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	Richi Jennings: Cellphones on a plane? Fly the unfriendly skies, FCC-style... Riots in the skies. Oh boy, here we go again. The Federal Communications Commission is again proposing that we be allowed to use cellphones in flight. Can you imagine how irritating it would be to have your neighbors yakking up a storm all through your flight? Er, or not. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers have their heads in the clouds. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Cisco and Netapp   Total Economic Impact Of FlexPod Data Center Platform The study examines the estimated ROI for the composite Organization and presents the aggregate findings derived from the interview and analysis process as well as from Forrester's independent research. View Now In this Issue Jonny Evans: All Apple's software is beta, and that's OK Preston Gralla: Microsoft 'Scroogled' campaign gets early holiday gift: Google evangelist calls privacy an "anomaly" Darlene Storm: Haunting of horror Scream producer by cyberstalker from hell: A cautionary tale Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D beats rivals on bang per buck Sharky: Hint: Quicker and 'bills by the hour' may not mix WEBCAST: VMware VMware Cloud Credits Program The VMware Cloud Credits Purchasing Program provides an easy on-ramp to the cloud, enabling you to maintain control and visibility of your cloud spend through your My VMware™ account. View Now Jonny Evans: All Apple's software is beta, and that's OK OS X Mavericks, iOS 7, iWork, Final Cut: These days it's rare Apple ships software that everybody is happy with from day one. There are always those who complain about: Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft 'Scroogled' campaign gets early holiday gift: Google evangelist calls privacy an "anomaly" Just as Microsoft kicks its anti-Google 'Scroogled' campaign into high gear, it's gotten an early holiday gift. Google's head Internet evangelist said in a speech that privacy may be an "anomaly" -- and an unsustainable one at that. Read More   WHITE PAPER: PC Connection   The Infiltration of Mobility on the Enterprise As mobility infiltrates the enterprise in increasingly fragmented ways, IT leaders are challenged to somehow keep things under control as mobile employees work not only in traditional business settings like conference rooms, branch offices and client locations, but also at home, in airports, and hotels. Learn More Darlene Storm: Haunting of horror Scream producer by cyberstalker from hell: A cautionary tale The "carefully-executed cyberstalking" case involves Marianne Maddalena, who has worked with master of horror Wes Craven on movies like the Scream franchise; but she has also produced horror flicks like The Hills Have Eyes, and The Last House on the Left. But just because she worked on horror films does not imply she wanted her life to turn into a horror flick. Read More   Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D beats rivals on bang per buck This morning's Apple negative CNN report leads the pack for misleading insinuation surrounding the facts -- which are that Apple generates around six times more profit from each dollar it spends on R&D than any of its big competitors. Read More   Sharky: Hint: Quicker and 'bills by the hour' may not mix The local high school where this IT pilot fish works has a network that's more complex than some medium-size companies -- and it's a real problem when a popular virtual application server crashes. Read More
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