Microsoft's quandary: Big profits from software or shrinking margins with devices

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	Microsoft's quandary: Big profits from software or shrinking margins with devices For all his talk of "devices and services," when Steve Ballmer hands over the reins to a new CEO, he will leave an economic powerhouse that prints money by making software, but makes little on anything else. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspectives Dallas Conference Special Invite to CIO Perspectives Dallas Conference-Feb 25 Agenda highlights include: Innovative Approaches to Digital Disruption & Business Model Change; Transforming the IT-Business Partnership; Finding and Keeping Great IT Talent; Strategies for C-Suite Leadership & Success; Innovative Approaches to Digital Disruption & Business Model Change. Visit our website and register today! In this Issue Apple plans to add mobile-payments offering Google acquires artificial intelligence company DeepMind Yahoo buys virtual worlds gaming company Cloud Party Arts and crafts chain Michaels investigates possible data breach FTC takes action against alleged Obamacare spammer After Target, Neiman Marcus breaches, does PCI compliance mean anything? Online movie streaming can be profitable as TV, disc sales WHITE PAPER: IBM Protect Your IT System with Next Generation Security A data breach, probings, and hacker activity endanger your your critical IT information. Perpetrators can attack companies through their IT systems. Read how trusted computing from IBM PureFlex System can help secure your systems against emerging threats. Learn More Apple plans to add mobile-payments offering Apple is making internal and external moves to expand its ability to handle mobile payments, stepping more deeply into a market where rivals would include PayPal, Google and niche specialists like Square and Stripe, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More Google acquires artificial intelligence company DeepMind Google has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, reportedly for US$400 million. Read More Yahoo buys virtual worlds gaming company Cloud Party Yahoo has acquired Cloud Party, a gaming company specializing in virtual worlds, in another deal to give the search giant more engineering chops. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Introducing Social Business for the Mid-Market This report provides directional guidance for mid-market companies to appropriately use Social Business to achieve their goals. Learn More. Arts and crafts chain Michaels investigates possible data breach Michaels, a large U.S.-based arts and craft store chain, said it is investigating a possible data breach after suspicious activity was detected on payment cards used at its stores. Read More FTC takes action against alleged Obamacare spammer The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against a website operator that allegedly sent spam intended to trick consumers into signing up for health insurance in advance of the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Read More After Target, Neiman Marcus breaches, does PCI compliance mean anything? The recent data breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus have once again shown that compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is no guarantee against an intrusion. Read More Online movie streaming can be profitable as TV, disc sales Online distribution of movies has as much earning potential using just a $15 monthly flat fee as do TV downloads and Blu-ray and DVD sales today. Read More
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