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	Government open data proves a treasure trove for savvy businesses Ever since President Obama signed the Open Data Executive Order, government agencies have been making their vast data stores available to the public. These once-secret data sets are proving a valuable business resource, too. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Winning the Paper Wars In this report, AIIM looks at the reasons for this poor progress, measure the adoption of digital mailrooms, chart the progress of mobile capture, and show which paper-free processes are the most effective. 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Read More After 30 years, HP brings multifunction inkjet printing to the office Hewlett-Packard shipped its first inkjet printer in 1984, but waited 30 years to release a multifunction inkjet printer for general office printing in enterprises. Read More NSA hacked into servers at Huawei The National Security Agency hacked into Huawei Technologies servers, spied on communications of company executives and collected information to plant so-called backdoors on equipment from the Chinese networking manufacturer, according to reports published over the weekend. Read More Small bitcoin exchange, Vircurex, teeters after large withdrawals A small bitcoin exchange in Beijing is in trouble again after trying to earn back funds lost in two hacking incidents last year. Read More Newest bug bounty touts $10K rewards, appeals for help in finding Flash flaws A new entry in the cash-for-bugs business, the Internet Bug Bounty, recently paid out its first $10,000 rewards. Read More 15 mysteries about the Moto 360 smartwatch We've seen pictures and videos of Motorola's round smartwatch. But the most important facts are still unknown, and Mike Elgan has a lot of questions. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Exploring Business and IT Friction: Myths and Realities IT Organizations with passion for and actions around customer experience will lead the Service Revolution. Learn More>> Learn More Security Manager's Journal: Stopping vendors from making us a Target The data breach suffered by Target could make it easier for our manager to make some needed changes in his company's vendor management processes. Read More The Grill: Rotary CIO Peter Markos is working to measure the global impact of the nonprofit's giving Peter Markos, CIO and general manager for Rotary International, contends with challenges ranging from authenticating a constantly changing list of users who need to access Rotary's systems to enabling applications that work for a vastly diverse membership. Read More Career Watch: The rise of people architecture In managing human resources, people architecture is gaining popularity, says IT workforce analyst David Foote. He explains what it is and why it's on the rise. Read More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Who needs operating systems anymore? Not you. OSs will still matter to developers and engineers, but ordinary users are going to be more and more in the cloud, where their OS doesn't matter at all. Read More Lucas Mearian: Why the Government Shouldn't Protect Big Business The assault on Tesla by state governments is weakening our free enterprise system and ultimately robbing you of choice while providing politicians with incentives to make decisions based on campaign contributions. Read More Internet giants can access your data, too Security protections have been tightened at many of the major online services, as companies like Google and Microsoft pledge to protect their users against unwanted prying eyes. While many people fret about unwarranted government access to their data, the Internet firms themselves play by their own set of rules. Read More Swiss Army smartphone: 9 tools your phone can replace With the right apps, cases and add-ons, your smartphone can tackle a wide and wacky range of tasks. Read More Richi Jennings: Apple trolls net-neutrality fans, waves cash at Comcast Apple and Comcast are in talks to get around network-neutrality rules, it's said. 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