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	U.S. government to end formal relationship with ICANN in '15 The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration will end its formal relationship with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers in late 2015, with ICANN developing a new global governance model, the agency said Friday. Read More WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Five Tips for Improving Customer Experience This paper conveys how the pressure to increase customer satisfaction metrics with less funding will increase as companies look for new ways to differentiate their services and reduce customer churn. Learn More. Learn More In this Issue California police criticized for 'stingray' cellphone trackers Microsoft dips toe in Office unbundling water Richi Jennings: NSA infects computers with malware using faked Facebook Senator's claims of CIA violating computer fraud act shaky, legal expert says WHITE PAPER: VCE The Cornerstone of New In-House IT Operation for CP Railways As part of this sweeping transformation, Canadian Pacific Railways (CP) took a fresh look at its outsourced IT and decided to bring the entire operation in-house. After evaluating various options, CP chose Vblock™ Systems from VCE to virtualize its extensive suite of business-critical SAP applications and other business solutions. Learn More California police criticized for 'stingray' cellphone trackers Law enforcement agencies in California are using devices that mimic cellular base stations to track mobile users, public records have revealed, triggering charges that the practice may be unconstitutional. Read More Microsoft dips toe in Office unbundling water Microsoft is unbundling chunks of Office, including a rumored free OneNote client for the Mac, as part of a strategy to reach customers who can't stomach the idea of paying for the full-fledged suite, or who have opted for free or inexpensive alternatives, an analyst said today. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Mobile Applications Case Study: 8 Billion Transactions a Day The story documents how the online brokerage company tradeMONSTER created a custom mobile app and the success gleaned from this initiative. Also covered are the five things to help assure solid ROI from a mobile application strategy. View Now Richi Jennings: NSA infects computers with malware using faked Facebook NSA: Riding on Facebook's horse tail. The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is once again close to denying reports that it is indiscriminately monitoring every computer on planet Earth. This time, the freshest, newest, most recent report of NSA mass-surreptitiousness (courtesy Edward Snowden -- ta) alleges the sneaky agency infects computers with malware via a fake Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) login page. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers play keep-away with the man-in-the-middle. Read More Senator's claims of CIA violating computer fraud act shaky, legal expert says Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) claim that the CIA violated provisions of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act when it accessed computers used by members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, could be hard to substantiate, according to a leading legal expert. Read More
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