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	Nadella returns Microsoft to 'magic of software' roots Satya Nadella, Microsoft's new CEO, took the unexpected step Tuesday of addressing customers and partners in a 16-minute interview, where he did not stray from the messaging Microsoft has used for 20 months. 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 In this Issue Humorists strike gold with Nadella's promotion, Gates' job change Starbucks hits $1B in mobile payment revenues in 2013 Mobile data traffic is expected to explode 11-fold by 2018 Get ready to tweet your questions for Twitter's first earnings call Target and Neiman Marcus execs defend security practices Tip of the Hat: Insider CEO Nadella must take on tough task of disrupting Microsoft Flash exploit distributes credential-stealing malware Google agrees to give equal prominence to rivals' services to settle EU antitrust case Curiosity, don't get stuck! NASA rover set for dangerous trek U.K. spy agency attacked hacktivist groups Students expelled for using keyloggers to change grades Red Hat brings SOA to the cloud Storage and servers to lead 2014 IT spending boost Apple faces $2.1B patent damages claim in Germany JR Raphael: Psst: About all those Galaxy S5 rumors... Jonny Evans: An A-Z guide to OS X Mavericks (A-M) Preston Gralla: Former Microsoft exec calls new CEO Nadella a "sheep" Darlene Storm: Clueless federal government's cybersecurity is like one giant hack-me cluster flub WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp   40% Savings with Storage as a Service JSJ implemented Nasuni Storage Infrastructure as a Service to deliver local access to files, integrated, superior data protection and centralized management of data - all while driving towards a 40% reduction in file storage costs. Learn More Humorists strike gold with Nadella's promotion, Gates' job change Humorists stuck a minor gold mine yesterday when Microsoft anointed Satya Nadella, a veteran company insider, as its new CEO, proving that funny can be found in the most unlikely places. Read More   Starbucks hits $1B in mobile payment revenues in 2013 Starbucks was able to generate a staggering $1 billion in revenue from smartphone transactions used at sales terminals in its stores in 2013 largely due to the fanatical loyalty of its customers. Read More   Mobile data traffic is expected to explode 11-fold by 2018 Networking experts are running out of superlatives to describe the coming tidal wave of mobile data traffic. Read More   Get ready to tweet your questions for Twitter's first earnings call Twitter is opening up access to company executives today during the firm's first earnings calls as a public company. Read More   Target and Neiman Marcus execs defend security practices   Recent data breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus were sophisticated attacks not detected by robust cybersecurity measures, executives with the two companies told U.S. lawmakers. Read More   Tip of the Hat: Insider CEO Nadella must take on tough task of disrupting Microsoft Since reports surfaced late last week that Satya Nadella would be the third CEO in Microsoft's history, the tech world has been abuzz with speculation about the future of one of the industry's major forces. Read More   Flash exploit distributes credential-stealing malware A new exploit that prompted Adobe to release an emergency patch for Flash Player was used in targeted attacks that distributed malware designed to steal log-in credentials for email and other online services, according to Kaspersky researchers. Read More   Google agrees to give equal prominence to rivals' services to settle EU antitrust case Google has agreed to give comparable display to specialized search services that rival its own, in order to settle a European Union antitrust case, the European Commission said Wednesday. Read More   Curiosity, don't get stuck! NASA rover set for dangerous trek NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is set to take a dangerous journey this week. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks   How to Choose the Right Unified Communications Solution When it comes to unified communications, there's a lot of confusion in the marketplace. The term itself can be confusing, as are the various features within its scope—encompassing any and every aspect of the communications continuum. . Learn More U.K. spy agency attacked hacktivist groups British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters has reportedly infiltrated hacktivist groups and used denial-of-service and other techniques to disrupt their online activities. Read More   Students expelled for using keyloggers to change grades   A Newport Beach, Calif., high school expelled 11 students after uncovering a plot in which a private tutor allegedly directed them to change their grades on teachers' PCs by breaking into them using credential-stealing hardware keyloggers. Read More   Red Hat brings SOA to the cloud Rounding out its set of software for connecting enterprise applications, Red Hat has released additional software for its JBoss Fuse enterprise service bus that provides the basis for building service-oriented architectures. Read More   Storage and servers to lead 2014 IT spending boost Worldwide IT spending will grow by 4.6% this year, as enterprises look to upgrade storage, servers and networking equipment, according to market researcher IDC. Read More   Apple faces $2.1B patent damages claim in Germany German patent licensing firm IPCom has accused Apple of infringing a patent on 3G technology and wants $2.1 billion in damages, the Mannheim Regional Court said Wednesday. Read More   JR Raphael: Psst: About all those Galaxy S5 rumors... If you follow much tech news, you've probably heard pretty much everything there is to know about Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S5 phone. Or so it might seem. Read More   Jonny Evans: An A-Z guide to OS X Mavericks (A-M) There are hundreds of tweaks and tricks stashed within Apple's recently introduced OS X Mavericks operating system, what follows is part one of a partial A-Z list of some of these. Read More   Preston Gralla: Former Microsoft exec calls new CEO Nadella a "sheep" You think you've heard harsh opinions about Microsoft's naming the company's 22-year veteran Satya Nadella to be CEO? You ain't heard nothing yet. A former high-level executive has called Nadella a "sheep." And it gets worse from there. Read More   Darlene Storm: Clueless federal government's cybersecurity is like one giant hack-me cluster flub If you use 'password,' one the worst passwords, as your password, fail to keep antivirus protection updated and don't bother to deploy security patches to close critical vulnerabilities, then maybe you should consider working for the cybersecurity-clueless federal government; you'd fit right in, according to Senator Tom Coburn's cybersecurity and critical infrastructure report. Read More
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