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	Ballmer to Hu: 90% of Microsoft customers in China using pirated software While Chinese President Hu Jintao knew he'd face some tough questions when he came to the United States this week, he probably figured most of them would come from Barack Obama and members of Congress. But you can add Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to that list. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 5 Key Principles to Redesign IT Infrastructure Wide Area Data Services can bring the distributed enterprise closer together. Read this paper to learn the 5 key principles you can leverage to redesign an environment of any size and provide better support for distributed employees and improved business continuity during a disaster. Read now! In this Issue 15 Best iPhone Apps for Newbies Google fires back about search engine spam Three more Microsoft executives jump ship Juniper raiding Cisco and Microsoft executive ranks This changes nothing: A Schmidt is still a Schmidt Did Google push Schmidt aside over Facebook challenge? FBI warns of Trojan-tainted resumes, other phishing scams After Groupon bid, Google pursues coupon service Cisco report notes new cybercrime targets Twitter targeted with fake antivirus software scam Google copied Java in Android, expert says WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power A Framework to Visualize the Data Center Increasing rack density makes it critical to understand environmental characteristics around weight, heating, cooling and power. Flat-file data center planning and management tools can't Read Now 15 Best iPhone Apps for Newbies For years, many have longed to own an iPhone, only to be turned off by AT&T's dodgy network. The wait is over: A Verizon iPhone 4 will hit the market Feb. 10. So what will you download first? Here are 15 can't-miss iPhone apps. Read More Google fires back about search engine spam The Google folks are taking issue over spam and the quality of Google searches which some have claimed has gone down in recent months.  Read More Three more Microsoft executives jump ship Three more Microsoft executives left the company this week just days after CEO Steve Ballmer decided to replace Bob Muglia at the top of the Server and Tools Business. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive A Practical approach to Wireless 2.0 Creating "Wi-Fi that works" is a tall order given the breadth of client and application types, the speed and complexity of 802.11n, high-density environments, etc., controller-based vendors cannot live up to their promises of Ethernet-like determinism. Read now! Juniper raiding Cisco and Microsoft executive ranks Juniper is poaching two familiar territories as it stocks up on marketing executives: Cisco and Microsoft. These moves are key for Juniper as it looks to emulate the channel success of Cisco and Microsoft, and build out its stable of third party software developers. Read More This changes nothing: A Schmidt is still a Schmidt A few days before Thanksgiving, I used this space to put forward the long-held (in my mind) notion that Eric Schmidt, when he left Novell to take the top spot at Google in 2001, committed the single greatest career move in the history of career moves. As a consequence, I argued, any great career move on the part of anyone should be known as "a Schmidt." Read More Did Google push Schmidt aside over Facebook challenge? Why, with Google going gangbusters, would company leaders decide Eric Schmidt needs to step aside as chief executive? One analyst's speculation: To better position to take on Facebook. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Four Pillar Strategy for Next Generation Data Centers Enterprises today are migrating from a purely physical infrastructure to a highly efficient virtualized infrastructure and potentially to a fully enabled cloud environment. This migration promises to greatly enhance the efficiency and scalability of data center operations. Read now! FBI warns of Trojan-tainted resumes, other phishing scams New phishing scams have become so alarming, they've sparked warnings from government agencies including the FBI and Department of Defense. The scams involve claims of Patriot Act violations, WikiLeaks threats, and faked resumes. Read More After Groupon bid, Google pursues coupon service Google confirmed Friday that is working with small businesses on a trial of a prepaid offer or voucher program, a business similar to that of Groupon, a growing company which the Internet giant tried to acquire last year. Read More Cisco report notes new cybercrime targets Cybercriminals are shifting their focus to smartphones and tablets, and away from Windows-based PCs, as targets for their scams, according to a new security report from Cisco released this week. Read More Twitter targeted with fake antivirus software scam Twitter has been resetting passwords for accounts that started distributing links promoting fake antivirus software in an attack that used Google's Web address shortening service to conceal the links' destination. Read More Google copied Java in Android, expert says An intellectual property expert has uncovered 43 instances where it appears that Google copied Java code without permission in the most recent versions of the Android operating system. Read More
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