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	Computer geeks as loners? Data says otherwise We look at Census data to find that the can't-even-get-a-date stereotype of techies is a somewhat of a myth. But there's also another side to the statistics. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference + Expo Lead the consumerization culture shift Consumer technologies are changing business in fundamental ways. Learn how to lead the culture shift in your enterprise at the third annual Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) April 27–29 in San Francisco. Learn more In this Issue Microsoft hedges on Office for iPad, cites 'thoughtful' decisions Rakuten to buy Internet messaging app Viber for $900 million Hackers circulate thousands of FTP credentials; New York Times among those hit Attack on US veterans website may have been aimed at military members Comcast-Time Warner deal may impact broadband customers Staff at recruitment tool firm Distill join Yahoo Facebook offers more ways to express gender beyond 'male' and 'female' Many big names working on head-mounted gear, Glass display maker says Phil Schiller up again in next round of Apple-Samsung battle AMD's ARM chips not yet HSA compliant, but support is coming Richi Jennings: Google Chrome V8 gets faster (with this one weird trick) 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 Microsoft hedges on Office for iPad, cites 'thoughtful' decisions "Thoughtful" was the watchword for Tami Reller, Microsoft's chief of marketing, when she was asked how the company plans to extend its lucrative Office franchise to mobile platforms other than Windows. Read More   Rakuten to buy Internet messaging app Viber for $900 million Japan's Rakuten will acquire instant messaging and calling app developer Viber Media for $900 million, the e-commerce giant said Friday, highlighting its moves to penetrate new markets. Read More   Hackers circulate thousands of FTP credentials; New York Times among those hit Hackers are circulating credentials for thousands of FTP sites and appear to have compromised file transfer servers at The New York Times and other organizations, according to a security expert. Read More   Attack on US veterans website may have been aimed at military members A cyberattack against the Veteran of Foreign Wars website, believed to have been initiated in China, may have sought to spy on U.S. military members, security company FireEye said. Read More   Comcast-Time Warner deal may impact broadband customers Comcast's proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable is partly a grab for negotiating power in the fast-changing video content business, but it might affect broadband users, too. 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 Staff at recruitment tool firm Distill join Yahoo The team at Distill, the developer of a collaborative video interview platform, is joining Yahoo, adding to the number of engineers and other staff from startups that have joined the Internet company. Read More   Facebook offers more ways to express gender beyond 'male' and 'female' Facebook, in a move that acknowledges the social issues around gender identity, updated its site to give users more ways to express their gender. Read More   Many big names working on head-mounted gear, Glass display maker says The Taiwanese company that makes the display used in Google's Glass head-mounted display says it's working with multiple big-name electronics companies on head-mounted gadget products. Read More   Phil Schiller up again in next round of Apple-Samsung battle Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller is among the witnesses that lawyers for Samsung plan to call when the two companies return to court in California in late March. Read More   AMD's ARM chips not yet HSA compliant, but support is coming Advanced Micro Devices' first ARM chips code-named Seattle will not initially be compliant with specifications from the HSA Foundation, which can boost overall system performance, but support will be added in future generations of the server chips. Read More   Richi Jennings: Google Chrome V8 gets faster (with this one weird trick) Google's putting Chrome's bloat on a diet. Its "V8" JavaScript compiler is now cleverer than ever, claim company devs. By rearranging how it does on-the-fly JavaScript optimization, it's recorded performance increases of up to 27%. Which is nothing to be sniffed at. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers explain the inexplicable. Read More
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