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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

These are the key skills IT pros lack. Plus: What's behind Facebook's Oculus VR buy

Facebook's Oculus VR buy is about much more than gaming

How the coder who's running for Congress open sourced his campaign

ITworld Today
March 26, 2014
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IT leaders outline the key skills pros lack

Hint: They're not technical skills.

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Issue highlights

1. Facebook's Oculus VR buy is about much more than gaming

2. How the coder who's running for Congress open sourced his campaign

3. LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of "R for Everyone: Advanced Analytics and Graphics"

4. How to install an SSD in your laptop without losing your data

5. Nvidia adds Pascal but delays Volta GPU, Parker mobile chip [VIDEO]

6. US will tax Bitcoin as property, like stocks, rather than as currency

7. Intel acquires health band maker Basis Science

8. Security vendor Trustwave named in Target-related suit

9. Spherix sues Cisco for 'immense' patent infringement

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Facebook's Oculus VR buy is about much more than gaming

Mark Zuckerberg has seen the future, and it's inside a virtual-reality headset. READ MORE

How the coder who's running for Congress open sourced his campaign

Programmer Dave Cole has open-sourced his campaign website and policy stances and taken part in a Reddit AMA. READ MORE

LAST CHANCE: Enter to win a copy of "R for Everyone: Advanced Analytics and Graphics"

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How to install an SSD in your laptop without losing your data

Swapping a mechanical hard drive for an SSD is the quickest way to boost the performance of your computer. In desktops this procedure is pretty straight forward. In a laptop it gets a little tricky. READ MORE

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Nvidia adds Pascal but delays Volta GPU, Parker mobile chip [VIDEO]

Nvidia on Tuesday announced a new mobile and graphics processor road map, ripping up chip plans it announced one year ago. READ MORE

US will tax Bitcoin as property, like stocks, rather than as currency

The IRS has said it will treat Bitcoin as a form of property for tax purposes, rather than as currency, making it subject to similar rules as stocks and barter transactions. READ MORE

Intel acquires health band maker Basis Science

In another sign of the mainstream growth of wearable devices, Intel has acquired high-end health tracker maker Basis Science. READ MORE

Security vendor Trustwave named in Target-related suit

Security vendor Trustwave was accused in a class-action suit of failing to detect the attack that led to Target's data breach, one of the largest on record. READ MORE

Spherix sues Cisco for 'immense' patent infringement

A company that bought Nortel patents is suing Cisco Systems, alleging "immense" infringement by the network vendor's switches, routers and other products. READ MORE

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Remembering Patrick J. McGovern, 1937-2014

Over a span of 50 years, Pat McGovern oversaw IDG's launch of more than 300 magazines and newspapers and championed the expansion of IDG's network to include more than 460 websites, including ITworld, 200 mobile apps and 700 events worldwide. In addition to a career dedicated to information technology, he created the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. Our thoughts are with his family.

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