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	The paranoid's survival guide, part 1: How to protect your personal data We've rounded up a bunch of experts' tips about how to retain your privacy -- as much as possible, anyway -- and how to surf the Web silently, among other things. 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 Users refuse to chuck XP as Windows 8 uptake flattens Microsoft misjudges customer loyalty with kill-XP plea Secure smartphones are nice, but not enough Apple, automakers to roll out hands-free iPhone controls Windows XP will still get security support in China Fujitsu may add palm scanners to smartphones Sears finds no evidence of data breach -- yet AT&T eyes Florida, Alabama for shift away from traditional phone service Richi Jennings: Microsoft taking chance on free Windows 8.1 giveaway? Michael Svilar: The Internet of Things and real-time analytics Richi Jennings: Two Microsoft execs fade away: Reller and Bates are out WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn The Rising Financial Impact of Customer Service This document will highlight the financial link between better customer service and increased company profitability. Learn More. Learn More Users refuse to chuck XP as Windows 8 uptake flattens   For the second month in a row, Windows XP and Windows 8 defied their maker's wishes, as XP gained user share, and Windows 8, the OS Microsoft hopes will fuel sales of new devices, flatlined in February. Read More   Microsoft misjudges customer loyalty with kill-XP plea Microsoft grossly overestimated the loyalty of those it thought were its most steadfast customers when it asked them to help get friends and family members to dump Windows XP, a corporate communications expert said. Read More   Secure smartphones are nice, but not enough In the past week, two new ultra secure smartphones have been in the news. One is called the Blackphone. The other is called the Black phone. The difference in their names is a space. Here's what we know about the two most secure smartphones ever created. Read More   Apple, automakers to roll out hands-free iPhone controls Apple has teamed with car manufacturers to let drivers use their iPhones to make calls, access music, get directions and send and receive messages with a touch or a voice command using a car's display and controls. Read More   Windows XP will still get security support in China   Microsoft is making a special exception in the way it retires Windows XP in China, and will continue offering security support for the OS to users in the nation. Read More   WHITE PAPER: VCE Rompetrol Case Study After a successful acquisition and growth phase, Rompetrol turned its energy into improving global operations by consolidating IT operations and launching a series of IT initiatives including an SAP rollout and a move toward private cloud. Learn More Fujitsu may add palm scanners to smartphones Fujitsu may incorporate its palm scanners in smartphones as a means of verifying a user's identity. Read More   Sears finds no evidence of data breach -- yet Sears Holdings said a review of its systems does not show evidence yet of a data breach as retailers continue to stay on guard in the light of payment card terminal hacking at Target and Neiman Marcus. Read More   AT&T eyes Florida, Alabama for shift away from traditional phone service A rural Alabama town and a suburban area of Florida may be on the cutting edge of a historic shift away from traditional circuit-switched phone service, if AT&T wins approval to run trials in those areas. Read More   Richi Jennings: Microsoft taking chance on free Windows 8.1 giveaway? Pass, go, or collect? This is not a Nigerian "419" scam, a method to earn millions browsing the web from home, or an attempt to sell a bridge in Brooklyn. However, some bloggers are having a hard time believing rumors that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will soon give Windows 8.1 away for free. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are skeptically optimistic and optimistically skeptical. Read More   Michael Svilar: The Internet of Things and real-time analytics Joseph Schumpeter, one of my favorite economists, coined the term "creative destruction" to describe the way in which innovation disrupts how things are done, and in the process, gives rise to new companies and new ways of operating. What's been called the Internet of Things -- the rapidly proliferating connection of all devices, sensors, machines and people -- is set to create disruption on a huge scale. This ups the ante significantly for analytics and real-time computing. Read More   Richi Jennings: Two Microsoft execs fade away: Reller and Bates are out   Tami and Tony taken out behind the barn. Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) new CEO is doing some spring-cleaning. Looks like Tami Reller's getting the blame for Windows 8, and there's simply no reason to keep Tony Bates hanging around like the metaphorical bad smell. In other news, Scrooled-meister Mark Penn is getting a promotion. Oh brother. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers eyeroll until their extraocular muscles scream for mercy. Not to mention: MC Chris crosses the nerdcore streams, in tribute to Harold Ramis... Read More
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