Beach reads for techies 2014

	China has the fastest supercomputer, but the U.S. still rules | Windows 8 uptake sags, flirts with flop
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	Beach reads for techies 2014 IT pros share their reading plans for the summer and recommend their all-time favorite books for technologists. Read More   RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Akamai Technologies, Inc. How to avoid Application Delivery Controller Sprawl Today's workforce is dispersed and uses multiple devices to stay productive. It's up to enterprises to ensure their business critical applications are delivered quickly, reliably, and securely. Enterprises are looking beyond traditional approaches to application delivery, relying more on cloud-based services which put applications closer to users. Download the Neovise Respective Report today and learn: How the Internet is taking a greater role in the delivery of applications/service, and Akamai solutions which address performance, reliability, and security concerns. In this Issue China has the fastest supercomputer, but the U.S. still rules Windows 8 uptake sags, flirts with flop Hackers hit more businesses through remote access accounts Critics blast Microsoft's takedown of No-IP domains Tech breakthroughs may mean 'digital everything' by 2025 Brain-decoding chip, algorithms give quadriplegic movement again Oracle selling $10B in bonds, giving hint to buying spree FBI, CIA can query US communications collected by NSA OpenSSL Project publishes roadmap to counter criticism Microsoft admits technical error in IP takeover, but No-IP still down Microsoft legal action cramping other hacking campaigns, Kaspersky says EFF sues the NSA to disclose use of software security flaws FTC: T-Mobile made hundreds of millions from unwanted SMS features Jonny Evans: Apple HealthKit: 5 iOS wearables for sporty types Richi Jennings: FTC bogus billing accusation: Is T-Mobile now the un-un-carrier? WHITE PAPER: SAS Data Viz: 7 Considerations for Visualization Deployment Rising data volumes, increasing data complexity, and the availability of new data sources can make it seem hard to find and disseminate important information. Read this white paper to learn more about some ideas you should consider before visualization deployment. Read more China has the fastest supercomputer, but the U.S. still rules China continues to hold the top spot in the Top 500 supercomputer list, but the U.S. still dominates, with 90% of the systems on the list made by U.S. vendors. Read More   Windows 8 uptake sags, flirts with flop Windows 8's uptake stumbled last month, and the perception-plagued operating system flirted with falling behind the tempo of the Windows Vista flop of seven years ago. Read More   Hackers hit more businesses through remote access accounts Hackers recently broke into payment systems at several northwestern U.S. restaurants and food service firms via a remote access account belonging to one of their vendors, another example of the need for companies to monitor third-party access to their networks. Read More   Critics blast Microsoft's takedown of No-IP domains   Microsoft's tactics in using a court order to seize nearly two-dozen No-IP.com domains it said were used to distribute Windows malware tools were called ham-handed by several critics. Read More   Tech breakthroughs may mean 'digital everything' by 2025 Forget carrying a smartphone in your pocket. In about 10 years, we're likely to have digitally connected cars, smart homes, as well as refrigerators and dishwashers that can think for themselves. Read More   Brain-decoding chip, algorithms give quadriplegic movement again Thanks to a computer chip, algorithms and nearly 10 years of research, a 23-year-old quadriplegic moved his fingers and hand with the power of his own thoughts. Read More   Oracle selling $10B in bonds, giving hint to buying spree Oracle is selling $10 billion in bonds, in a move that could signal the vendor is planning to ramp up its already steady pace of acquisitions. Read More   WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation   Why Customers Deploy a Flash 1st Strategy on EMC VNX Storage Read why with a FLASH 1st strategy, customers don't need to compromise between performance and TCO. Learn More FBI, CIA can query US communications collected by NSA   The FBI and CIA can query the content of U.S. residents' electronic communications that the National Security Agency inadvertently collects when targeting foreign terrorism suspects, an intelligence official said. Read More   OpenSSL Project publishes roadmap to counter criticism The OpenSSL Project is planning a number of changes to ensure its security component, used across millions of computers across the Internet, is in tip-top shape. Read More   Microsoft admits technical error in IP takeover, but No-IP still down Microsoft admitted Tuesday it made a technical error after it commandeered part of an Internet service's network in order to shut down a botnet, but the Nevada-based company says its services are still down. Read More   Microsoft legal action cramping other hacking campaigns, Kaspersky says Microsoft's seizure of domains from a DNS service provider has also disrupted some state-sponsored cyberespionage campaigns, according to security vendor Kaspersky Lab. Read More   EFF sues the NSA to disclose use of software security flaws The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a prominent digital privacy rights group, has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. National Security Agency to get it to specify the extent to which it might exploit software security flaws. Read More   FTC: T-Mobile made hundreds of millions from unwanted SMS features T-Mobile USA made hundreds of millions of dollars by charging customers for purported "premium" SMS subscriptions that, in many cases, they never ordered, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission says. Read More   Jonny Evans: Apple HealthKit: 5 iOS wearables for sporty types Make no mistake, health and wearable devices are utterly transforming sports -- I've put together five solutions that suggest just how important Apple's HealthKit is going to become. Read More   Richi Jennings: FTC bogus billing accusation: Is T-Mobile now the un-un-carrier? John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile USA (NYSE: TMUS) has a legendary knack for publicity stunts. His antics include Twitter-bashing Amazon drones -- a bashing virtually everyone enjoyed. Now, thanks to the FTC, T-Mobile is now experiencing the kind of publicity it doesn't want: Accusations of fraudulent billing with a lawsuit thrown-in for good measure. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers pour over last month's phone bill. Read More
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