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	What you need to do about Heartbleed The Heartbleed bug is big trouble and it's affected about two-thirds of the world's websites. That means virtually everyone should be taking steps to protect themselves, starting first by updating passwords for important online sites. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Medhost Leverage a Patient Portal to Craft a Healthcare Community You probably have several goals for your patient portal of choice. Is "community" one of them? With a bevy of vendors offering portal solutions, it can be challenging for a hospital to know where to start. Fortunately, YourCareCommunity helps ease the decision-making process. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft drags customers 'kicking and screaming' into its world of faster updates H-1B applications surge to 172,500, twice the cap Windows 8.1 Update deep-dive review: An OS that makes more sense FTC can sue companies hit with data breaches, court says BlackBerry looks anew at the enterprise to lure back customers U.S. plan to end ICANN oversight jeopardizes Internet freedom Marketers are losing faith in Facebook BlackBerry 10 OS update fixes remote code execution flaw Preston Gralla: Google to business XP users: We'll give you $100 to buy a Chromebook Greg Lambert: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2014: The final call for XP updates Jonny Evans: Smartphone makers: If you don't make iPhones or Samsung you may as well quit JR Raphael: Galaxy S5 vs. HTC One (M8): Camera shootout! Gallery for Galaxy S5 vs. HTC One (M8): Camera shootout! : VCE Rompetrol Case Study After a successful acquisition and growth phase, Rompetrol turned its energy into improving global operations by consolidating IT operations and launching a series of IT initiatives including an SAP rollout and a move toward private cloud. Learn More Microsoft drags customers 'kicking and screaming' into its world of faster updates Microsoft's demand that Windows 8.1 users install this week's major update was another signal that the company is very serious about forcing customers to adopt its faster release strategy, experts said today. Read More   H-1B applications surge to 172,500, twice the cap The U.S. received twice as many H-1B visa petitions as it can give out under its 85,000 visa cap, and is thus distributing the visas via lottery. Read More   Windows 8.1 Update deep-dive review: An OS that makes more sense In Windows 8.1 Update, Microsoft may be finally getting it right: The latest version of its operating system finally bridges the gap between touch and traditional computing. Read More   FTC can sue companies hit with data breaches, court says   A federal court in New Jersey this week affirmed the Federal Trade Commission's contention that it can sue companies on charges related to data breaches, a major victory for the agency. Read More   BlackBerry looks anew at the enterprise to lure back customers BlackBerry is not going to bail out of the handset business, but needs to return to its enterprise roots to reverse its slide, according to CEO John Chen. Read More   U.S. plan to end ICANN oversight jeopardizes Internet freedom The freedom and openness of the Internet are at stake after the U.S. government announced plans to end its contractual oversight of ICANN, some critics said Thursday. 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 Marketers are losing faith in Facebook In space, they say, no one can hear you scream. Some marketers feel the same way about Facebook. Read More   BlackBerry 10 OS update fixes remote code execution flaw   BlackBerry released a security update for its BlackBerry 10 OS to address a critical vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected devices. Read More   Preston Gralla: Google to business XP users: We'll give you $100 to buy a Chromebook Google is wasting no time luring XP business users to Chromebooks: It's offering them $100 off every Chromebook purchased through Google's Chromebooks for Business program, in addition to other financial incentives. Does Google have a chance sweeping in XP owners, or is this just a PR ploy? Read More   Greg Lambert: Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2014: The final call for XP updates Well, how do you start, with such a big ending. This Microsoft Patch Tuesday is the final set of updates and security fixes for Windows XP. Windows XP has been a tremendously successful operating system and has truly defined the desktop ecosystem for the past decade. In case you have not yet quite moved on to a later more modern operating system (Windows 7 or 8.x), Microsoft has provided this helpful set of hints and tips regarding your now unsupported favourite desktop operating system. Read More   Jonny Evans: Smartphone makers: If you don't make iPhones or Samsung you may as well quit What's bad about the Apple/Samsung market duopoly is that lack of competition in the sector inevitably weakens innovation in the space, prompting further market consolidation and ultimately limiting consumer choice. Read More   JR Raphael: Galaxy S5 vs. HTC One (M8): Camera shootout! How does Samsung's Galaxy S5 camera compare to the HTC One (M8)? Check out these side-by-side samples and see what you think. Read More   Gallery for Galaxy S5 vs. HTC One (M8): Camera shootout!   JR Raphael compares the images from a Samsung Galaxy S5 camera to an HTC One (M8) camera. Read More
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