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	Microsoft completes $7.2B acquisition of Nokia Microsoft today officially closed its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's handset business, welcoming approximately 30,000 new employees to its rolls. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Deliver Better Service and Support, More Efficiently People and businesses can do amazing things when technology runs at its best. Changing requirements and expectations have placed new demands on IT; now it's time for a new approach to service and support. Learn More In this Issue Wi-Fi hotspot grab coming to a city near you Big data key to bringing hyperlocal weather forecasts to Georgia farmers This 3D printer technology can print a game controller, electronics and all Kenneth van Wyk: Looking beyond Heartbleed Cloud-savvy Bluetooth 4.1 to reach devices by year end Here's what Microsoft needs to do to boost Windows Phone Smartphone lull a golden opportunity for Microsoft Game consoles help AMD's x86 processor gain market share Unruffled by surveillance language, US praises NETmundial conference Preston Gralla: Microsoft's vision for the future: All Office, all the time Patrick Thibodeau: An IT worker writes: 'Emotionally, we are broken' WHITE PAPER: Workday Inc. The Big Data Opportunity for HR and Finance Managing HR and financial information in the modern business requires efficient business practices and technology. If CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and CHROs want to drive their businesses forward, they will need to quickly recognize the enormous value of big data for HR and finance and start investing in it accordingly. Learn more >> Wi-Fi hotspot grab coming to a city near you A mega-battle is brewing between corporate giants such as AT&T, Google and Time Warner Cable to build Wi-Fi hotspots in U.S. cities connected to massive gigabit fiber-optic or fast networks of cable providers. Read More Big data key to bringing hyperlocal weather forecasts to Georgia farmers Farmers in southwest Georgia's Flint River Valley could one day get accurate, hyperlocal weather forecasts just for their individual farms up to three days in advance. Read More This 3D printer technology can print a game controller, electronics and all A group of Stanford University graduate students have created an 3D printer attachment that lays down functioning circuitry right alongside the thermoplastic extruder head of an existing machine, enabling it to make functioning electronic prototypes. Read More Kenneth van Wyk: Looking beyond Heartbleed We can do things now to make things a little easier should we face another widespread security defect in code like OpenSSL. Read More Cloud-savvy Bluetooth 4.1 to reach devices by year end Bluetooth 4.1, due out by the end of the year, will directly connect devices to cloud services. Read More WHITE PAPER: Unisys Keeping UP with Mobile Trendsetters Is your organization making the most of mobile? In this IDG Research Services study, we take a global look at adoption trends, examining how and why some companies are pulling ahead of the mobile curve. We offer the best practices and prescriptive advice that you can put to work today—for a more mobile tomorrow Learn more Here's what Microsoft needs to do to boost Windows Phone Now that Microsoft has finally closed its acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business the company needs to accelerate efforts to attract more developers, help cut the cost of smartphones running Windows Phone and make sure its new employees feel welcome. Read More Smartphone lull a golden opportunity for Microsoft Critics have derided Microsoft's $7.5 billion acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services business but the deal may be closing at the perfect moment -- during a slowdown in smartphone innovation. Read More Game consoles help AMD's x86 processor gain market share Game consoles helped Advanced Micro Devices pick up market share in x86 processors during the first quarter of this year, while rival Intel's share dipped slightly. Read More Unruffled by surveillance language, US praises NETmundial conference U.S. officials applauded the outcome of this week's NETmundial conference on Internet governance while downplaying its strong language on surveillance and disagreements on net neutrality. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft's vision for the future: All Office, all the time Microsoft's earning report yesterday made one thing perfectly clear: From now on, it's all Office, all the time. And that's a good thing. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: An IT worker writes: 'Emotionally, we are broken' Training your replacement must take enormous inner reverse. Read More
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