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	AI gets its groove back Thanks to the advent of Big Data, new algorithms and massive, affordable computing power, artificial intelligence is now, finally, on a roll again. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   EMA's Look at BMC Remedy OnDemand Increasingly, enterprise organizations are moving to the cloud for IT Service Management (ITSM)—but is cloud delivery right for your business? Learn More In this Issue An unnecessary path to tech: A Bachelor's degree Microsoft puts the squeeze on Windows to shoehorn it into 16GB devices Heartbleed bug can expose private server encryption keys Would Amazon really make a phone? Of course Brace yourself, here comes the mobile appsplosion Apple and Samsung spar over $2.2B damages claim NSA denies it knew about Heartbleed flaw Obama backs disclosuse of most software flaws Akamai admits issuing faulty OpenSSL patch, reissues keys Facebook's government request report now includes Instagram Outreach program leaves Gnome Foundation in cash crunch Jonny Evans: Google's flat Android plan is not just about Apple Michael Horowitz: The Woops of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) raises its ugly head again Richi Jennings: Will consumers ever see a 3D Amazon phone? WHITE PAPER: Neustar Inc.   Four Ways DNS Can Accelerate Business Growth This e-book describes how DNS has developed over the years to support business growth as new needs have emerged, for example, advanced traffic management and protection from cyber threats. Learn More An unnecessary path to tech: A Bachelor's degree Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Edward Snowden all launched tech careers without four-year college degrees, and that may be true for a large percentage of techies. Read More   Microsoft puts the squeeze on Windows to shoehorn it into 16GB devices Microsoft has revealed how it will squeeze Windows 8.1 onto devices with storage space as small as 16GB to fulfill a promise earlier this year that OEMs could produce low-cost tablets and laptops. Read More   Heartbleed bug can expose private server encryption keys Four researchers working separately have demonstrated a server's private encryption key can be obtained using the Heartbleed bug, an attack thought possible but unconfirmed. Read More   Would Amazon really make a phone? Of course The idea of an Amazon smartphone, reportedly in the works for a September release, may seem far-fetched or foolhardy but isn't that big a stretch for the ambitious shopping, device and content giant. Read More   Brace yourself, here comes the mobile appsplosion Companies are engaged in a kind of arms race with competitors to see how many apps they can get everyone to use. But this aggressive push for more apps is going to end up giving users app fatigue. Read More   Apple and Samsung spar over $2.2B damages claim Apple outlined for the first time on Friday how it came up with the US$2.2 billion in damages that it wants a California jury to award it for Samsung's alleged "massive infringement" of five Apple patents. Read More   NSA denies it knew about Heartbleed flaw The U.S. National Security Agency, which has a cybersecurity mission in addition to surveillance, has disputed a report that it knew about the Heartbleed security vulnerability for at least two years before other researchers disclosed the flaw this month. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Hybrid IT—A Low-Risk Path from On-Premise to ITaaS IT as a Service (ITaaS) will transform future IT operations and service delivery. In the interim, Hybrid IT offers a rational, gradual approach in which some services move to SaaS while others remain on-premise. Learn More Obama backs disclosuse of most software flaws The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama favors disclosing to the public vulnerabilities in commercial and open source software in the national interest, unless there is a national security or law enforcement need, NSA says. Read More   Akamai admits issuing faulty OpenSSL patch, reissues keys Akamai Technologies, whose network handles up to 30% of all Internet traffic, said Sunday a researcher found a fault in custom code that the company thought shielded most of its customers from the Heartbleed bug. Read More   Facebook's government request report now includes Instagram Better think before you post that Instagram selfie -- a government could want it. Read More   Outreach program leaves Gnome Foundation in cash crunch The Gnome Foundation does not have any cash reserves as expenses on a women outreach program had to be made ahead of actually receiving payments from sponsors. Read More   Jonny Evans: Google's flat Android plan is not just about Apple   User interfaces won't be defined by what you see on the display forever, of course. Voice and gesture recognition will become part of the user interface equation -- this absolutely makes sense when the challenge of developing logical user experiences for wearable devices really takes off. Read More   Michael Horowitz: The Woops of WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) raises its ugly head again WPS is an alternate on-ramp to a Wi-Fi network. It is also a security nightmare, and it has just been extended to include NFC. No WPS for me, thank you. Read More   Richi Jennings: Will consumers ever see a 3D Amazon phone?   Amazon 3D phone: A bungle in the jungle? For more than three years, rumors of Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) smartphones have pricked up bloggy ears. Never tiring of never-ending tales of unreleased phones, bloggers have trampled through dense Amazonian foliage to return with The Legend of the 3D Smartphone. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers switch on their Nooks. Read More
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