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	Cognoscenti anoint Nadella as next Microsoft CEO After sustained reports surfaced that Microsoft is close to naming its third-ever CEO, Satya Nadella, a 21-year veteran of the company, is now seen as the heir apparent. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CSO40 Security Confab + Awards Conference CSO40 Security Confab + Awards Meet CSO40 Award winners and learn from the best about security challenges and solutions across areas including: Advanced Threats and Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management, Security Intelligence/Leveraging Big Data for Security, Mobile and BYOD Risks, Privacy, and more. Register now. In this Issue Google and Samsung grow cozier with patent deal, Motorola sale Volkswagen looks to drive social Super Bowl Pwn2Own hack contest puts record $645K on prize table GOP presses ahead on H-1B, green cards with vague, muddy statement Iceland taps the ultimate renewable energy source: Earth's magma Presto! Want a bigger bedroom? You need a robotic house Twitter buys 900 IBM patents, dodges an infringement suit Dell lets managers go 'off road' with self-serve analytics Zynga to buy 'Clumsy Ninja' developer for $527 million, cut 314 jobs Jonny Evans: Apple's enemies: An A-Z guide Antone Gonsalves: Why the NSA gets higher marks for privacy than business Preston Gralla: Microsoft cries 'uncle' on Windows 8 -- 8.1 update boots straight to desktop WHITE PAPER: IBM Onboarding 2013 - A New Look at New Hires This study of 230 organizations, conducted in January and February 2013, will explore the best practices organizations use to transform basic new hire orientations into strategic initiatives and how they leverage world-class technology to boost productivity, engagement, and retention. Learn More Google and Samsung grow cozier with patent deal, Motorola sale Google and Samsung have grown closer over the past week following Google's sale of Motorola to Lenovo and a 10-year global patent cross-license agreement signed by the tech giants. Read More Volkswagen looks to drive social Super Bowl Volkswagen of America is looking to capitalize on an expected broad use of social media by viewers of Sunday's Super Bowl. Read More Pwn2Own hack contest puts record $645K on prize table Hewlett-Packard's Zero Day Initiative has spelled out the rules for its March hacking contest, Pwn2Own, which will put two-thirds of a million dollars in prize money on the table for researchers who can hack the biggest browsers and most popular plug-ins. Read More GOP presses ahead on H-1B, green cards with vague, muddy statement Republican leaders on Thursday released a broad framework for immigration reform as difficult to understand, and about as long, as a Dead Sea scroll fragment. Read More Iceland taps the ultimate renewable energy source: Earth's magma Iceland's National Energy Authority has created the world's first magma-based geothermal energy system after drilling 1.3 miles (2,100 meters) through the Earth's crust. Read More Presto! Want a bigger bedroom? You need a robotic house The UCLA has a graduate-level program focused on teaching architects how to design intelligent robotic buildings. These buildings would be able to change their configuration to adapt to their owners' needs. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Understanding big data so you can act with confidence Automating information integration and governance and employing it at the point of data creation helps organizations boost confidence in their big data. A solid information integration and governance program should include automated discovery, profiling and understanding of diverse datasets View Now Twitter buys 900 IBM patents, dodges an infringement suit Twitter has acquired over 900 patents from IBM, a move likely intended to settle IBM's claims that Twitter was infringing on at least three of its patents. Read More Dell lets managers go 'off road' with self-serve analytics Dell is bringing analytics directly to the desktops of its managers, and saving money in the process. Read More Zynga to buy 'Clumsy Ninja' developer for $527 million, cut 314 jobs Zynga plans to buy U.K.-based game developer NaturalMotion for about $527 million while cutting 15 percent of its own workforce. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's enemies: An A-Z guide Apple's success in creating amazing products means it gains lovers and haters, so please enjoy this A-Z selection of some of Apple's foes, ancient and modern. Read More Antone Gonsalves: Why the NSA gets higher marks for privacy than business Despite the NSA's insatiable appetite for people's personal data, Americans trust the spy agency more than business. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft cries 'uncle' on Windows 8 -- 8.1 update boots straight to desktop Microsoft has apparently finally admitted that Windows 8's dueling tablet-PC interface was a mistake, because reports say that in the upcoming 8.1 update Windows will bypass the Start screen and boot straight to the desktop. But will this create an even bigger problem for Microsoft? Read More
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