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	10 great places for techies to 'pay it forward' Why not kick off the New Year by putting your awesome IT skills to work for the greater good? Here are just a few of the many organizations that can use techie assistance. Read More   WHITE PAPER: PC Connection   The Infiltration of Mobility on the Enterprise As mobility infiltrates the enterprise in increasingly fragmented ways, IT leaders are challenged to somehow keep things under control as mobile employees work not only in traditional business settings like conference rooms, branch offices and client locations, but also at home, in airports, and hotels. Learn More In this Issue NSA looks to crack all encryption with quantum computer, report says NASA reschedules Cygnus launch for Jan. 7 Snapchat, feeling heat from hack, to let users opt out of compromised feature ACLU appeals judge's decision to throw out NSA lawsuit Lawsuit charges that Facebook scanned private messages Gadgets that can hear, track and watch to dominate CES MediaTek to demo chipsets for LTE, wearables and 4K TVs at CES FireEye pays $1B for Mandiant to help users stamp out cyber attacks Archos to unveil $200 LTE smartphone at CES Motorola Solutions buys IP push-to-talk vendor to span PCs, phones, radios Richi Jennings: Twisted qubits: NSA quantum computer gonna take your sister's crypto WHITE PAPER: Virtual Instruments Infrastructure Performance Management: The Next Game Changer Employees and customers expect access to applications anytime and from any device. Is your IT infrastructure able to support the constant demands placed on it and continually operate at peak performance? View now>> NSA looks to crack all encryption with quantum computer, report says The U.S. National Security Agency is attempting to build a new breed of supercomputer that theoretically could make short work of cracking most keys used for encrypted communications. Read More   NASA reschedules Cygnus launch for Jan. 7 After a postponement last month, NASA has rescheduled the launch of a commercial cargo ship that will carry nearly 3,000 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station next week. Read More   Snapchat, feeling heat from hack, to let users opt out of compromised feature Snapchat, reeling from a recent hack that exposed millions of user names and partially redacted phone numbers of its members, will now let users back out of the feature that hackers abused. Read More   ACLU appeals judge's decision to throw out NSA lawsuit The American Civil Liberties Union will appeal a judge's decision to throw out the civil liberties group's lawsuit challenging U.S. National Security Agency surveillance. Read More   Lawsuit charges that Facebook scanned private messages Facebook has been accused of intercepting private messages of its users to provide data to marketers, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in a federal court in California. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   10 Steps to Reducing Mainframe MLC Costs Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. Learn More Gadgets that can hear, track and watch to dominate CES   Wearable gadgets and "smart" devices that can see, track motion and record activities will be out in abundance at this year's International CES trade show. Read More   MediaTek to demo chipsets for LTE, wearables and 4K TVs at CES MediaTek is planning to show off its latest chipsets for LTE smartphones with wireless charging, wearables and 4K TVs at the International CES trade show in Las Vegas next week. Read More   FireEye pays $1B for Mandiant to help users stamp out cyber attacks FireEye, a major enterprise security company, is hoping to better shield its customers from cyberattacks through its acquisition of privately held Mandiant for nearly $1 billion. Read More   Archos to unveil $200 LTE smartphone at CES Archos is showing two low-cost Android-based smartphones next week at the International CES trade show, including the 45 Helium 4G, which is priced at $200 without a contract. Read More   Motorola Solutions buys IP push-to-talk vendor to span PCs, phones, radios Enterprise mobile vendor Motorola Solutions has acquired Twisted Pair Solutions, a provider of software for push-to-talk communications spanning PCs, office phones, smartphones and specialized devices such as two-way radios. Read More   Richi Jennings: Twisted qubits: NSA quantum computer gonna take your sister's crypto This is Edward's life. This is Snowden's song. OMG NSA! In an (ahem) astounding report, the Washington Post breathlessly 'reveals' that the National Security Agency is researching quantum computers, so they can decrypt all our info. Because terrorists. The classified 'secret' was 'unveiled' by that Edward Snowden bloke, who may by now be scraping the bottom of his naughty barrel. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers roll their eyes, saying this 'news' is trite and jaded. Not to mention: HAIR!... Read More
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