Healthcare.gov may be a 'black swan'

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	Healthcare.gov may be a 'black swan' Despite partisan sniping over the Affordable Care Act, members of a U.S. House committee probing the problems at Healthcare.gov Thursday asked some tough, IT-specific questions that revealed some key facts. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2013 IT Roadmap Washington, D.C. - Dates Announced IT Roadmap will be returning to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Thursday, December 12, 2013. 8am - 4:30pm. Register now for this free one day, technical conference and expo! Click to continue In this Issue Toshiba Satellite Click: A large tablet/laptop for $600 After first day, OS X Mavericks on 1 in 18 Macs Self-driving cars could save more than 21,700 lives, $450B a year NASA uses telescopes to hunt ancient galaxies NSA spied on 35 world leaders, says leaked document PHP.net compromised, used to attack visitors Twitter hires NBC News digital exec to boost news cred Microsoft grows earnings, revenue in Q1, helped by server software Eastern Europeans sought in online marketplace fraud scheme Lavabit encryption key ruling threatens Internet privacy Twitter to price its IPO shares between $17 and $20 Vine mimes Instagram with new editing features Jaikumar Vijayan: If no one's to blame for Healthcare.gov glitches, then maybe everyone is Richi Jennings: Twitter's $1.5B #IPO date rumors, $17--$20 share price range $TWTR WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   EMC 15-Minute Guide to Smarter Backup Backup and recovery is part of business and is essential to successful information management. Take fifteen minutes to find out how you can transform backup and recovery with disk-based, deduplication-optimized solutions from EMC. Learn More Toshiba Satellite Click: A large tablet/laptop for $600 Toshiba's new low-cost convertible Satellite Click features a 13-in. Windows 8 tablet that snaps into its own keyboard. Read More   After first day, OS X Mavericks on 1 in 18 Macs In its first 24 hours, Apple's OS X Mavericks tripled the uptake of its predecessor Mountain Lion, ending the day on about 1 out of every 18 Macs, an online advertising network said Thursday. Read More   Self-driving cars could save more than 21,700 lives, $450B a year If just 10% of all vehicles in the U.S. were computer operated, the number of accidents would drop by 211,000 and as many as 1,100 lives would be saved, according to a new study. Read More   NASA uses telescopes to hunt ancient galaxies NASA is pooling the power of three major space telescopes to unravel some of the biggest mysteries of the universe. Read More   NSA spied on 35 world leaders, says leaked document The U.S. monitored the phone conversations of 35 world leaders, according to a National Security Agency document provided by its former contractor, Edward Snowden, according to The Guardian newspaper. Read More   PHP.net compromised, used to attack visitors Visitors to the official website for the PHP programming language over the past couple of days might have had their computers infected with malware. Read More   Twitter hires NBC News digital exec to boost news cred Twitter has hired a top digital executive at NBC News, Vivian Schiller, to help boost its partnerships with news organizations. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks   Cloud-based UC: A Foundation for Business Transformation CIOs are turning to cloud-based UC to reduce IT costs and focus resources on projects that deliver the greatest strategic advantages. Read Now Microsoft grows earnings, revenue in Q1, helped by server software Microsoft's revenue and earnings per share grew more than 15 percent each in its first fiscal quarter of 2014, during which enterprise server software products sold particularly well, the company said Thursday. Read More   Eastern Europeans sought in online marketplace fraud scheme Six Eastern European men are being sought by U.S. prosecutors for allegedly netting up to US$3 million by placing fraudulent advertisements for vehicles, motorcycles and boats on major online marketplaces, including eBay. Read More   Lavabit encryption key ruling threatens Internet privacy A court order forcing former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's email provider to turn over its master encryption key undermines a critical security feature used by major Internet services, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said Thursday. Read More   Twitter to price its IPO shares between $17 and $20   Twitter plans to price its IPO shares between US$17 and $20 when it lists on the New York Stock Exchange, the company said Thursday in a filing Read More   Vine mimes Instagram with new editing features Twitter's Vine video sharing app and Instagram now share a useful feature: editing. Read More   Jaikumar Vijayan: If no one's to blame for Healthcare.gov glitches, then maybe everyone is After listening to over three hours of testimony in Congress from some of the contractors behind the Obamacare Healthcare.gov site, one thing has become abundantly clear: No vendor is responsible for the problems that have plagued the health exchange since its launch nearly a month ago. That's right. The glitches apparently just miraculously manifested themselves the minute the site went live on Oct. 1. Read More   Richi Jennings: Twitter's $1.5B #IPO date rumors, $17--$20 share price range $TWTR Values company around $10 billion. Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) announces more IPO details. The shares will be priced around $18.50, but that may increase after the investor roadshow. Already pundits are saying that's a conservative valuation. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers #followthemoney. Read More
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