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	Windows 8 brushes up against 10% user share mark Windows 8 powered almost 10% of all devices running Microsoft's OSes last month, even as its uptake pace slowed, according to analytics company Net Applications today. Read More   WEBCAST: Dell VMware How to Transform IT into a Center of Business Innovation Although IT supports virtually every business process, many organizations are hard-pressed to take advantage of technology advances when they're trapped into spending most of the IT budget on maintenance instead of innovation. View Now In this Issue Few use tablets to replace laptops Icahn presses Apple CEO Cook for $150B stock buyback Obamacare exchanges hit by early technical glitches Galaxy Note 3: Even more features packed into a (slightly) bigger body Samsung Galaxy Gear: Meet the smartwatch that tries too hard HP downsizes new business laptops SAP seeks an edge from NSA surveillance worries Former Qwest CEO out of prison, blames NSA for troubles Dell updates private cloud to become PCI compliant 5 Millennials-in-the-Workplace Myths Busted Public release of IE exploit could spark widespread attacks Privacy group can't release Facebook response to its complaints IBM to acquire LTE analyzer Now Factory Marian Cook: Top picks from Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Leadership and customer focus Sharon Gaudin: Astronauts, Mars rovers not lost in space during gov't shutdown Jonny Evans: Anonymous claim Apple's Touch ID is linked to US surveillance Robert L. Mitchell: Five takeways from Predictive Analytics World Preston Gralla: It's over -- Internet Explorer won the browser war. Does it matter? WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Give Your Users What They Want with Cloud and Mobile Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM EDT You will learn: - How moving to the cloud can help accelerate mobile adoption in your organization. - The benefits of combining the power of cloud with the freedom and functionality of mobile. Learn More. Few use tablets to replace laptops A new survey shows that only 8.7% of tablet buyers want to use the tablet as a replacement for their laptops. Read More   Icahn presses Apple CEO Cook for $150B stock buyback Billionaire trading agitator Carl Icahn today reported that he had, as promised, had dinner with Apple CEO Tim Cook last night, when he lobbied for a $150 billion stock buyback program, a 150% increase over the company's current plan. Read More   Obamacare exchanges hit by early technical glitches Would-be insurance customers in the U.S. ran into early problems today accessing the new federally run healthcare exchange as well as several state-run exchanges. Read More   Galaxy Note 3: Even more features packed into a (slightly) bigger body Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 is the third iteration of the company's not-quite-phone, not-quite-tablet Note line, and its internal specifications make it one of the most powerful handsets out on the market right now. Read More   Samsung Galaxy Gear: Meet the smartwatch that tries too hard The Galaxy Gear hints and teases at what a great smartwatch could be, but never really nails any single function. It's packed with potential, and even includes support for third-party apps. But it's a challenge to use at nearly every turn, and at $300, it feels like an expensive experiment. Read More   HP downsizes new business laptops Hewlett-Packard is taking the heft and bulk out of its EliteBook and ProBook business laptops, and powering them with the latest processors from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. Read More   SAP seeks an edge from NSA surveillance worries SAP may build a second data center in Australia in order to meet customer demand for locally delivered cloud services in the wake of revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program. Read More   Former Qwest CEO out of prison, blames NSA for troubles   Revelations made by NSA leaker Edward Snowden would have given former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio a fighting chance to beat insider-trading charges that garnered him a 70-month jail term, says Nacchio, who was released this month after serving four and a half years. Read More   Dell updates private cloud to become PCI compliant Looking to solidify its refocused efforts on private cloud platforms, Dell today rolled out new features to improve security and manageability of its offerings. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Proof that Smarter Government is also Better Government This videocast on October 23 at noon ET will give you a rare opportunity to hear from your peers & IBM experts about the power of business analytics to make your budgeting and finance processes as fast, accurate and transparent as you need them to be. Learn More. 5 Millennials-in-the-Workplace Myths Busted Forget what you think you know about Generation Y. A recent survey dispels many of the myths surrounding millennials and the digital culture. Turns out age may be nothing but a number. Read More   Public release of IE exploit could spark widespread attacks An exploit for a vulnerability that affects all versions of Internet Explorer and has yet to be patched by Microsoft has been integrated into the open-source Metasploit penetration testing tool, a move that might spur an increasing number of attacks targeting the flaw. Read More   Privacy group can't release Facebook response to its complaints Campaign group Europe-v-Facebook received Facebook's response to complaints about the social networks' privacy policy on Tuesday, but was barred from publishing them by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. Read More   IBM to acquire LTE analyzer Now Factory Expanding its portfolio of data analysis services to better accommodate the mobile market, IBM is acquiring Dublin-based Now Factory, which offers customer usage analysis services and software for wireless telecommunications providers. Read More   Marian Cook: Top picks from Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Leadership and customer focus   When I first signed up for Oracle OpenWorld, I had my doubts as to its value for the business and IT executive. I assumed it would be too tactically and technically focused. I stand pleasantly corrected. My advice is to put this event on your calendar for next year. Focus your agenda strategically, and wear walking shoes! Read More   Sharon Gaudin: Astronauts, Mars rovers not lost in space during gov't shutdown Don't worry. Gov't shutdown doesn't leave astronauts or Mars rovers lost in space. Read More   Jonny Evans: Anonymous claim Apple's Touch ID is linked to US surveillance Anonymous have some big claims concerning Apple Touch ID system, claiming a connection between the technology and the US defense industry to claim it's just another step forward for state surveillance. Read More   Robert L. Mitchell: Five takeways from Predictive Analytics World I usually learn as much by talking to people in between sessions at a conference as I do when listening to the presentations, and this week's Predictive Analytics World has been no exception. I had the opportunity to see and chat with some very smart people Monday, and here, in no particular order, are five interesting takeaways from those conversations. The conference continues Tuesday at the Seaport World Trade Center. Read More   Preston Gralla: It's over -- Internet Explorer won the browser war. Does it matter? Once upon a time Firefox and Chrome could have become king of the desktop browsers. No longer. Internet Explorer remains at the top of the heap, and it's gaining browser share each month. IE has clearly won the desktop browser war. But does it really matter? Read More
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