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	Is EU's 'right to be forgotten' really the 'right to edit the truth'? With Europe's top court ordering Google to allow people to basically edit their online personal histories, some wonder what this will mean for finding the truth online. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Axeda Corporation The Business Case for Machine-to-Machine Initiatives In this white paper, Axeda presents examples of M2M value propositions and defines an ROI model for building a business case and tracking results related to M2M initiatives. This paper uses real-world customer results and a set of key metrics to help executives and managers understand the return they should expect when investing in M2M. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft to webcast next week's Surface event AT&T's $50B interest in DirecTV is just one part of an ambitious expansion License reader lawsuit can be heard, appeals court rules Apple CEO Tim Cook -- now, half-off For entry-level tech jobs, hiring managers care more about passion for IT than a diploma Evan Schuman: Killer robots? What could go wrong? Oh, yeah ... BlackBerry SDK confirms plan for new smartphone with high-resolution screen Microsoft continues RC4 encryption phase-out plan with .NET security updates Adobe patches critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and Illustrator Ira Winkler: My run-in with the Syrian Electronic Army Blink team to join Yahoo, 'self-destructing' messaging app to shut down Platfora update puts Hadoop's power in business users' hands Samsung offers apology for workers' leukemia Amazon brings cloud monitoring tool to Europe Jonny Evans: Can Angela Ahrendts save the Apple Store? Preston Gralla: Here's why Windows doesn't matter: 27 million Office for iPad downloads WHITE PAPER: IBM Cloud Computing for Midsize Business Read this paper to see what IBM discovered about how companies like yours are adopting, implementing and using cloud computing solutions. Learn about the current rate of adoption, as well as drivers, barriers, and considerations that are influencing the adoption of cloud computing. Learn More Microsoft to webcast next week's Surface event Microsoft will webcast its Surface event next Tuesday, boosting the chance that the company will reveal significant news and/or multiple products. Read More   AT&T's $50B interest in DirecTV is just one part of an ambitious expansion AT&T's apparent interest in DirecTV is only the latest move by the wireless carrier to expand into just about every wired and wireless market it can. Read More   License reader lawsuit can be heard, appeals court rules   A federal appeals court this week ruled that a woman's Fourth Amendment rights may have been violated when San Francisco police arrested her after an automated license plate reader mistakenly identified her car as stolen. Read More   Apple CEO Tim Cook -- now, half-off A lunch date with Apple CEO Tim Cook went for $330,000 yesterday in an online charity auction -- a little more than half what someone paid last year for a 30-minute coffee break with him. Read More   For entry-level tech jobs, hiring managers care more about passion for IT than a diploma Class of 2014 college graduates looking for their first IT jobs take note: your passion for and experience with technology may prove more helpful in your employment search than your diplomas. Read More   Evan Schuman: Killer robots? What could go wrong? Oh, yeah ... The UN wants to talk about killer robots as 'conventional weapons.' Someone needs to learn the IT facts of life: If something can go wrong, it will. Read More   BlackBerry SDK confirms plan for new smartphone with high-resolution screen BlackBerry is working on an unannounced smartphone that has a 4.5-inch screen with a 1440 by 1440 pixel resolution, as evidenced by the latest version of the company's software development kit (SDK). Read More   Microsoft continues RC4 encryption phase-out plan with .NET security updates Microsoft released optional security updates Tuesday for various versions of the .NET Framework that prevent the RC4 encryption algorithm from being used in TLS (Transport Layer Security) connections. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   IT Friction and Your Organization This report outlines key issues that cause friction between business users and IT. Learn More Adobe patches critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and Illustrator Adobe Systems released critical security updates for several products Tuesday in order to fix vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take remote control of systems running the vulnerable software. Read More   Ira Winkler: My run-in with the Syrian Electronic Army   In case you missed this earlier: The hacker group dedicated to supporting Syria's dictator wasted an attack vector on trying to embarrass the writer. Will the SEA's handlers in the Syrian intelligence services approve of such immaturity? Read More   Blink team to join Yahoo, 'self-destructing' messaging app to shut down The developers of Blink, a messaging app that could be programmed to destroy messages, are moving to Yahoo to work on communications products. Read More   Platfora update puts Hadoop's power in business users' hands Platfora is continuing to evolve its Hadoop-focused analytics platform with a series of features catering to various user roles, such as data scientists and business analysts. Read More   Samsung offers apology for workers' leukemia Samsung offered its "sincerest apology" for the sickness and deaths of some of its workers, vowing to compensate those affected and their families. Read More   Amazon brings cloud monitoring tool to Europe Amazon Web Services' monitoring tool CloudTrail is now available from the company's EU region in Ireland, allowing all data to remain in Europe. Read More   Jonny Evans: Can Angela Ahrendts save the Apple Store? What's clear as Apple puts together the pieces for its Next Big Thing is that with Ahrendts at the helm its retail stores will become the place to go if you want to take a look at its next industry-changing product releases. Read More   Preston Gralla: Here's why Windows doesn't matter: 27 million Office for iPad downloads Microsoft clearly made the right move when it released Office for the iPad instead of holding it as a bludgeon to get people to buy Windows tablets. That's the takeaway from Microsoft's announcement that there have been 27 million downloads of Office for the iPad since its release six weeks ago. Read More
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