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	Judge rules NSA spy efforts may be unconstitutional In a potential blow to government surveillance efforts, a federal judge today ruled that the NSA's practice of collecting phone metadata records on millions of Americans may be unconstitutional. Read More WEBCAST: SAP The Path to Big Data Register today to reserve your spot, Monday, December 17, at 11:00 AM CST, to hear from top IDC analyst, about the path you can start taking now to enable your organization to get the benefits of turning data into actionable insights with exciting x86 technology. Is the data explosion today a liability or a competitive advantage for your business? View now In this Issue iPhone, iPad dwarf mobile rivals in small- and mid-sized firms Coming in 2014: MacBooks as fast as data center servers Verizon LTE getting AWS upgrades, even as execs admit to some performance 'hot spots' Analyst credits Surface sell-out to Microsoft swinging conservative Nearly a week in, Yahoo still fixing email woes Hadoop gets native R tools for big data analysis Solar power installation costs fall through the floor Attackers use ColdFusion flaw to install Microsoft IIS malware NASA may call for spacewalk to fix space station problem Data discovery to become the main focus of BI vendors Career advice: Initiating change from below Ron Miller: DRM has always been a horrible idea Canada launches antitrust probe into Google practices Nokia adds new camera app for low-end Lumia phones Jonny Evans: 10 signs Apple is very serious about China JR Raphael: Nexus 7 vs. G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition: Which should you get? Darlene Storm: 60 sickening Minutes: NSA saved us from Chinese Dr. Evil BIOS plot to brick all PCs Preston Gralla: Has Microsoft finally admitted Windows 8 was a colossal blunder? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Comcast The Network – A Growth Engine for Business The enterprise network, once the Rodney Dangerfield of IT, has emerged as a key enabler of business agility. Today's employees and customers expect instant access to information, from any location and with any computing device. In this report from Comcast and IDG, learn why investment in network services that provide both scale and flexibility will be critical as a foundation for sustainable growth. iPhone, iPad dwarf mobile rivals in small- and mid-sized firms Apple has won the hearts and minds of small- and mid-sized businesses, which have overwhelmingly adopted Cupertino's mobile devices over rivals powered by Android or Windows. Read More Coming in 2014: MacBooks as fast as data center servers DRAMeXchange expects second-generation PCIe to replace SATA III in servers and higher-end laptops as the interface of choice for manufacturers, including Apple. Read More Verizon LTE getting AWS upgrades, even as execs admit to some performance 'hot spots' Verizon Wireless Monday continued to maintain that it has the "largest and most reliable 4G LTE network" in the U.S. despite the recent admission by some company executives of some dents in the armor. Read More Analyst credits Surface sell-out to Microsoft swinging conservative Microsoft's Surface tablets were in short supply Monday, with most models out of stock on the company's online store. Read More Nearly a week in, Yahoo still fixing email woes Nearly a week after Yahoo's email service crashed, the company is still working to bring it all back. Read More Hadoop gets native R tools for big data analysis Sensing a growing interest in big data-style analysis, software provider Revolution Analytics has updated its flagship package of R statistical functions so it can be run with the Hadoop data processing platform. Read More Solar power installation costs fall through the floor The cost of installing solar power has fallen 60% since 2011 16% in this past year alone, according to GTM Research. Read More Attackers use ColdFusion flaw to install Microsoft IIS malware Attackers exploited a vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion to install data-stealing malware that works as a module for the Microsoft Internet Information Services Web server software. Read More NASA may call for spacewalk to fix space station problem NASA engineers are still trying to figure out how to fix a cooling system problem on the International Space Station. The space agency now says it may call for a spacewalk to get the work done. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp Key Considerations When Evaluating Cloud-integrated Storage Read this paper to hear Mark Peters, Senior Analyst at ESG, discuss: - An overview of the Cloud-integrated Storage (CiS) marketplace - Critical considerations for choosing a CiS solution - Perspectives on where the market is headed Learn More Data discovery to become the main focus of BI vendors BI (business intelligence) and analytics will remain a top investment priority for CIOs, but by 2015 BI vendors will make ad-hoc data discovery, rather than report generation, the prime focus of their product development efforts, according to a new Gartner report. Read More Career advice: Initiating change from below Premier 100 IT Leader Randall Gaboriault also answers questions on the skills needed in QA and the wisdom of getting a doctorate. Read More Ron Miller: DRM has always been a horrible idea And there's mounting evidence that it's counterproductive. Read More Canada launches antitrust probe into Google practices The Canadian Commissioner of Competition believes Google has abused its dominant search position and in an ongoing investigation has filed a document with the Federal Court of Canada demanding more information on the company's practices. Read More Nokia adds new camera app for low-end Lumia phones Nokia has released a beta version of its Camera app that will add more advanced features to smartphones like the Lumia 520 and the Lumia 720. Read More Jonny Evans: 10 signs Apple is very serious about China Apple has taken giant steps to connect with Chinese consumers as it approaches the China Mobile iPhone deal. It knows China will become the world's biggest Apple market. This is a serious relationship. Read More JR Raphael: Nexus 7 vs. G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition: Which should you get? The Nexus 7 and G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition both run stock Google Android software and deliver outstanding user experiences. So which tablet is right for you? Read More Darlene Storm: 60 sickening Minutes: NSA saved us from Chinese Dr. Evil BIOS plot to brick all PCs If you saw the 60-minute infomercial for the NSA, then you "know" the spy agency allegedly stops viruses / malware that could brick PCs and practically destroy the world. So where was it when Cryptolocker ransomware pretty much did exactly that by destroying data via encrypting it until the ransom was paid? Where was this intelligence that stopped disaster for any of the viruses, Trojans, or malware that have trashed computers? "Crap" is what security researchers call the NSA BIOS plot claim during 60 Minutes. Read More Preston Gralla: Has Microsoft finally admitted Windows 8 was a colossal blunder? Microsoft's decision to finally bring back a true Start menu to Windows begs the question: Has it finally recognized what a massive mistake it made with Windows 8, or is Microsoft just reluctantly assuaging critics? Read More
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