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	Premier 100 IT leaders reinvent themselves many times Reaching IT leader status (and staying there) requires something akin to a personal mini-revolution every two to three years, according to these 100 men and women. All have transformed their careers, and re-laid their career paths, multiple times. And they'll do it again, too. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Vormetric Deal With It: Protecting Data in the Cloud Cloud computing continues to see explosive growth. Yet for security pros,the cloud presents a huge dilemma: How to embrace cloud benefits while securing your data? Read Now. In this Issue Users mock Microsoft for asking their help on XP-to-Windows 8.1 upgrades Lessons from Nokia's bow to Android should resonate with smaller OS providers From burgers to buildings: 10 things you didn't know 3D printers could make IT pros rank University of Texas San Antonio best school for cybersecurity Google phone project could transform smartphones Poorly managed SSH keys pose serious risks for most companies Samsung launches two Tizen-based smartwatches Sony launches two new Android smartphones and the Xperia Z2 tablet Microsoft concedes Windows 8.1 needs more for mouse, keyboard customers Mozilla shows $25 Firefox OS-based smartphone running Spreadtrum chips Nokia hopes Android and Microsoft will help sell low-end smartphones Sony's $130 SmartBand to combine fitness, entertainment, life experiences Intel catches up with Apple on 64-bit smartphone chips Qualcomm overtakes Apple with eight-core, 64-bit mobile processor Apple encryption mistake puts many desktop applications at risk Netflix inks deal with Comcast to speed up streaming HP unveils first 64-bit Windows 8.1 tablets with Intel Atom IBM begins moving software portfolio to the cloud IT Blogwatch: Nokia uses F-word in Android X-citement WEBCAST: SAP SAP IT Transformation Forum On March 6, join us in an exclusive live event featuring Nolan Bushnell, a technology pioneer, entrepreneur, and scientist who's often cited as the father of the video game industry. This event will feature topics on laying the foundations for mobile, Big Data, and cloud applications that business teams require to stay competitive. Learn more Users mock Microsoft for asking their help on XP-to-Windows 8.1 upgrades Astute Windows users have pointed out the Achilles heel of Microsoft's plea for help in getting customers to dump Windows XP: The lack of a smooth upgrade path to Microsoft's newest OS, Windows 8.1. Read More   Lessons from Nokia's bow to Android should resonate with smaller OS providers Nokia's three new Android smartphones -- the X, X+ and XL -- could prove to be the biggest lesson for the smartphone industry at the 2014 Mobile World Congress. Read More   From burgers to buildings: 10 things you didn't know 3D printers could make Sure, 3D printers can make plastic cars and Lego blocks, but they can also make food, internal organs and prosthetics. Here are 10 intriguing items already being made today, or in development. Read More   IT pros rank University of Texas San Antonio best school for cybersecurity The University of Texas at San Antonio tops a somewhat unexpected list of schools that are considered by security practitioners as the best in the country for cybersecurity courses and degree programs. Read More   Google phone project could transform smartphones Google has unveiled what is almost certainly the most interesting phone of the year. It's part of Project Tango. Read More   Poorly managed SSH keys pose serious risks for most companies Many companies are dangerously exposed to threats because they don't properly manage the Secure Shell cryptographic keys used to authenticate access to critical internal systems and services. Read More   Samsung launches two Tizen-based smartwatches Samsung will soon put on sale two new smartwatches, the Gear 2 and the Gear 2 Neo, which both run its Tizen operating system instead of Android. Read More   Sony launches two new Android smartphones and the Xperia Z2 tablet Sony announced a slim, light and waterproof Android-based Xperia Z2 tablet and two new Xperia smartphones at the launch of Mobile World Congress here. Read More   Microsoft concedes Windows 8.1 needs more for mouse, keyboard customers Microsoft publicly acknowledged what leaks had shown, that the company will issue an update to Windows 8.1 this spring that provides more tools for owners of traditional PCs controlled by mouse and keyboard. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Druva 5 Things You Didn't Know About Cloud Backup IT departments are embracing cloud backup, but there's a lot you need to know before choosing a service provider. Learn all the critical things you need to know by accessing the white paper, 5 Things You Didn't Know About Cloud Backup. Read now! Mozilla shows $25 Firefox OS-based smartphone running Spreadtrum chips Mozilla and China-based chip maker Spreadtrum Sunday unveiled a chipset designed for $25 smartphones running the open source Firefox operating system. Read More   Nokia hopes Android and Microsoft will help sell low-end smartphones In a bid to go after the low-end smartphone segment, Nokia is using Android with its own user interface and Microsoft services on the X, X+ and XL devices. Read More   Sony's $130 SmartBand to combine fitness, entertainment, life experiences Sony made its mark in entertainment technology and is taking that tradition to wearables with its new SmartBand wrist-wearable device. Read More   Intel catches up with Apple on 64-bit smartphone chips Intel has finally caught up with Apple with its new 64-bit Atom chips, which should be in Android smartphones and tablets starting as early as the second quarter this year. Read More   Qualcomm overtakes Apple with eight-core, 64-bit mobile processor Qualcomm has leaped ahead of Apple in 64-bit mobile chip development with its first eight-core Snapdragon 615 chip for mobile devices, which has integrated LTE and 4K video rendering capabilities. Read More   Apple encryption mistake puts many desktop applications at risk A subtle mistake in how Apple implemented a basic encryption feature that shields data from snooping also affects many desktop applications that rely on the code, according to a noted security researcher. Read More   Netflix inks deal with Comcast to speed up streaming   Comcast and Netflix have agreed to a multiyear deal that will speed streams from the video service to Comcast's U.S. broadband customers. Read More   HP unveils first 64-bit Windows 8.1 tablets with Intel Atom After months of waiting, some of the first 64-bit tablets with Windows 8.1 and Intel's Bay Trail chips were announced by Hewlett-Packard. Read More   IBM begins moving software portfolio to the cloud Swiftly putting its recently acquired Softlayer global cloud to use, IBM is moving much of its software portfolio and all of its existing platform services to the Softlayer cloud, where they all can be accessed as services under a common open architecture. Read More   IT Blogwatch: Nokia uses F-word in Android X-citement   In Nokia's last hurrah before Microsoft takes over, it's unveiled THREE Android-based phones. At Mobile World Congress, the Nokia X series is raising eyebrows, even though it's been widely leaked for months. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers theorize and aggrandize. Read More
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