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	U.S. Senator blasts Microsoft's H-1B push as it lays 18,000 off workers U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions Thursday delivered a scalding and sarcastic attack on the use of highly skilled foreign workers by U.S. corporations that was heavily aimed at Microsoft, a chief supporter of the practice. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: ConnectIT Top Reasons to Attend ConnectIT - New York - Aug 21 Get the latest research on private cloud, data management and storage technologies. Meet with a range of solution providers to advance your data strategy. Learn about the latest solutions in a fast-paced round of presentations. Network with other data-, cloud- and storage-oriented IT professionals. Register today. In this Issue Apple, IBM spell out enterprise support for iPhone, iPad Google starts work on Chrome bug that slurps Windows laptop juice Net neutrality becomes a key battleground in encryption fight Quickpoll: Who's the winner in the Apple-IBM partnership? Appcelerator gears up for business app devs Home router security to be tested in upcoming hacking contest INSIDER Quick guide: 25 tips and tricks for Google Drive power users Amazon's Kindle Unlimited offers 600,000 e-books for $10 a month Just wave your smartwatch to board this train Jonny Evans: 6 Steve Jobs stories we learned this month Preston Gralla: Has Microsoft abandoned its Android experiment forever? WHITE PAPER: Mobiquity Inc.     Five Steps to Developing a Successful Mobile Strategy Don't lose time and money with a "throw an app against a wall to see if sticks" approach to mobile. It won't work. You need a well-thought-out strategy to take full advantage of mobile. This white paper lays out the five important steps to a robust enterprise mobile strategy. Learn more. Apple, IBM spell out enterprise support for iPhone, iPad     Apple will provide an expanded set of support services to IBM customers with iPhones and iPads under a new enterprise-grade AppleCare plan. Read More Google starts work on Chrome bug that slurps Windows laptop juice Google engineers are now working on a fix for a months-old Chrome bug that drains Windows' laptop batteries, the move triggered by a story on Forbes' website. Read More     Net neutrality becomes a key battleground in encryption fight Plans to favor some Internet packets over others threaten consumers' hard-won right to use encryption, a digital privacy advocate says. Read More Quickpoll: Who's the winner in the Apple-IBM partnership? Register your opinion on who gets the most out of the Apple-IBM pact. Read More Appcelerator gears up for business app devs System administrators take note: That mobile employee expense app you're building should be every bit as easy to use as Facebook. Oh, and you better deliver it quickly too, because that's how Facebook rolls. Read More WHITE PAPER: Medhost Patient Portals: Connecting Communities of Care Connecting patient health data across the care continuum is essential to achieve improved care, increased access to personal health records and lowered costs. A successful approach rests in having the hospital serve as the connectivity hub for bringing patients, care givers and healthcare professionals together in a secure, online environment. Learn More Home router security to be tested in upcoming hacking contest Researchers are gearing up to hack an array of different home routers during a contest next month at the Defcon 22 security conference. Read More   INSIDER Quick guide: 25 tips and tricks for Google Drive power users Google Drive is an important tool that can deliver even more value with these 25 tips, tools, and tweaks Read More   Amazon's Kindle Unlimited offers 600,000 e-books for $10 a month Even the most voracious readers will take a few months to get the most out of Amazon.com's latest offer: access to 600,000 e-books and 2,000 audiobooks for a monthly fee of US$9.99. What publishers and authors will get out of it remains to be seen. Read More Just wave your smartwatch to board this train If you're holding out for that multi-functional smartwatch of your dreams, Sony is working to add contactless payments to wearables with a new chip. Read More Jonny Evans: 6 Steve Jobs stories we learned this month Apple's Steve Jobs is a modern icon, but biographers have painted his character with a wide brush. That's why many who worked with Jobs seem keen to give us a much better insight into the man. Here are six Steve Jobs stories we learned this month. Read More Preston Gralla: Has Microsoft abandoned its Android experiment forever? Microsoft's announced yesterday that it will kill off the Nokia X line of Android phones. But left unsaid was whether this ends the company's brief flirtation with Android. Is Microsoft's embrace of Android a thing of the past? Read More
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