the contrary, researchers claimed Thursday at a security conference. Read More
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