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Computerworld Blogs October 28, 2015 Richi Jennings: Victory! U.S. legalizes more jailbreaking, Blu-ray rips, car hacks, and... The U.S. Library of Congress issues a new list of legal things to do with your own property. As prescribed in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), it's the Librarian's job to weigh up the evidence and graciously permit us to do certain things with stuff we already own. How kind... READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Jonny Evans: 'Every Mac we buy is making and saving IBM money' - IBM 2. David Knight: The rise of big data marketplaces 3. Jonny Evans: iPhones may 'revolutionize' healthcare, says iOS developer 4. Oleg Dulin: Operations costs are the Achilles' heel of NoSQL 5. Sharon Machlis: iPhone, Mac sales surge 6. Ben Kepes: OmnyPay wants to disintermediate the payment providers. Has it got a chance? 7. Sharky: Back to basics, the Navy way White Paper: IBM Are You Ready for Mobile Capture? Read this white paper by Kevin Craine to discover how mobile capture can improve the effectiveness of your organization's processes. Discover the top 10 questions to ask before you make your investment in mobile capture. Learn More Jonny Evans: 'Every Mac we buy is making and saving IBM money' - IBM In a large scale enterprise deployment, is the TCO of a Mac becoming lower than that of a PC? READ MORE David Knight: The rise of big data marketplaces Pretty soon, curated data will be traded as a commodity along with goods and services. (IDG Contributor Network) READ MORE Jonny Evans: iPhones may 'revolutionize' healthcare, says iOS developer The developers behind the popular Argus iOS health app believe we've only begun to explore the potential of mobile tech to transform healthcare. READ MORE : Dell Inc 'Digital-First' Transformation Businesses are investing heavily in three core technologies - mobile, cloud and analytics - to support their digital transformation initiatives. This Tech Dossier will look at the most powerful or effective ways to leverage these technologies across an organization to enable a "digital-first" business. Learn More Oleg Dulin: Operations costs are the Achilles' heel of NoSQL Companies interested in adopting NoSQL should consider their options carefully. The vast majority of database use cases do not need massive horizontal scalability. Most applications could be better off with traditional SQL databases. In the cloud, there are NoSQL alternatives that cost less and are easier to maintain. (IDG Contributor Network) READ MORE Sharon Machlis: iPhone, Mac sales surge You may have heard by now that it was a strong quarter for Apple device sales, especially iPhones and Macs. However, seasonality can sometimes mask longer-term trends, which is why I also like to look at 4-quarter rolling averages. READ MORE Ben Kepes: OmnyPay wants to disintermediate the payment providers. Has it got a chance? No one really likes credit card companies, but retailer have little option but to pay their mafia-like fees. OmnyPay thinks it has another option. (IDG Contributor Network) READ MORE Sharky: Back to basics, the Navy way This UPS at a Navy site on a small Pacific island has to be fixed -- but after testing every component, these two specialists can't get it working. What have they missed? READ MORE Webcast: VCE Introducing VCE Vscale Architecture This brief video introduces VCE Vscale - an innovative architecture that enables scale-up and scale-out data centers through a modular, grow-as-needed design with optimized on-demand resource sharing for applications across multiple systems and data center elements. Learn More Peruse our library of free digital magazines! Choose from a collection of smartly designed digital magazines, which include our most popular departments -- News Analysis, Features, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. 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