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EU to hit Microsoft with 'large fine' Wednesday, says report

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Computerworld Wrap-Up: March 05, 2013 =============================================================== EU to hit Microsoft with 'large fine' Wednesday, says report European antitrust regulators will reportedly slap Microsoft with a "large fine" Wednesday for failing to live up to a 2009 settlement that requires it to offer Windows users a browser ballot. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603353/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Cisco Unified Workspace Trends such as mobility, virtualization, video, collaboration, knowledge management, and cloud have come to the forefront as companies struggle with how to integrate iPads, tablets, and smartphones into their business and IT models. In response, the Cisco Unified Workspace provides a solution for creating an organization-wide mobility strategy. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603277/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Oracle pulls Java 6 plug, but Apple likely to keep patching OS X Snow Leopard http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603354/0/ 2. IBM: Watson will eventually fit on a smartphone, diagnose illness http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603355/0/ 3. Sensors lead to burst of tech creativity in government http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603356/0/ 4. Hot technologies to watch: Augmented reality and 3D printing http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603357/0/ 5. Microsoft to keep Scroogling http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603358/0/ 6. NASA Mars rover Curiosity on road to recovery http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603359/0/ 7. Wind turbine repair techs use iPod Touches from precarious perches http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603360/0/ 8. Seagate upgrades hybrid drive family, adds desktop model http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603361/0/ 9. Productivity gains spur Intel to expand BYOD program http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603362/0/ 10. Gartner: CRM software top priority for IT spending in 2013-14 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603363/0/ 11. Security Manager's Journal: Reining in network accounts http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603364/0/ 12. Oracle adds virtualization, boosts speed of Database Appliance http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603365/0/ 13. Academy Cube online learning platform aims to tackle IT skills shortage http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603366/0/ 14. China wary of Android dominance over nation's tech market http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603367/0/ 15. SAP pins future hopes on growth of Ariba business network http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603368/0/ 16. VMware Horizon Mirage adds app layering for modular desktops http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603369/0/ 17. Peter Eicher: Data protection and data growth -- within budget. Possible? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603370/0/ 18. Jonny Evans: Apple plans August iPhone 5S and 'low-cost' iPhone releases, reports claim http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603371/0/ 19. Preston Gralla: Financial analyst slashes estimates of Surface sales, warns it will affect Microsoft's bottom line http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603372/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Total Cost of Email In this white paper, we'll explore the true costs of fragmented email management and uncover how to reduce those costs with a cloud-based solution for email management. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603373/0/?3e076d18=ZmxhdmlvYmFpcmQyOTg0QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3d%3d&x=7b28ac09 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oracle pulls Java 6 plug, but Apple likely to keep patching OS X Snow Leopard Apple on Monday patched Java 6 for OS X, following Oracle's lead and quashing a browser plug-in vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603354/0/ IBM: Watson will eventually fit on a smartphone, diagnose illness IBM executives who are working with healthcare systems to perfect supercomputer Watson's ability to diagnose and suggest treatments. And by 2020, Watson could fit on a smartphone. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603355/0/ Sensors lead to burst of tech creativity in government At the IBM Pulse conference here this week City of Boston CIO Bill Oates showed off a new city-made app that piqued the interest of attendees like Gary Gilot, an engineer who heads the public works board in South Bend, Ind. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603356/0/ Hot technologies to watch: Augmented reality and 3D printing Augmented reality and 3D printing are the hottest emerging technologies to watch, according to Tom Soderstrom, chief technology officer for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603357/0/ Microsoft to keep Scroogling Microsoft today denied reports that it has halted its anti-Google "Scroogled" campaign, and trumpeted the number of signatures its online petition has accumulated. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603358/0/ NASA Mars rover Curiosity on road to recovery NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is out of safe mode and back on active status after computer trouble had sidelined the vehicle for nearly a week. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603359/0/ Wind turbine repair techs use iPod Touches from precarious perches Off-the-shelf consumer handheld computers are showing up in some of the most precarious of workplaces. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603360/0/ Seagate upgrades hybrid drive family, adds desktop model Seagate announced new models of its 2.5-in. hybrid laptop drives with 40% better performance, as well as its first 3.5-in. desktop hybrid drive. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603361/0/ Productivity gains spur Intel to expand BYOD program Intel has expanded its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program, which has been a resounding success, providing around 5 million hours of annual productivity gains last year, the company said. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603362/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Red Hat~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Introduction to Red Hat Storage Architecture Over the past ten years, enterprises have seen enormous gains in scalability, flexibility, and affordability as they migrated from proprietary, monolithic server architectures to architectures that are virtualized, open source, standardized, and commoditized. Unfortunately, storage has not kept pace with computing. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603374/0/?3e076d18=ZmxhdmlvYmFpcmQyOTg0QGdtYWlsLmNvbQ%3d%3d&x=4eadc2c3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gartner: CRM software top priority for IT spending in 2013-14 CRM (customer relationship management) software will be the top priority for additional spending on enterprise applications around the world this year and next, according to newly released data from analyst firm Gartner. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603363/0/ Security Manager's Journal: Reining in network accounts Many accounts exist that aren't associated with individual people, and theyve gotten out of control. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603364/0/ Oracle adds virtualization, boosts speed of Database Appliance Oracle has rolled out version X3-2 of its Database Appliance for small and medium-sized businesses that it says delivers up to twice the speed and more than four times as much storage as the first edition, which was launched in 2011. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603365/0/ Academy Cube online learning platform aims to tackle IT skills shortage Software vendors, academic institutions and government agencies united on Tuesday to tackle European youth unemployment and the IT skills shortage with a new online education platform. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603366/0/ China wary of Android dominance over nation's tech market China signaled it wishes to reduce its dependence on Google's Android OS, alleging that the U.S. company has discriminated against local firms over the use of the mobile operating system. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603367/0/ SAP pins future hopes on growth of Ariba business network After 12 successive quarters of double-digit growth at SAP, co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe is now pinning his future hopes on the company's recently acquired Ariba e-commerce network. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603368/0/ VMware Horizon Mirage adds app layering for modular desktops VMware's Horizon Mirage 4.0 allows IT departments to be more flexible when they put together centrally managed desktop images using separated application packages. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603369/0/ Peter Eicher: Data protection and data growth -- within budget. Possible? A few months ago the folks at Wikibon published a survey around a number of different IT topics. One of the questions centered around the biggest IT challenges that organizations were facing. The top three challenges were data growth, budget constraints and data protection / disaster recovery. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603370/0/ Jonny Evans: Apple plans August iPhone 5S and 'low-cost' iPhone releases, reports claim Apple intends introducing the iPhone 5S and "low-cost" iPhone this summer with next-gen iPads scheduled to ship sooner, reports claim. The company is preparing to introduce the iPhone 5S (most likely) in August. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603371/0/ Preston Gralla: Financial analyst slashes estimates of Surface sales, warns it will affect Microsoft's bottom line Here's more evidence that Microsoft's Surface tablets aren't selling well: Pacific Crest analyst Brendan Barnicle has cut his estimates for how many will sell for the year, and says that reduced sales will eat into Microsoft's bottom line. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/603372/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOIN THE COMPUTERWORLD CONVERSATION ON GOOGLE + Be sure to add Computerworld to your Google+ circles to keep track of breaking news, features, blogs, tech reviews and career advice. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8484797/869152226/598565/0/ CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinks workers are more efficient and creative when they're in the office. 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