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	Microsoft's 'go-low' play puts Windows revenue on the line Analysts were uncertain today whether the recent stretch of "go-low" moves by Microsoft means that the company has tweaked its strategy to emphasize services at the expense of devices. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Identify and Minimize Fraud Risks View this IBM webinar to learn about the challenges and opportunities in fraud reduction, waste, and abuse in government programs and agencies. You will learn how IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager (IIM) can help your organization. Learn More. In this Issue Apple patches critical 'gotofail' bug with Mavericks update Samsung beefs up Knox mobile management software Did you get the message? Facebook to shutter its email service Wearable computers could act like a sixth sense Tip of the hat: Samsung's Galaxy 5 vs. the rest of the smartphone pack Mastercard, Syniverse protect against card fraud with phone geolocation Screens grow, cameras improve and emerging markets come into focus Gmail hit by message delivery delay AMD boosts Android on Windows PCs and tablets powered by its chips Kenneth van Wyk: Apple's big fail Robert L. Mitchell: How app updates siphoned off Super Bowl bandwidth Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales stagnate -- will Android come to Microsoft's rescue? Sharon Machlis: Dataviz: Winter Olympic medal count by population and wealth JR Raphael: Galaxy S5 translation guide: A no-nonsense, hype-free look at Samsung's new phone WEBCAST: IBM Tame the data explosion with IBM Real-time Compression Learn about IBM's unique Real-time Compression technology that can enable storing up to 5x as much data in the same storage space. Learn More Apple patches critical 'gotofail' bug with Mavericks update Apple today updated OX Mavericks, plugging the embarrassing security hole the Cupertino, Calif. company left wide open in the operating system's implementation of basic Internet encryption. Read More   Samsung beefs up Knox mobile management software One day after announcing the Galaxy S5 smartphone with a security-focused fingerprint scanner, Samsung announced that second-generation Knox software for enterprise-level security and management of Samsung devices will ship sometime in the second quarter. Read More   Did you get the message? Facebook to shutter its email service Facebook will shutter its email service next month, and it's likely that not many people will even notice. Read More   Wearable computers could act like a sixth sense People will one day depend on wearable computers to monitor not just their activities but a myriad of data about their health, making the devices basically like a sixth sense. Read More   Tip of the hat: Samsung's Galaxy 5 vs. the rest of the smartphone pack Samsung on Monday added the much anticipated Galaxy S5 to its flagship line of smartphones during an event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Read More   Mastercard, Syniverse protect against card fraud with phone geolocation Mastercard and roaming infrastructure company Syniverse have come up with a way to protect credit card transactions abroad with help from a phone's location. Read More   Screens grow, cameras improve and emerging markets come into focus Phone manufacturers are once again hoping improved cameras and bigger and better screens will be enough to get users to upgrade, while at the same time increasing efforts to get consumers in emerging countries to buy their first smartphone. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Toshiba An interactive eGuide: Mobile Computing The face of mobile computing has changed significantly over the past few years with the advent of smart phones, tablets, and other mobile devices. Learn More Gmail hit by message delivery delay Delays affected the delivery of messages to Gmail users Tuesday morning, days after key Google Web apps, including Docs and Drive, were hit by a bug lasting more than five hours. Read More   AMD boosts Android on Windows PCs and tablets powered by its chips Advanced Micro Devices has optimized a version of Android for tablets and PCs containing its chips, and will sell it on new PCs through retail stores in Europe. Read More   Kenneth van Wyk: Apple's big fail It's disturbing that Apple would release an essential fix for iOS while ignoring the exact same problem in OS X. Read More   Robert L. Mitchell: How app updates siphoned off Super Bowl bandwidth It's challenging enough to provide bandwidth to more than 70,000 fans with mobile devices in an NFL stadium. But it wasn't until the Super Bowl last month that National Football League senior vice president and CIO Michelle McKenna-Doyle realized that a significant amount of available bandwidth was being wasted by the thousands of smart phones fans brought with them to the stadium. Read More   Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales stagnate -- will Android come to Microsoft's rescue? The latest sales figures for Windows Phone are all bad: Sales have stagnated across the developed world, and Microsoft is losing ground in one of the world's largest markets, China. Could this mean that Microsoft needs Nokia's new Android phones to come to the rescue? Read More   Sharon Machlis: Dataviz: Winter Olympic medal count by population and wealth Read More   JR Raphael: Galaxy S5 translation guide: A no-nonsense, hype-free look at Samsung's new phone Hype, be gone: Here's a no-nonsense translation of what Samsung's latest phone is really all about -- and what's actually significant about it from a consumer perspective. Read More
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