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	Computerworld's holiday gift guide 2013: Tablets and accessories Part 4 of our annual gift guide showcases the best Android, iOS and Windows tablets, plus some choice tablet stands, cases and other add-ons. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW Defense in Depth Matures Over the last few years, security risks have grown exponentially. Hackers, attackers and a motley crew of cyber thieves have enlisted far more sophisticated attack methods to put computers and entire networks at risk. Security threats are growing and evolving. Read Now In this Issue Big data meets Thanksgiving FCC proposes allowing in-flight cellular use on airplanes Google kicks off nix-NPAPI plans with Chrome 32's beta Foxconn invests $40M in Pennsylvania to tap research, talent Only half of large companies have strong mobile strategies NASA's lunar probe gets to work studying moon's atmosphere Darlene Storm: Haunting of horror Scream producer by cyberstalker from hell: A cautionary tale Silk Road defendant deemed flight risk, denied bail Intel updates Atom road map, announces chips for tablets, smartphones AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint to stop charging for most premium text messages Jonny Evans: All Apple's software is beta, and that's OK Privacy groups urge UN to adopt digital surveillance resolution SC13: Elevation plays a role in memory error rates Richi Jennings: Cellphones on a plane? Fly the unfriendly skies, FCC-style... WEBCAST: VMware Address the Challenges in Your Data Center Virtualization has delivered value to IT teams of all sizes by helping to optimize server resources, simplify management, improve availability and drive down cost. While the benefits from server virtualization have been significant, challenges in the datacenter beyond the server still exist. Learn more! Big data meets Thanksgiving Here's one way to use big-data skills as the holidays approach: Find out what recipes are most popular. Analysts parsed 78 million November page views at Allrecipes.com to see favorite Thanksgiving foods by state. Read More   FCC proposes allowing in-flight cellular use on airplanes The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will consider letting passengers use cellular services on airplanes, breaking with a ban that has been in place for years. Read More   Google kicks off nix-NPAPI plans with Chrome 32's beta Google has shut down most plug-ins built for a decades-old architecture in the beta of Chrome 32, making good on a promise from September that it would nix NPAPI. Read More   Foxconn invests $40M in Pennsylvania to tap research, talent Don't expect any U.S.-made iPhones yet, but electronics supplier Foxconn Technology Group is expanding its manufacturing presence in the nation with a new $40 million investment to tap research and talent in Pennsylvania. Read More   Only half of large companies have strong mobile strategies More than six years after the first iPhones hit the streets and more than three years after the iPad emerged, less than half of IT operations have implemented comprehensive mobile strategies. Read More   NASA's lunar probe gets to work studying moon's atmosphere NASA, LADEE, emerging technology, moon, science, space exploration, asteroid, Mercury, laser communications Read 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   WHITE PAPER: Innotas A Practical Look at Cloud Portfolio Management In this brand new whitepaper from Innotas, you will find out how Cloud Portfolio Management (CPM) helps realign critical projects and applications with the business goals of the organization. Read now! Silk Road defendant deemed flight risk, denied bail A federal court in New York denied bail on Thursday to Ross William Ulbricht, the 29-year-old accused of running the Silk Road underground marketplace, deeming him a flight risk and a danger to the community. Read More   Intel updates Atom road map, announces chips for tablets, smartphones Intel will release new Atom chips for smartphones and tablets next year as it chases a goal of boosting mobile chip graphics performance by 15 times and CPU performance by five times by 2016. Read More   AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint to stop charging for most premium text messages Three major U.S. carriers have agreed not to charge their customers for premium text messages, which have emerged as a route for unauthorized third-party charges on mobile phone bills. Read More   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. Read More   Privacy groups urge UN to adopt digital surveillance resolution Five human rights groups urged the United Nations General Assembly to adopt a new resolution against indiscriminate mass surveillance. Read More   SC13: Elevation plays a role in memory error rates With memory, as with real estate, location matters. A group of researchers from Advanced Micro Devices and the Los Alamos National Laboratory have found that the altitude at which SRAM (static random access memory) resides can influence how many random errors the memory produces. Read More   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
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