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	Mum's the word: Microsoft board 'doing really well' at keeping quiet Rumors aside, Microsoft's board of directors has done a good job of keeping the lid on its search for a CEO to replace Steve Ballmer, a public relations expert said. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Innotas Rethinking Your Flight Plan: IT Portfolio Management What does it take to manage your project and application portfolios with the efficiency and success rate of an Air Traffic Control Operation? This whitepaper from Innotas answers the question by taking a closer look at what Air Traffic Control entails and how the function of the CIO or PMO is similar to that of the Air Traffic Controller. Read now! In this Issue WD combines 120GB SSD with 1TB HDD in a laptop drive An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears NSA reportedly compromised more than 50,000 networks worldwide LoJack system will allow parents, auto makers and insurance companies to track vehicles Flying robot mimics a jellyfish Samsung updates Galaxy Grand with HD screen, quad-core processor Nokia lays groundwork for next-gen virtualized mobile networks JR Raphael: Hands on: Meet Mugenizer N11, the wireless-charging power pack for Android Michael Svilar: Clarifying analytics terminology: Removing the confusion to help businesses Jonny Evans: Google's Schmidt claims only Samsung, Google match iPhone? Matt Hamblen: Oh, that puzzling, but capable, 10.1-in. Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet on LTE Darlene Storm: Leaked slide shows NSA hackers secretly infected 50,000 computer networks with malware Preston Gralla: Microsoft confirms Windows RT will die WHITE PAPER: VMware Forrester - Business Value of Virtualization Forrester interviewed individuals responsible for the IT infrastructure and architecture and asked executives to rate the benefits received from consolidating servers, performing business continuity/disaster recovery, reclaiming data center capacity, and executing similar initiatives. Read now! WD combines 120GB SSD with 1TB HDD in a laptop drive Western Digital has unveiled its WD Black Dual Drive, which allows users to access ether a 120GB SSD for performance or a 1TB hard drive for archiving massive amounts of data. Read More   An HPC champion helps Trek Bicycle shift gears Trek Bicycle has turned to high performance computing to help develop new bicycles, and the effort is seeing results. Read More   NSA reportedly compromised more than 50,000 networks worldwide The National Security Agency reportedly hacked into more than 50,000 computer networks around the world as part of its global intelligence gathering efforts, and also taps into large fiber-optic cables that transport Internet traffic between continents at 20 different major points. Read More   LoJack system will allow parents, auto makers and insurance companies to track vehicles The automobile security company Lojack plans new products for parents, insurance companies and auto dealers to track vehicle location, use and reliability. Read More   Flying robot mimics a jellyfish Researchers say they have built a flying robot. It's not designed to fly like a bird or an insect, but was built to mimic the movements of a swimming jellyfish. Read More   Samsung updates Galaxy Grand with HD screen, quad-core processor Samsung Electronics has upgraded its large-screen smartphone, the Galaxy Grand, with a quad-core processor and an even bigger, HD screen. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com   The Future of Sales Performance Management Learn how the future of sales performance management is integrated with CRM and social collaboration and how this will help managers provide real-time coaching and motivation in context to drive better sales behaviors and, ultimately, better sales results. Download now. Read now! Nokia lays groundwork for next-gen virtualized mobile networks Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) and Korean operator SK Telecom have demonstrated the potential for virtualizing the core of a mobile network, which will make it easier for operators to roll out new services. Read More   JR Raphael: Hands on: Meet Mugenizer N11, the wireless-charging power pack for Android The Mugenizer N11 is an all-purpose wireless charger for your phone, working both as a pad on your desk and a power pack in your bag. So is it as good as it sounds? Read More   Michael Svilar: Clarifying analytics terminology: Removing the confusion to help businesses Read More   Jonny Evans: Google's Schmidt claims only Samsung, Google match iPhone? Google's Eric Schmidt played King Canute this weekend, when he claimed many of his friends are switching from iPhone to Android. This may be true among his chums, but in the rest of the world Android users are defecting to iPhone in droves, recent research shows. Read More   Matt Hamblen: Oh, that puzzling, but capable, 10.1-in. Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet on LTE I've had many doubts about Windows RT, but the Nokia Lumia 2520 on Windows RT 8.1 works. Read More   Darlene Storm: Leaked slide shows NSA hackers secretly infected 50,000 computer networks with malware As if the NSA doesn't engage in enough surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations, NSA hackers have infected over 50,000 computer networks globally with specialized malware, referred to as "implants," that were compared to "digital 'sleeper cells' that can be activated with a single push of a button." Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft confirms Windows RT will die Microsoft has finally said what most of the world has already guessed: Windows RT will die. It won't happen right away, but there's no doubt now that it's in the cards. Read More
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