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16th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

Apple, Microsoft to duel in '12 with OS upgrades

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Computerworld Wrap-Up: February 16, 2012 =============================================================== Apple, Microsoft to duel in '12 with OS upgrades This year is shaping up as a repeat of 2009, when Microsoft and Apple last faced off with rival operating system upgrades, analysts said today. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552363/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level Live Date and Time: November 29, 2011 - 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST By attending this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552364/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Privacy tussle brews over social media monitoring http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552365/0/ 2. SSDs have a 'bleak' future, researchers say http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552366/0/ 3. Hands on with Apple's new OS X: Mountain Lion http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552367/0/ 4. Apple's Mountain Lion shows personal cloud trumps personal computer http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552368/0/ 5. Jonny Evans: Apple unleashes iOS-loving OS X Mountain Lion preview for Macs http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552369/0/ 6. From CIO: 6 Tips to Conquer Facebook Timeline http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552370/0/ 7. Big data helps drive math Ph.D.s to IBM http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552371/0/ 8. Richi Jennings: Lies, damn lies and Microsoft spam-filter stats http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552372/0/ 9. Iomega launches desktop, rack-mountable NAS line http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552373/0/ 10. Google looks for fix to Chromebook Wi-Fi 'disconnect bugs' http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552374/0/ 11. DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552375/0/ 12. Waledac malware returns after two years with password-stealing capabilities http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552376/0/ 13. Whitman brings the swagger back to HP http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552377/0/ 14. In the cloud, a data breach is only as bad as your contract http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552378/0/ 15. Rackspace buys Sharepoint consultancy http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552379/0/ 16. Jonny Evans: Apple promises the privacy it says we should have had before http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552380/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/548195/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Privacy tussle brews over social media monitoring A major tussle is emerging in the debate over how government agencies can gather and use information posted publicly on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552365/0/ SSDs have a 'bleak' future, researchers say Researchers at UC San Diego and Microsoft found that as NAND flash densities increase, read and write latency as well as errors grow, giving SSD a finite life as a technology. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552366/0/ Hands on with Apple's new OS X: Mountain Lion Apple updates its iOS mobile operating system once a year. But why should the iPhone and iPad have all the fun? On Thursday Apple announced that it will release a new version of OS X--Mountain Lion--this summer, just a year after the release of OS X Lion. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552367/0/ Apple's Mountain Lion shows personal cloud trumps personal computer In a move that surprised many, Apple today seeded developers with a preview of Mac OS X 10.8, dubbed "Mountain Lion, " and said it would offer the upgrade to customers this summer. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552368/0/ Jonny Evans: Apple unleashes iOS-loving OS X Mountain Lion preview for Macs Apple has introduced a developer preview of the next major version of OS X, 'Mountain Lion'. Set to launch late summer 2012, the new OS signifies another huge step toward bringing iOS and OS X together, closing the gap between mobile devices and Macs in the post-PC age. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552369/0/ From CIO: 6 Tips to Conquer Facebook Timeline From privacy settings to customization and more, here are six tips to set you on the right path with Facebook Timeline. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552370/0/ Big data helps drive math Ph.D.s to IBM Big data, and the need to analyze data that's collected from every interface and sensor imaginable, is increasing the demand for people with statistical and mathematics backgrounds. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552371/0/ Richi Jennings: Lies, damn lies and Microsoft spam-filter stats Microsoft is crowing about a study that it says shows Hotmail having better spam filtering than Gmail or Yahoo. Really? If that's the case, then there's been a huge turnaround in Hotmail's spam-filtering accuracy. Is there any Devil in the detail? Of course there is, outlined here in The Long View... INSIDER (free registration requested) http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552372/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scale capacity on demand? Not with F5. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Shift up to the cloud. Get investment protection and elasticity for your network with NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. Simple, software-based licensing. The capacity you need, when you need it. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/549338/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iomega launches desktop, rack-mountable NAS line Iomega introduced a new line of arrays that can utilize either high-capacity SATA drives or solid state drives, offers up to 36TB of capacity and has web-based management features. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552373/0/ Google looks for fix to Chromebook Wi-Fi 'disconnect bugs' Google is making changes to its Chrome OS to reduce the number of times that Chromebooks drop their connections to Wi-Fi networks, an issue some users have complained about for months. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552374/0/ DDoS attackers start targeting IPv6 networks Cybercriminals have started launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against networks that transmit data over IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), according to a report published recently by DDoS mitigation vendor Arbor Networks. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552375/0/ Waledac malware returns after two years with password-stealing capabilities A new version of the Waledac malware has been spotted on the Internet, but unlike previous variants, which were mainly used for spamming purposes, this one steals various log-in credentials and BitCoins, a type of virtual currency. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552376/0/ Whitman brings the swagger back to HP After a tumultuous year for Hewlett-Packard Co., new CEO Meg Whitman brought the vendor back to its roots and delivered the messages channel partners wanted to hear in her keynote at the global partner conference Wednesday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552377/0/ In the cloud, a data breach is only as bad as your contract Use your contract to protect your company's interests before a breach occurs. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552378/0/ Rackspace buys Sharepoint consultancy Cloud services company Rackspace has purchased SharePoint911, a consulting firm for SharePoint users. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7859402/869152226/552379/0/ Jonny Evans: Apple promises the privacy it says we should have had before Apple has said it will stop apps sharing your personal contact data without your permission, saying this shouldn't have been happening in the first place. 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