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	Richi Jennings: Google announces the date of Orkut's impending doom Orkut: Thrown to the curb. Hoping that World Cup soccer is an effective distraction, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) showed it's appreciation of all things Brazil yesterday, revealing the scheduled doom-date for its social media network Orkut. Mostly unknown in the U.S. and Europe, Orkut stands fairly popular with users in Brazil and India. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers reminisce, analyze, and draw parallels to Google Plus. Read More 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 In this Issue JR Raphael: An interesting difference between the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live Jonny Evans: Apple sticks to spirit of Steve Jobs in latest iTunes U upgrade Darlene Storm: Ex-NSA chief: The sky is falling! New NSA chief: The sky is NOT falling Chris Poelker: Don't let storage ruin your vacation Sharky: How to @#$%! up a customer service report 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 JR Raphael: An interesting difference between the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live LG's G Watch and Samsung's Gear Live may look similar at a glance, but the longer you use the two Android Wear devices, the more differences you notice. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple sticks to spirit of Steve Jobs in latest iTunes U upgrade Apple's latest iTunes U update will help the world's most committed educators share enthusiasm for their topics with students everywhere -- and that's a pretty good testament to the teaching vision of Steve Jobs. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software From Application Development to Digital Service Delivery This paper, describes how a workload automation solution can eliminate the manual processes developers now use to define batch workflows and communicate them to schedulers Learn More Darlene Storm: Ex-NSA chief: The sky is falling! New NSA chief: The sky is NOT falling Ex-NSA Chief Gen. Keith Alexander: The sky is falling! New NSA Chief Admiral Michael Rogers: The sky is NOT falling! For those in the financial sector who buy into the possible FUD, Alexander has offered his expertise for $1 million per month. Although he later slashed the astronomical cost of his advice to a mere $600,000 a month, a U.S. Congressman is questioning if Alexander is disclosing classified information; without the secrets learned from 'his former position, he literally would have nothing to offer to you.' Read More Chris Poelker: Don't let storage ruin your vacation I did an awesome drive on the trans-Canada highway from Calgary to Vancouver Canada, and I was awed by the natural beauty there. I took hundreds of pictures and videos using my trusty smartphone. As I was in the middle of capturing my walk along a beautiful trail leading to a spectacular waterfall, the camera app suddenly stopped. I found that I had run out of storage. Read More Sharky: How to @#$%! up a customer service report IT support pilot fish is working for a financial institution when he gets a call from a user: "The letters on my report are printing really small." There's no obvious cause, but there is a clue: a deleted expletive. Read More
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