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	How analytics helped Ford turn its fortunes Big data and analytics permeate virtually every move Ford makes, from forecasting the worldwide price of commodities to figuring out what exactly consumers want, what it will build, where it should source parts and how to power its lineup of vehicles. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW The Power of PaaS At a time when budgets are especially tight, organizations may find it hard to justify investments in the latest programming tools and testing platforms. Platform as a service (PaaS) solutions provide a viable option Read Now In this Issue The latest move to kill bad patents divides tech industry Windows 8 uptake needle sticks as growth stalls Feds say HealthCare.gov is fixed, tout 'night and day' difference in access Amazon outlines plan to use drones to deliver packages Bitcointalk.org warns passwords in danger after DNS attack Laptop and tablet prices are about to hit their lows for the year Why smartphone food photos look horrible Google Nexus phones are vulnerable to attack via Flash SMS messages This new worm targets Linux PCs and embedded devices Here's how Google and Amazon scale up their huge IT operations HP, Whitman must defend shareholder suit over Autonomy acquisition Toshiba offers to buy failed SSD maker OCZ Robert L. Mitchell: Road test part III: Google+ Hangouts Antone Gonsalves: Bargains trump security worries for mobile shoppers on Thanksgiving, Black Friday Richi Jennings: OPPO N1 release date: Tuesday-week for 'revolutionary' phablet WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com   2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report for Salesforce Automation New Gartner research positions salesforce.com in the Leaders Quadrant for Sales Force Automation. Download the 2013 Gartner Magic Quadrant Report and find out what Gartner analysts have to say about Salesforce. Read now! The latest move to kill bad patents divides tech industry Technology users -- retailers, in particular -- are being snared in patent infringement lawsuits, prompting Congress to eye reforms that could change how lawsuits are filed and who pays if they're frivolous. Read More   Windows 8 uptake needle sticks as growth stalls Windows 8's uptake stalled in November, while the now-aging Windows 7 continued to gain ground, a Web metrics company said Sunday. Read More   Feds say HealthCare.gov is fixed, tout 'night and day' difference in access HealthCare.gov, the troubled insurance-shopping website launched in October by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is now working well for most users, officials said Sunday. Read More   Amazon outlines plan to use drones to deliver packages Amazon.com plans to deliver packages to customers using unmanned aerial vehicles in 30 minutes or less. Read More   Bitcointalk.org warns passwords in danger after DNS attack A popular Bitcoin discussion forum warned on Monday some user passwords may have been intercepted after the site's DNS registrar was breached. Read More   Laptop and tablet prices are about to hit their lows for the year Prices of some laptops and tablets have already fallen as the holiday shopping season approaches, and more price drops are expected starting with Black Friday year-end sales in the U.S. this week. Read More   Why smartphone food photos look horrible Martha Stewart wants to show you horrible pictures of nauseating-looking food for some reason. Mike Elgan finds this personally vexing. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Exablox Growing Pains in Mid-Market Storage This fact-based paper takes a close look at how mid-sized businesses are facing the significant growth in unstructured data and how the requirement to manage, store and protect it is putting a huge drain on valuable money and resources. Read now! Google Nexus phones are vulnerable to attack via Flash SMS messages Attackers could force phones from Google's Nexus line to reboot or fail to connect to the mobile Internet service by sending a large number of special SMS messages to them. Read More   This new worm targets Linux PCs and embedded devices   A new worm is targeting x86 computers running Linux and PHP, and variants may also pose a threat to devices such as home routers and set-top boxes based on other chip architectures. Read More   Here's how Google and Amazon scale up their huge IT operations Internet giants such as Google and Amazon run IT operations that are far larger than most enterprises even dream of, but lessons they learn from managing those humongous systems can benefit others in the industry. Read More   HP, Whitman must defend shareholder suit over Autonomy acquisition A judge has ruled that Hewlett-Packard and its CEO, Meg Whitman, must mount a defense against a shareholder class action lawsuit claiming that Whitman and HP made misleading statements about the acquisition of Autonomy. Read More   Toshiba offers to buy failed SSD maker OCZ Toshiba has offered to buy the assets of OCZ Technology, a solid-state drive manufacturer on the verge of bankruptcy. Read More   Robert L. Mitchell: Road test part III: Google+ Hangouts Imagine going abroad and relying on Google+ Hangouts as your only technology for calling home. Would it work? I recently spent 10-days in the U.K. with a phone with no cell service, relying instead on a handful of mobile communication apps running over Wi-Fi, including Hangouts. Here's how I fared. Read More   Antone Gonsalves: Bargains trump security worries for mobile shoppers on Thanksgiving, Black Friday   Early Christmas shoppers show no fear with security in grabbing bargains from a tablet or smartphone. Read More   Richi Jennings: OPPO N1 release date: Tuesday-week for 'revolutionary' phablet And we now know the price in the U.S. and Europe. OPPO announces availability of N1 phablet outside China: It'll be officially released next week. Apart from the pocket-busting size, what sets the N1 apart from identikit Android phones is the rotating camera. Finally, hipsters can take high-quality selfies (before destroying them with stupid Instagrammyness). It also comes with a rear trackpad and CyanogenMod as an option. But it's got no LTE, has a slow-ish processor, and is a relatively unknown brand. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers debate the pros and cons. Read More
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