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	Power to the portable: 3 high-performance mobile workstations When you're running a large-scale simulation or editing a professional video, you need more computing power than most laptops can give. In this roundup, we review three high-powered Windows mobile workstations. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Premier 100 IT Leadership Conference How are the top IT 100 leaders transforming their companies? Learn how the most innovative IT leaders are retooling their organizations for today's business models. Go beyond theories, gaining practical strategies you can use to reinvent yourself and your enterprise for what's ahead. Get hands-on, developing actionable innovation and leadership plans in "Transformation Studio" sessions led by top CIOs. Join us for this premier, two-day event at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona. Register now for just $595 and SAVE $600. In this Issue Cook admits Apple blew the call on the iPhone 5C 10 Silicon Valley tech job trends Obama administration forges deal with tech firms on data requests Global smartphone shipments topped 1 billion in 2013 Apple sold 51M iPhones last quarter, touts $57.6B in revenue Old-school Wi-Fi is slowing down networks Michael Horowitz: How and why to check port 32764 on your router Microsoft cloud server designs for Facebook's Open Compute Project Sweet! Researchers create powerful batteries that run on sugar Google Glass now available with designer frames, prescription lenses Richi Jennings: Tom Perkins 'regrets' his Godwinesque Nazi downfall WHITE PAPER: IBM 9 Steps to Building a Business Case for B2B Integration Justifying a strategic B2B initiative that reaches beyond the organization's four walls is especially critical. Fortunately, you can significantly increase your chances of approval if you follow these nine steps. Read Now Cook admits Apple blew the call on the iPhone 5C Apple sold a record 51 million iPhones in the fourth quarter of 2013 but acknowledged it underestimated the appeal of the flagship iPhone 5S, making some analysts question the company's two-model strategy. Read More   10 Silicon Valley tech job trends Working in Silicon Valley is different than working any place else, but you may not know exactly how different. Tech workers are in high demand and companies are going to extremes to attract talent. The tactics are impressive, but the end results aren't always pretty. Read More   Obama administration forges deal with tech firms on data requests Technology companies will be allowed to reveal more details about government data requests under a tentative agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Read More   Global smartphone shipments topped 1 billion in 2013   If you had any doubts about the popularity of smartphones, new numbers suggest they've notched a significant milestone. The global smartphone market topped 1 billion shipments for the first time in 2013, covering about one-seventh of the world's population, according to research by IDC. Read More   Apple sold 51M iPhones last quarter, touts $57.6B in revenue Apple set two records for itself in the first quarter of its 2014 fiscal year, selling 51 million iPhones and reporting revenue of $57.6 billion, with a net profit of $13.1 billion. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Unleash Your Data With SDS And IBM Storwize V5000 In this webcast IBM examines software defined storage and how IBM Storwize V5000, the newest member of the IBM Storwize family, delivers virtualized, flexible, easy-to-use storage that enables midsized organizations to gain business advantage from the flood of new data while staying within their budgets. View Now Old-school Wi-Fi is slowing down networks The early Wi-Fi standards that opened the world's eyes to wire-free networking are now holding back the newer, faster protocols that followed in their wake, Cisco Systems said. Read More   Michael Horowitz: How and why to check port 32764 on your router Recently, routers from Linksys, Netgear, Cisco and others were found to have a huge security flaw. Here I attempt to explain the flaw, show how to test if a router is vulnerable, and offer advice on dealing with a router with a port 32764 problem. Read More   Microsoft cloud server designs for Facebook's Open Compute Project Microsoft is contributing the designs of the cloud servers that run some of its services like Bing and Windows Azure to the Open Compute Project, in a bid to help standardize and reduce hardware costs. Read More   Sweet! Researchers create powerful batteries that run on sugar Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a battery that runs on sugar and could one day replace traditional batteries with ones that are cheaper, refillable and biodegradable. Read More   Google Glass now available with designer frames, prescription lenses Google Glass is now compatible with prescription lenses thanks to a set of four titanium frames designed to carry the company's Internet-enabled wearable computer. Read More   Richi Jennings: Tom Perkins 'regrets' his Godwinesque Nazi downfall As you may recall, at the weekend, the 82-year-old ex-VC Tom Perkins added insult to literal injury with his odious "Kristallnacht" reference. Now he's apologizing for it, but not for his underlying thesis. Was this really the best way to get people to stop smashing the windows of Google and Apple employee buses? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers affect Godwin. Read More
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