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	Readers rant about IT worker who trained H1-B replacement The story of A. B. and the training of the IT worker's H-1B replacement struck a chord with Computerworld readers, who vented, argued and shared their views about the visa program and its impact on U.S. workers. This follow-up story highlights their concerns. Read More   WHITE PAPER: SAS Best Practices in Enterprise Data Governance Data governance combines the disciplines of data quality, data management, data policy management, business process management, and risk management into a methodology that ensures important data assets are formally managed throughout an enterprise. This paper discusses data governance best practices. Learn more In this Issue Hacker mines $620K in cryptocurrency under victims' noses Dems' plan would force FCC to ban Internet fast lanes Microsoft trims Surface Pro 2 prices as sales of successor loom Facebook tries to stop Snapchat drain with Slingshot Tip of the Hat: An inside look at the fall of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich NASA will use Hubble to search for targets beyond Pluto CA gets into cloud management of IT services Hackers use YouTube to sell stolen credit card numbers, group says Report: Oracle in talks to buy hospitality tech vendor Micros for more than $5 billion Unisys replacing decades-old mainframe processor with x86 chips Bart Perkins: Forget the expense -- more secure credit cards are an opportunity Amazon speeds up its cloud with SSD block storage Salesforce targets Zendesk, Freshdesk with updated Desk.com app New tech links LTE and GSM networks U.K. allows British spies to intercept Google and Facebook traffic JR Raphael: Quad HD vs. 1080p: A real-world display comparison Jonny Evans: 18 OS X Yosemite details you probably don't know WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies   Six Priorities for Unified Communications Management This white paper reviews the six top priorities for efficient and effective UC management, and presents CA Unified Communications Monitor (CA UC Monitor), the CA Technologies solution for addressing these needs. Also included is a case study illustrating the way in which CA UC Monitor has been employed within a large enterprise setting. Learn more>> Hacker mines $620K in cryptocurrency under victims' noses A German hacker generated more than $620,000 in cryptocurrency after hijacking an unknown number of network storage devices and turning them into digital slaves to mine Dogecoin, researchers said. Read More   Dems' plan would force FCC to ban Internet fast lanes Democrat lawmakers plan to keep the FCC from allowing ISPs from offering higher-bandwidth connections for some Internet traffic over others. Read More   Microsoft trims Surface Pro 2 prices as sales of successor loom Microsoft has cut prices of its almost-retired Surface Pro 2 tablet by $100 just days before the next-generation model hits retail. Read More   Facebook tries to stop Snapchat drain with Slingshot Facebook took direct aim at social competitor Snapchat with its new mobile app, Slingshot. Read More   Tip of the Hat: An inside look at the fall of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Brendan Eich's ignominious departure from Mozilla this spring wasn't, as most of us think, due only to his opposition to gay marriage. Read More   NASA will use Hubble to search for targets beyond Pluto   NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will begin searching for an object beyond Pluto that the New Horizons spacecraft can explore next summer. Read More   CA gets into cloud management of IT services CA Technologies is applying its expertise in service management to the cloud, launching a hosted offering to allow organizations manage and provision IT assets and external cloud services. Read More   Hackers use YouTube to sell stolen credit card numbers, group says YouTube has thousands of videos promoting compromised credit card numbers, with the site sometimes running advertisements for legitimate credit cards or retail outlets alongside the hacker videos, according to a new report from an online safety group. Read More   WHITE PAPER: SAS Using Casual Analysis to Optimize Marketing Strategy This case study shows how one beverage manufacturer employed a seven-step process to improve its demand forecasts and improve its marketing strategy. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Read Now Report: Oracle in talks to buy hospitality tech vendor Micros for more than $5 billion Oracle is reportedly close to buying hospitality and retail technology vendor Micros Systems for more than US$5 billion in a deal that would be its biggest since the purchase of Sun Microsystems several years ago. Read More   Unisys replacing decades-old mainframe processor with x86 chips , Read More   Bart Perkins: Forget the expense -- more secure credit cards are an opportunity Cost has kept U.S. businesses from adopting fraud-resistant credit cards, but consumer concerns about privacy could make adoption a key differentiator. Read More   Amazon speeds up its cloud with SSD block storage Amazon Web Services has launched a new general-purpose Elastic Block Store (EBS) that runs fully on SSDs, which the leading IaaS cloud vendor says will provide dramatically better performance for users compared to previous-generation spinning disk persistent storage. Read More   Salesforce targets Zendesk, Freshdesk with updated Desk.com app Salesforce.com wants to be the go-to option when small and medium-sized businesses decide they need better customer support software, with a series of updates to its Desk.com application. Read More   New tech links LTE and GSM networks In the hunt for more spectrum to speed up mobile networks, Vodafone and Huawei Technologies have successfully tested a technology that lets LTE and GSM share the same frequencies. Read More   U.K. allows British spies to intercept Google and Facebook traffic British spies are authorized to spy on British citizens' Internet communications transiting through servers outside the U.K., a civil rights group has discovered. Read More   JR Raphael: Quad HD vs. 1080p: A real-world display comparison Does Quad HD really make a noticeable difference over 1080p? A real-world test between the LG G3 and HTC One (M8). Read More   Jonny Evans: 18 OS X Yosemite details you probably don't know   Apple hasn't yet opened up public beta testing for OS X Yosemite, but fresh information about the next generation of the Mac slips out almost every day. I've gathered together a few details you probably haven't come across before. Read More
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