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Thursday, December 04, 2014

Phablet deathmatch: Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs. Samsung Note 4

  Schematics for 12.9-inch "iPad Air Plus" emerge with rumored Q2 2014 launch | Why It's Time to Start Using a Password Manager

 
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Phablet deathmatch: Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs. Samsung Note 4
Four years ago, Samsung created quite a stir with its original Galaxy Note, a supersized smartphone that many people found too big, but many others loved as a combo smartphone and tablet, giving rise to the "phablet" moniker. This fall, Apple jumped into the phablet fray with the iPhone 6 Plus as Samsung came out with its fourth iteration of the Note. Both are strong contenders, though they differ in where they shine. On the surface, they look pretty much the same, with nearly identical case sizes. The iPhone 6 Plus is a bit thinner (0.28 inch versus 0.33 inch) and a tad lighter (6.1 ounces versus 6.2 ounces), but the Note 4 has a larger screen (5.7 inches versus 5.5). But the differences become clear in their details and operations.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 


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How to Say Goodbye to Windows Server 2003
Organizations need to adopt a repeatable, sustainable pattern for dealing with operating system obsolescence. Redmond Magazine's "Decision Maker" columnist, Don Jones, and Tim Davis from Flexera Software discuss how organizations can start creating a consistent Application Readiness process that will serve for decades to come. Learn More>>

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Schematics for 12.9-inch "iPad Air Plus" emerge with rumored Q2 2014 launch
November is typically a slow time for Apple rumors, what with most of the focus centering on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales on existing products. Still, an interesting report recently surfaced over at the Japanese-language Mac Fan magazine.Relayed by Macotakara, Mac Fan has published schematics it claims are for the rumored 12.2-inch iPad Pro. Interestingly, though, the magazine refers to it is as the ipad Air Plus. As for other details, the magazine claims it may ship with an as of yet unreleased A9 processor and four speakers for enhanced sound quality. As for a release date, the magazine points to a Q2 launch window falling somewhere in between April and June of 2015.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 

Why It's Time to Start Using a Password Manager
  It's holiday shopping season, and it's time for me to nag you about security. You'll likely be shopping online a lot in the coming weeks, and many of the sites you visit will require passwords. None of us have solid-state memory inside of our heads (yet), so it's easy to be sloppy with passwords. Don't. Seriously. People get hacked all the time, and it's a major pain in the butt.Some simple advice: Use a password manager.Password managers are applications that store all of your passwords in encrypted spaces. If, for example, you store a username and password for your bank, the manager automatically fills in the appropriate fields when you visit your banking site. Password managers can also generate passwords, fill out forms and share passwords across multiple devices.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 


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Vehicle Protection Plus can train their sales agents, and get them productive, regardless of location using OmniJoin web conferencing. Find out how. Learn More>>

FIRST LOOK: Firefox 34
Why, Hello thereThe fact that modern browsers update silently and often occasionally takes some of the savor out of a new release. Rapid releases mean new features are deployed in a dribble, rather than in bursts. With Firefox 34, however, Mozilla has bucked the trend, giving us a swath of new features to enjoy all at once. Have a look.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 

Mozilla Toys with Firefox on iPhone After Years of Snubbing iOS
A Mozilla manager yesterday said that the open-source developer would create a browser for Apple's iOS, the mobile operating system that powers the iPhone and iPad. "We need to be where our users are so we're going to get Firefox on iOS," said Lukas Blakk, the release manager for Firefox, in a Tuesday tweet. It wasn't clear whether Blakk was repeating a pledge made by another official at Mozilla or speaking on his own behalf. Blakk tweeted the comment from Mozlandia, a company-only conference held this week in Portland, Ore., where executives, including CEO Chris Beard and head of Firefox Johnathan Nightingale, spoke on stage. Blakk may have simply been repeating what someone else in the company said at Mozlandia.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 


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Data Center Transformation and Its Impact on the Branch
Despite tighter budgets driven by the fragile economy, IT departments remain under intense pressure to deliver additional and higher-performance computing, network and application services worldwide. Learn more >>

Is Sprint's new half-off deal a desperation move?
  Sprint donned its boxing gloves with an extravagant offer to cut monthly wireless rate plans in half for new customers who switch to Sprint from either Verizon Wireless or AT&T.The new "Cut Your Bill in Half" offer, which starts Friday, notably doesn't apply to T-Mobile customers. Sprint is clearly positioning itself to take back the "top value in wireless" crown from T-Mobile, which has dominated headlines for more than a year with its new and unusual pricing and contract plans.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: 12 most powerful Internet of Things companies Whether Sprint can afford to attract new customers by cutting costs so drastically, and at the risk of imperiling its already shaky revenues and profits, remains to be seen.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 

Cheapest tablets pose biggest security risks
The super-cheap Android tablets everyone bought on Black Friday and Cyber Monday could pose problems for enterprises when they arrive at the workplace after the holidays."A lot of them are shipping with known vulnerabilities or open back doors," Andrew Blaich, lead security analyst at San Francisco, CA-based Bluebox Security, told CSO Online.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: Free security tools you should try The lowest-scoring device was the $49.99 Zeki, from Kohl's, which had USB debugging turned on by default; a security backdoor pre-installed; and four major security vulnerabilities -- Masterkey, FakeID, Heartbleed and Futex -- and it doesn't include Google Play.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 

11 Cyber Monday tech deals that truly save you serious money
Real deals, not cyber scamsIf you want to see how morally bankrupt the post-Thanksgiving shopping season has become, just poke around online during "Cyber Monday." You'll find many of our nation's major retailers marking up their list prices to advertise "savings" that don't actually exist, and pushing "limited-time" offers that are readily available elsewhere. But worry not; we've dug through these borderline scams to find 11 deals you should actually know about.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
 

 

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