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	Microsoft slashes Windows XP custom support prices just days before axing public patches Just days before Microsoft retired Windows XP from public support, the company drastically reduced the price of custom support agreements that give large companies and government agencies another year of XP patches, experts reported today. 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. Learn More In this Issue Teardown: Galaxy S5 parts cost 21% more than for iPhone 5S Chrome users won't give up, keep pressing Google to restore old-style new tab page Connecting for Good wrestles Kansas City's digital divide ROI: The 10 computer science programs with the biggest payoff Oracle identifies products affected by Heartbleed, but work remains on fixes Net neutrality ruling complicates the U.S. transition to IP networks Google rolls out new +Post 'social' ads Lavaboom creates an encrypted webmail service that fends off snooping A simple cure for the cybersecurity skills shortage Jonny Evans: Mourning Steve Jobs, Samsung-style Preston Gralla: Intel: We're betting our tablet future on Android, not Windows Darlene Storm: Researchers spoof fingerprint, bypass Samsung Galaxy S5 security, access PayPal WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   The Future of IT: A Customer First Approach Explore how customer-first policies can make use of social, mobile and cloud technologies to give workers the freedom and flexibility they desire to drive company productivity. Learn More. Teardown: Galaxy S5 parts cost 21% more than for iPhone 5S The Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with an "astronomical" cost for materials of $251.52 for the 32 GB version, according to a teardown estimate by IHS Technology. Read More   Chrome users won't give up, keep pressing Google to restore old-style new tab page Users of Google's Chrome continue to badger the company to change the browser's new tab page, a sore spot to some for over half a year, even as the Mountain View, Calif. firm sticks to its design guns. Read More   Connecting for Good wrestles Kansas City's digital divide Google Fiber's arrival in the Kansas City, Mo. metro area prompts a groundswell of interest in connecting more homes to the Internet. Read More   ROI: The 10 computer science programs with the biggest payoff New data reveal which schools offer the best dollar-for-dollar return on your investment in a computer science degree in 2014. Read More   Oracle identifies products affected by Heartbleed, but work remains on fixes Oracle has issued a comprehensive list of its software that may or may not be affected by the OpenSSL (secure sockets layer) vulnerability known as Heartbleed, while warning that no fixes are yet available for some likely affected products. Read More   Net neutrality ruling complicates the U.S. transition to IP networks The transition from copper-based telephone systems to IP networks in the U.S. could become swept up in political fallout as the FCC figures out how to regulate such networks in ways that will appease the courts. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Select the Right Cloud-Based ITSM Solution This step-by-step guide helps CIOs select the right cloud-based ITSM platform to capitalize on today's latest innovations. Learn More Google rolls out new +Post 'social' ads Internet users may soon start to see more ads that look like posts from Google+, but without visiting the social network. Read More   Lavaboom creates an encrypted webmail service that fends off snooping A new webmail service called Lavaboom promises to provide easy-to-use email encryption without ever learning its users' private encryption keys or message contents. Read More   A simple cure for the cybersecurity skills shortage An approach that has worked for centuries in all sorts of industries is just as applicable to the security field. Read More   Jonny Evans: Mourning Steve Jobs, Samsung-style Samsung vice-chairman, Lee Jae-yong, attended the private memorial service for Steve Jobs on October 16, 2011. While he mourned, his US team schemed to capitalize on Jobs' death, which they called the "best opportunity to attack iPhone". Read More   Preston Gralla: Intel: We're betting our tablet future on Android, not Windows The unthinkable has happened: When Intel looks into its future, it sees Android, not Windows, at least as far as tablet sales go. Does this mean the end of the Microsoft-Intel Wintel alliance that once ruled the world? Read More   Darlene Storm: Researchers spoof fingerprint, bypass Samsung Galaxy S5 security, access PayPal   Well that was fast...four days after Samsung released the Galaxy S5, security researchers bypassed the fingerprint authentication, using the same fake finger as in the iPhone 5S hack, and gained access to the owner's PayPal account. Although Samsung spends about $256 per S5 build, it provides less security than Apple's $207 5S build. Read More
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