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	Microsoft claims 200M Windows 8 licenses sold, but how many are in use? Microsoft last week said that it had sold 200 million licenses of Windows 8 since the operating system launched more than 15 months ago. But how many copies are actually being used? Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM A Practical Guide to a Successful Cloud Strategy Read the executive brief for usable advice on selecting the right cloud computing vendor to maximize your chance for success—one that allows you to build on your cloud strategy as your company grows. Learn More In this Issue Half of Americans want to live in a smart city with driverless cars Apple gets a patent for health-monitoring ear buds Samsung and Nokia in the spotlight at Mobile World Congress Intel stresses in-memory computing with 15-core server chip Apple takes top spot in brand value computation Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: You can keep using XP for another year, but do you really want to? Microsoft pushes ahead with Skype-Lync integration Jonny Evans: Apple values your privacy, ads firms complain Microsoft marshals marketing, service, social for Dynamics CRM IBM and AT&T join forces on 'Internet of things' systems Evan Schuman: Your data exposed -- Delta, Facebook, others latest to fall into mobile app trap RSA video preview: Machine-learning analytics and cloud encryption JR Raphael: Surprise! The Android upgrade challenge has been answered Jonny Evans: Has Samsung stalled? Preston Gralla: Office to be released for the iPad before Windows tablets? What gives, Microsoft? Darlene Storm: Don't look now but the LED light fixtures are spying on you RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: OutSystems Complex Processes Consolidated in Unified App: A Case Study Is delivering enterprise web and mobile apps fast something your IT organization is looking to do? Learn how one company rapidly built and delivered an innovative application to manage its complex operational processes. In just five months, Charles River Labs transformed its business and revolutionized an industry using the OutSystems Platform. Get the full story here. Half of Americans want to live in a smart city with driverless cars Nearly half of all Americans are looking forward to the time when they can live in a city where all the cars are driverless. Read More   Apple gets a patent for health-monitoring ear buds Apple today has been awarded a patent for a sport motion and health monitoring system that can be attached to headphones, including ear buds, and used to monitor vital signs and even perspiration levels. Read More   Samsung and Nokia in the spotlight at Mobile World Congress The two most talked about smartphones ahead of this year's Mobile World Congress sit at opposites sides of the spectrum; the low-end Android-based Nokia X and Samsung Electronics' new flagship model, the Galaxy S5. Read More   Intel stresses in-memory computing with 15-core server chip Intel has added up to 15 cores in its latest Xeon E7 v2 family of server processors, but is stressing in-memory computing improvements with the latest chips. Read More   Apple takes top spot in brand value computation Apple was appointed the world's highest-valued brand today by Brand Finance, which said the Cupertino, Calif. company's brand is worth nearly $105 billion. Read More   Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: You can keep using XP for another year, but do you really want to?   While clinging to the 11-year-old OS after Microsoft issues its last security patch in April is defensible, the security risks are going to keep mounting. Read More   Microsoft pushes ahead with Skype-Lync integration Microsoft will demonstrate on Tuesday how Lync and Skype users will be able to communicate via video conferencing, the next stage of the integration between its enterprise unified communications server and its consumer IM and IP telephony network. Read More   Jonny Evans: Apple values your privacy, ads firms complain Apple puts your privacy way above its own short-term gain -- you can tell this is true because Ad Age today calls the firm, "slow, cocky and downright stingy" because it won't share your private information with advertisers, which kind of makes them cry. Read More   WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Networks Murphy USA Gains Application Visibility Without Agents Murphy USA has nearly 1,200 stores, and more than 700 of them share a 10Mbps VSAT link. So when something goes wrong with Murphy USA applications, it's the Network team that answers the phone. Read the case study to learn how Murphy USA was able to understand what applications were doing over the network. Learn More>> Microsoft marshals marketing, service, social for Dynamics CRM Microsoft is about to make a fresh run at its CRM rival Salesforce.com with new capabilities for marketing automation, customer support and social media monitoring. Read More   IBM and AT&T join forces on 'Internet of things' systems AT&T and IBM will start jointly offering services designed to help municipalities, utility companies and other organizations use "Internet of things" technologies to better manage their infrastructure. Read More   Evan Schuman: Your data exposed -- Delta, Facebook, others latest to fall into mobile app trap   Match.com and eHarmony also among those now saying, 'We didn't know our mobile apps did that.' Read More   RSA video preview: Machine-learning analytics and cloud encryption Keith Shaw chats with Kevin Conklin from Prelert and Elad Yoran from Vaultive about some security trends expected at the 2014 RSA Conference in San Francisco. Read More   JR Raphael: Surprise! The Android upgrade challenge has been answered Last Thursday, I called on Android manufacturers to promise a full two years of upgrades for their flagship phones. Then a crazy thing happened. Read More   Jonny Evans: Has Samsung stalled? The smartphone giant's troubles are deeper than its big drop in quarterly profits. Read More   Preston Gralla: Office to be released for the iPad before Windows tablets? What gives, Microsoft? The on-again, off-again love affair between Office and the iPad continues: The latest rumors say that Office will arrive on the iPad even before it comes to Windows tablets. No matter the truth of things, Microsoft needs to make clear its Office strategy, or else it will give up ground to competitors. Read More   Darlene Storm: Don't look now but the LED light fixtures are spying on you If you feel like you're being watched at Terminal B in the Newark Liberty International Airport, then that's real and not paranoia. It's not the TSA this time, but covert airport surveillance via LED light fixtures capable of taking video, identifying suspicious activity, as well as collecting and data-mining mountains of data about 'ordinary citizens.' Read More
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