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	Tech companies find their inner Zen Tech companies like Intel and Google are offering courses in meditation to help their workers handle stress, become more innovative and find work/life balance. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Cisco and Netapp   Total Economic Impact Of FlexPod Data Center Platform The study examines the estimated ROI for the composite Organization and presents the aggregate findings derived from the interview and analysis process as well as from Forrester's independent research. View Now In this Issue 6 useful changes in the new Google Sheets Biologically inspired: How neural nets are finally maturing Google updates Glass with security, Hangouts & a wink NASA plans 3 spacewalks to fix space station glitch Computers with brain-like intelligence are getting closer to reality Mindspeed acquisition fuels Intel's hopes for bigger network role Most iPhone users enable activation lock, survey finds LG embraces Chrome OS, announces all-in-one desktop HP CEO Whitman gets one heck of a pay raise Fortinet alleges employee poaching in lawsuit filed against Sophos PayPal acquires StackMob for mobile technology Chinese chip makers ride wave of low-cost Android tablets Michael Svilar: Dark data: When should it come into the light? Richi Jennings: IEC/TS 62700 to ''solve'' laptop charger problems WHITE PAPER: Exablox Data Storage: An Interactive eGuide In this eGuide, InfoWorld and sister publication Computerworld examine some of the newer storage approaches that enterprises are taking. Read on to learn about new storage technologies that can help you get a handle on your data. Read now! 6 useful changes in the new Google Sheets See some of the new features and functions in Google spreadsheets before deciding whether to upgrade your account. Read More   Biologically inspired: How neural nets are finally maturing More than two decades ago, neural networks were widely seen as the next generation of computing, one that would finally allow computers to think for themselves. Read More   Google updates Glass with security, Hangouts & a wink   Google just released a software update for its wearable computer, Glass, adding security tools, Hangouts and a YouTube feature. Read More   NASA plans 3 spacewalks to fix space station glitch   NASA has postponed the launch of a mission to resupply the International Space Station so it can focus on undertaking three spacewalks to fix a glitch in the orbiter's cooling system. Read More   Computers with brain-like intelligence are getting closer to reality For decades, scientists have fantasized about creating robots with brain-like intelligence. This year, researchers tempted by that dream made great progress on achieving what has been called the holy grail of computing. Read More   Mindspeed acquisition fuels Intel's hopes for bigger network role Intel's acquisition of mobile network assets from silicon vendor Mindspeed Technologies will give the chip giant what it needs to extend the Intel architecture throughout mobile operator networks, helping the carriers upgrade hardware and roll out new services more quickly, according to Intel. Read More   Most iPhone users enable activation lock, survey finds   Four out of five iPhone users have enabled a feature that allows them to locate, lock and wipe their phones if they are lost or stolen, according to the results of a survey by the San Francisco district attorney's office. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Find out whether SaaS-based ITSM is right for you Software-as-a-service is more than just a cloud-based delivery model—it's a new approach to service that lets companies optimize utilization of in-house IT resources while providing service more effectively. Learn More LG embraces Chrome OS, announces all-in-one desktop LG Electronics is planning to unveil its first product built around the Google Chrome operating system at the International CES show in Las Vegas next month. Read More   HP CEO Whitman gets one heck of a pay raise After guiding Hewlett-Packard through one crisis after another, CEO Meg Whitman is now earning more than $1 in annual salary. Read More   Fortinet alleges employee poaching in lawsuit filed against Sophos Fortinet, one of the biggest computer security vendors, is suing rival Sophos alleging it poached senior staff in breach of an agreement signed when a Fortinet executive jumped ship to Sophos earlier this year. Read More   PayPal acquires StackMob for mobile technology Ebay's PayPal division said on Tuesday it is acquiring StackMob, a company specializing in development tools for building mobile applications. Read More   Chinese chip makers ride wave of low-cost Android tablets Qualcomm and Nvidia get most of the headlines in the mobile chip business, but two Chinese vendors are cornering the market for processors used in low-cost tablets, and in 2014 they might find their way into a product near you. Read More   Michael Svilar: Dark data: When should it come into the light? Dark data - one of the latest trending discussions in data and analytics - is currently defined as data that a business creates and saves, but isn't used to run the business. I'd like to offer up an addition to that definition: Dark data should also include data that a business creates, but does not currently save. Read More   Richi Jennings: IEC/TS 62700 to ''solve'' laptop charger problems Bloggers quip that Apple is unlikely to play ball. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is on a mission. It wants one standard for laptop chargers. Technical Standard 62700 will supposedly bring us to that promised land of plug ubiquity and lowered e-waste. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers poke holes in the idea. Read More
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