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	Microsoft sketches out final Windows XP security updates for next week Microsoft today said it will ship four security updates to customers next week that will include the final public fixes for flaws in Windows XP and Office 2003, both slated for retirement from security support on Tuesday. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis The Dell PowerEdge M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure is built from the ground up to combat data center sprawl and IT complexity and delivers one of the most flexible and manageable blade server implementations on the market. View Now In this Issue Controversial Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich resigns 3D printing heads toward mass production Microsoft teases touch-first Office for Windows Apple slates WWDC for June 2-6, sets up ticket lottery USAID defends its Twitter-like service in Cuba Financial firms and social media remain top Phishing targets Scientists battle cancer with nanoballoons and lasers Users face serious threat as hackers take aim at routers, embedded devices Career advice: Learn from your mistakes Public Wi-Fi speeds to get a boost from Qualcomm's new antenna technology LTE smartphone specs shootout: Nokia Lumia 635 vs. EE Kestrel Bitcoin crackdown halts bank transfers for two exchanges JR Raphael: Attention, Android manufacturers: Bigger isn't always better Jonny Evans: WWDC 2014: Apple's return to glory? Preston Gralla: Can free Windows forever save Microsoft? WEBCAST: Druva Druva inSync: Endpoint Data Protection & Governance 75% of today's workforce is mobile, so you now need to think about protecting corporate data on laptops and mobile devices. Druva inSync's integrated solution enables you to effectively protect and govern this endpoint data. Watch Now! Controversial Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich resigns CEO of Mozilla for less than two weeks, Brendan Eich stepped down today. Read More   3D printing heads toward mass production 3D printer makers are working with technology giants such as Google to speed up the printing process for mass production. NASA is using 3D printing for rapid prototyping of spacecraft parts. Read More   Microsoft teases touch-first Office for Windows Microsoft teased a touch-first Office for Windows 8.1, but contrary to many experts' expectations, previewed only one app and declined to define a release window. Read More   Apple slates WWDC for June 2-6, sets up ticket lottery   Apple today announced that its annual developers conference will run June 2-6, and that it's copying Google's method of assigning tickets through a random drawing. Read More   USAID defends its Twitter-like service in Cuba The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday defended its work in setting up a Twitter-like service in Cuba to promote democracy in the communist country. Read More   Financial firms and social media remain top Phishing targets Kaspersky Labs says that nearly 30 percent of all Phishing attacks last year targeted financial institutions, second only to social networking Phishing attack campaigns, which accounted for nearly 36 percent of all attacks of this type. Read More   Scientists battle cancer with nanoballoons and lasers Scientists are working with nanoballoons that are popped by lasers to target chemotherapy treatments directly at cancerous tumors. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW Are You Prepared for a Software Audit? Just the word "audit" is enough to make anyone shiver, and when it comes to a software audit, the reaction is no different. A software publisher can exercise its rights to conduct a software audit to check that a customer is using its products in accordance with the End User License Agreement (EULA). View Now Users face serious threat as hackers take aim at routers, embedded devices Home routers and other consumer embedded devices are plagued by basic vulnerabilities and can't be easily secured by non-technical users, which means they'll likely continue to be targeted in what has already become an increasing trend of mass attacks. Read More   Career advice: Learn from your mistakes Premier 100 IT Leader Doris Peek also answers questions on the value of education and of learning about the business. Read More   Public Wi-Fi speeds to get a boost from Qualcomm's new antenna technology Qualcomm has chipsets on the way that use new antenna technology to boost Wi-Fi download speeds in crowded spaces where lots of people are competing for bandwidth. Read More   LTE smartphone specs shootout: Nokia Lumia 635 vs. EE Kestrel The options are increasing for people who want an LTE smartphone, but don't want to spend a fortune or sign an expensive contract. Two new alternatives that won't drain wallets are Nokia's Lumia 635 and the Huawei-made Kestrel. Read More   Bitcoin crackdown halts bank transfers for two exchanges   China may be tightening the noose around Bitcoin: two exchanges dealing in the virtual currency have been forced to suspend bank transfers from customers depositing yuan to buy bitcoins. Read More   JR Raphael: Attention, Android manufacturers: Bigger isn't always better Every new phone doesn't have to be bigger to be better -- and sometimes, bumping up the size can actually be a bad thing. Read More   Jonny Evans: WWDC 2014: Apple's return to glory? Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) begins June 2 in San Francisco; the company says -- will the event mark a return to industry leadership? Read More   Preston Gralla: Can free Windows forever save Microsoft? Yesterday's announcement that Windows Phone and Windows for small tablets will be free for device makers was an admission from Microsoft that its mobile strategy has failed. Will it help save the company in mobile, or is it too little, too late? Read More
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