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	Perspective: If Windows 8 = Vista, what's Microsoft's next move? As Windows 8 struggles to gain traction, you can hear the criticism mounting, that Microsoft's latest OS is the new Vista. If that turns out to be true, the company has some big decisions to make. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Cost-effective messaging for medium-sized businesses Help strengthen customer relationships, drive operational effectiveness and optimize your workforce with IBM collaboration and messaging solutions for medium-sized businesses. IBM Lotus software is designed to provide simplified solutions and delivery models based on your needs. View Now>> In this Issue Apple patents solar-powered MacBook Brace yourself for flood of new domain names With Rx lenses and more frames, Google leaps toward Glass launch Tip of the Hat: Seeking a method to Google's acquisition madness Mac sales jump 19% when compared to terrible Q4 2012 Samsung Galaxy Glass wearable could be unveiled in September Apple's iPod business collapses as revenue becomes a rounding error Update: More than 1B smartphones were shipped in 2013 Microsoft plans to roll out a revamped Office 365 admin console VPN bypass vulnerability affects Android Jelly Bean and KitKat Evan Schuman: App testing and sins of omission Oracle broadens legal fight against third-party Solaris support providers Jonny Evans: Wall Street's reality distortion field to Apple's results Preston Gralla: One benefit of Windows Phone: The NSA may not be snooping on you JR Raphael: Hands on: The first things you notice about the LG G Flex 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 Apple patents solar-powered MacBook Apple has been awarded the patent for a MacBook shell that would combine smart glass and solar cells to generate power. Read More   Brace yourself for flood of new domain names Brace yourself. The Internet is about to get a lot busier and more cluttered. The Internet addresses that we are accustomed to using -- .com, .net and .edu - will be getting a lot of company next week. Read More   With Rx lenses and more frames, Google leaps toward Glass launch With the official release of Google Glass expected later this year, the company is taking big steps to make its computerized eyeglasses ready for launch. Read More   Tip of the Hat: Seeking a method to Google's acquisition madness Google in recent months has agreed to use billions of dollars gained in profits from its wildly successful search and advertising business to buy an array of companies developing artificial technology and robotics technologies. The question is why? Read More   Mac sales jump 19% when compared to terrible Q4 2012 Mac sales jumped 19% in the fourth quarter of 2013 over the year before, the first uptick in more than a year, Apple said Monday. Read More   Samsung Galaxy Glass wearable could be unveiled in September Samsung will unveil a Galaxy Glass wearable computer, a competitor to Google Glass, as early as September at the IFA trade show in Germany, according to unnamed officials quoted by a Korean news site. Read More   Apple's iPod business collapses as revenue becomes a rounding error Apple's iPod business collapsed last quarter, with revenue plummeting 55% and the number of music players dropping by more than half compared to the same period the year before. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Workforce Analytics Enable Smarter Decisions Learn how your organization can create a successful strategy to use analytics for greater business value. View Now Update: More than 1B smartphones were shipped in 2013 For the first time ever, just over 1 billion smartphones shipped to vendors worldwide in 2013, double the number of just two years earlier, IDC said late Monday. Read More   Microsoft plans to roll out a revamped Office 365 admin console Microsoft will roll out over the coming weeks enhanced administration tools for partners that manage their customers' Office 365 deployments. Read More   VPN bypass vulnerability affects Android Jelly Bean and KitKat A vulnerability in Android allows malicious applications to bypass an active VPN (virtual private network) connection and force traffic from the device through an attacker-controlled system where it can be intercepted, according to security researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Read More   Evan Schuman: App testing and sins of omission Starbucks released a mobile app that stored passwords in clear text. There's a good chance that a lot of other companies just don't know whether they could find themselves in the same situation. Read More   Oracle broadens legal fight against third-party Solaris support providers Oracle is continuing its legal battle against third-party software support providers it alleges are performing such services in a manner that violates its intellectual property. Read More   Jonny Evans: Wall Street's reality distortion field to Apple's results The reaction to Apple's record results announcement last night shows that if Wall Street ran the planet the planet would be in a mess -- which, unfortunately, it actually is. Read More   Preston Gralla: One benefit of Windows Phone: The NSA may not be snooping on you If you own a Windows Phone, the NSA may not bother to snoop on you, even as the intelligence agency gathers vast amounts of information from apps leaking from iOS and Android phones. In all of the revelations about the NSA and its British counterpart collecting data leaking from phone apps, not a single mention has been made of snooping on Windows Phones. Read More   JR Raphael: Hands on: The first things you notice about the LG G Flex Curved? Check. Bendable? Check. "Self-healing"? Yup. No question about it: The LG G Flex isn't your ordinary phone. Read More
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