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	Breach could prove very costly for Target Though details of the massive data breach at Target are still emerging, it's already clear that, before the dust settles, the retailer will likely have to pay tens of millions of dollars in remediation and notification costs, fines, legal fees and settlements. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Citrix Enterprise mobility management: Embracing BYOD The proliferation of user-owned devices in the workplace is creating huge challenges for IT. To meet the challenge, organizations are turning to a comprehensive approach that goes beyond traditional point solutions. This approach, called enterprise mobility management, enables IT to secure and manage devices, apps and data. View Now In this Issue Apple's Mac Pro is the new black Proposed California law would mandate smartphone kill switch Apple's dark tower Mac Pro ship date quickly slips to February 2014 Transparent solar cells could turn windows into generators Older Mac webcams can spy without activating warning light SIM spec ushers in new era for machine communications Juniper vs. Palo Alto Networks: Firewall court battle set to begin Intel eyes cloud server business with Broadwell system-on-chip IBM gets fast file transfers with Aspera acquisition Larry Freeman: 2013 in review: 'Cloud' is now normal. And so the real work begins! Preston Gralla: Here's why Chromebooks shouldn't really worry Microsoft...yet Jonny Evans: Quick guide: OS X Mavericks for Windows switchers 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! Apple's Mac Pro is the new black Apple's new futuristic-looking Mac Pro will be a status purchase, an analyst said today as she predicted the high-priced desktop will sell better than many expect. Read More   Proposed California law would mandate smartphone kill switch Kill-switch technology that can render a lost or stolen smartphone useless would become mandatory in California under a new bill that will be proposed to the state legislature in January. Read More   Apple's dark tower Mac Pro ship date quickly slips to February 2014 Apple today started taking orders for its pricy Mac Pro workstation, but shipping dates almost immediately slipped to February, irritating customers who have been awaiting the 'dark tower' desktop computer. Read More   Transparent solar cells could turn windows into generators Oxford University researchers are floating the idea of using semi-transparent solar cells embedded in windows to generate electricity in high-rise office buildings. Read More   Older Mac webcams can spy without activating warning light Most webcams have a warning light that indicates when they're active, but it's possible for malware to disable this important privacy feature on older Mac computers, according to research from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore. Read More   SIM spec ushers in new era for machine communications The GSM Association, operators and vendors have published a specification that enables remote provisioning of embedded SIM identification modules, which should cut the cost of connecting cars and utility meters to the Internet. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Exablox Taneja Group Solution Brief: High-End Storage For Everyone Learn what SMB and departmental storage buyers should both require and expect from storage solutions to meet their business goals, and how traditional mid- market storage based on old technologies can fall short. Read now! Juniper vs. Palo Alto Networks: Firewall court battle set to begin Call it the fist fight over firewalls for 2014. Juniper Networks is going for a knock-out against rival Palo Alto Networks in a patent-dispute lawsuit related to next-generation firewalls that's set to go to trial in Delaware in February. And Palo Alto wants to take out Juniper in its own separate patent lawsuit. Read More   Intel eyes cloud server business with Broadwell system-on-chip There's been an uptick in the adoption of dense servers for cloud deployments and Intel hopes to capture a larger share of that market through server chips it will release next year. Read More   IBM gets fast file transfers with Aspera acquisition Read More   Larry Freeman: 2013 in review: 'Cloud' is now normal. And so the real work begins! Cloud has proven to be a sticky marketing term, even (especially?) among non-technical consumers. There is a growing consensus that "the cloud" promises a quicker and cheaper way of purchasing IT than the traditional, build-it-yourself model. This in turn has led to internal debates between application developers and infrastructure teams on the best approach for implementing "the cloud" within IT organizations. (And of course, IT architects know that when they hear management say, "We want to move to the cloud," they will be the ones who have to figure out how to do it!) Read More   Preston Gralla: Here's why Chromebooks shouldn't really worry Microsoft...yet With Dell, HP, and Lenovo all with notebooks ready or in the works, you might think that Microsoft is under siege. Yet there's reason to believe that Microsoft isn't worried...at least, for now that is. But should it be? Read More   Jonny Evans: Quick guide: OS X Mavericks for Windows switchers Now Apple's shipped new models you've taken the decision to buy. You're a Windows user and you're about to get your very first OS X Mac this Christmas. Here's a short guide to help Windows users get to grip with OS X Mavericks and your Mac. Read More
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