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Intel invests in Chinese cloud providers, eyes makers of components for wearables

Intel invests in Chinese cloud providers, eyes makers of components for wearables

Facebook must comply with German data protection law, court rules

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February 18, 2014
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Issue highlights

1. Intel invests in Chinese cloud providers, eyes makers of components for wearables

2. Facebook must comply with German data protection law, court rules

3. HP moves to ease printing from Android tablets, smartphones

4. Exploit released for vulnerability targeted by Linksys router worm

5. Merkel and Hollande to talk about avoiding US servers

6. Saturday is International Open Data Hackathon Day

7. MapR's new Hadoop distribution promises no-risk updgrade

8. Oracle, Rimini Street both claim victory after judge's ruling on copyright

9. Philips' intelligent supermarket lighting can help you find your groceries

10. 11 project management tips for setting and managing expectations

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Intel invests in Chinese cloud providers, eyes makers of components for wearables

The venture capital arm of Intel has invested in three Chinese cloud providers to take advantage of the country's booming market for the services, and is also looking at backing local firms involved in creating wearable devices. READ MORE

Facebook must comply with German data protection law, court rules

Facebook has to comply with German data protection law, the Higher Court of Berlin ruled in a decision that directly contradicted an earlier decision by another court. READ MORE

HP moves to ease printing from Android tablets, smartphones

Hewlett-Packard wants to make wireless printing of documents from Android mobile devices as easy as tapping one button. READ MORE

Exploit released for vulnerability targeted by Linksys router worm

Technical details about a vulnerability in Linksys routers that's being exploited by a new worm have been released Sunday along with a proof-of-concept exploit and a larger than earlier expected list of potentially vulnerable device models. READ MORE

Merkel and Hollande to talk about avoiding US servers

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande will discuss this week how Europe can keep email traffic away from U.S. servers. READ MORE

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Saturday is International Open Data Hackathon Day

Celebrate Open Data Day by attending one of the hackathons being held around the globe this weekend to promote community involvement through open data READ MORE

MapR's new Hadoop distribution promises no-risk updgrade

MapR's latest Hadoop distribution includes support for Hadoop 2.2 with YARN, but is also backward compatible with the MapReduce 1.x scheduler, promising organizations a risk-free upgrade path to the latest Hadoop architecture. READ MORE

Oracle, Rimini Street both claim victory after judge's ruling on copyright

A federal judge has ruled that Rimini Street infringed copyrights on Oracle's PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) software in the course of providing third-party support to customers, but decided in favor of Rimini on other points. READ MORE

Philips' intelligent supermarket lighting can help you find your groceries

Philips is piloting an intelligent supermarket lighting system that can help shoppers find their groceries based on their location in the store, the company said Monday. READ MORE

11 project management tips for setting and managing expectations

Project management experts discuss the best ways to set, manage and adjust expectations to ensure that projects don't veer off course -- and they suggest what steps project managers should take if they do. READ MORE

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