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	Smart cities are here today -- and getting smarter Smart cities aren't the stuff of science fiction. Governments -- in the heartland and on both coasts -- are using sensors, social media, big data and other technologies to provide better services to citizens. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation   The MDM advantage: Creating insight from big data To help enterprises create trusted insight as the volume, velocity and variety of data continue to explode, IBM offers several solutions designed to help organizations uncover previously unavailable insights and use them to support and inform decisions across the business. View Now In this Issue 8 iPad apps that are complex, powerful and advanced Verizon reboots its home monitoring service Technology plays greater role in relationships Bitcoin exchanges hit by DDoS attacks Apple's iPhone shipments strong in China, but can't catch Xiaomi HP says security updates will remain free Mayer says Yahoo investing in search through acquisitions Klout may be acquired by marketing firm for $100M Marian Cook: How to better communicate with business Review: 4 NAS appliances deliver big storage cheap ICANN's cozy relationship with the US must end, says EU Richi Jennings: NTP reflection: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the DDoS'iest of them all? 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 8 iPad apps that are complex, powerful and advanced The iPad isn't known as a high-end computing device, but these apps prove otherwise. Here's a look at eight robust apps with uses as varied as home security, computer-assisted design and stock trading. Read More   Verizon reboots its home monitoring service Two years after launching its smart home remote monitoring service amid fanfare, Verizon Communications stopped offering the service to new customers. It plans a reboot later this year. Read More   Technology plays greater role in relationships Technology is becoming a major player in romantic relationships, according to a report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Read More   Bitcoin exchanges hit by DDoS attacks The problems plaguing Bitcoin worsened Tuesday as online attacks on the digital currency's software affected two more exchanges. Read More   Apple's iPhone shipments strong in China, but can't catch Xiaomi Apple's iPhone shipments to China hit a record in the fourth quarter, but the company was pushed out of the top five smartphone makers in the country by strong demand for phones from local vendor Xiaomi. Read More   HP says security updates will remain free   Hewlett-Packard said security and safety updates will be provided to all its server users after a controversy surrounding the company's decision to restrict access to firmware updates to server customers on warranty or covered by a support agreement. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Secrets to Corporate Communications Success Learn how other companies are successfully creating advocates out of their employees and help them to better understand their corporation's key messages through the use of new and exciting technologies. Learn More Mayer says Yahoo investing in search through acquisitions If you think Yahoo has given up on search, think again. The company may have handed its back-end search operations to Microsoft, but CEO Marissa Mayer said there's work to be done on mobile devices, particularly around contextual search. Read More   Klout may be acquired by marketing firm for $100M Klout, a website that provides social media users with a measure of their "influence," is close to being acquired by a social marketing company for $100 million, according to published reports. Read More   Marian Cook: How to better communicate with business A new year is an opportunity to reflect. For me, how IT positions itself within the business is top of mind. How are we communicating our value to the rest of the organization? While we'll always have to address delivery challenges, IT won't be considered partners and peers with business if we focus our dialog solely on tactical issues or technical difficulties. Read More   Review: 4 NAS appliances deliver big storage cheap 12-bay rack-mount systems from QNAP, Netgear, Lenovo, EMC and Infortrend combine huge storage capacities, business-grade features, smooth setup and easy administration. Read More   ICANN's cozy relationship with the US must end, says EU The exclusive relationship of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) with the U.S. must end, said the European Union's digital agenda chief on Wednesday. Read More   Richi Jennings: NTP reflection: Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the DDoS'iest of them all? In an "ugly" turn of events, a vulnerability in many NTP servers helps hackers deny service to others. Using a reflection attack, they managed to create 400 Gbps of traffic to a single CloudFlare IP address. Presumably while cackling, "Amplify THIS!" Do you run an NTP server? Have you made sure it's not vulnerable? Read More
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