Redemption, tech -- and a big prize -- drive robotics finalists (video)

Computerworld First Look June 05, 2015 Redemption, tech advances -- and a big prize -- drive DARPA robotics finalists (video) Until six months ago, Paul Oh, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, had no intention, or interest, in competing in the DARPA challenge that is bringing in two dozen teams from around the world to see who has built the best robot for in a search-and-rescue mission. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Apple's 12 most important WWDC moments 2. U.S. gov't reports massive breach of personnel data 3. Chrome saves juice by freezing some Flash content 4. INSIDER After breaches, higher-ed schools adopt two-factor authentication 5. Welcome to the IT workforce! Here's what we wish we'd known on day 1 6. Acer shifts to IoT with enterprise focus 7. Senate committee backs bill that targets patent trolls 8. Cisco and IBM acquisitions highlight efforts to make OpenStack easier to use 9. Cisco announces new CEO's executive team, more departures 10. IT Blogwatch: Google Chrome will soon suck less (battery) White Paper: Nasuni Shadow IT in the Enterprise Who Uses Dropbox at Work? Learn More. Apple's 12 most important WWDC moments As we get ready for Apple's big developer conference, here is a look at 12 of the most important moments from the last 25 years. READ MORE U.S. gov't reports massive breach of personnel data The U.S. government is investigating a massive data breach that exposed personal information on around 4 million federal government workers. READ MORE Chrome saves juice by freezing some Flash content Google yesterday switched on a feature in the Chrome beta that it said would save notebook battery power by freezing some content rendered using Adobe's Flash Player. READ MORE INSIDER After breaches, higher-ed schools adopt two-factor authentication Payday didn't go as planned on Jan. 2, 2014, for some Boston University employees. On that day, about a dozen faculty members discovered their paychecks had not been deposited into their bank accounts. Instead, thieves had changed the victims' direct deposit information and rerouted their pay. READ MORE Welcome to the IT workforce! Here's what we wish we'd known on day 1 Leaving college and entering the job market? Learn from those who've gone before. READ MORE Resource compliments of: MacIT Conference Power of OS X in Securing Your Infrastructure Executives from Boeing and Facebook will discuss how they have used OS X to maintain a good security posture in a mobile crazed-world. Security is key. Learn more, visit www.macitconf.com. Acer shifts to IoT with enterprise focus Acer is still producing PCs, but the Taiwanese vendor is far more bullish about the Internet of Things (IoT), a market the company doesn't want to miss out on. READ MORE Senate committee backs bill that targets patent trolls A U.S. Senate committee has voted to approve a bill aimed at curbing abusive lawsuits by so-called patent trolls. READ MORE Cisco and IBM acquisitions highlight efforts to make OpenStack easier to use Cisco's intention to buy Piston Cloud Computing and IBM's acquisition of Blue Box Group, both announced this week, are bids to make private cloud platform OpenStack less of a headache for IT departments. READ MORE Cisco announces new CEO's executive team, more departures Cisco this week announced its leadership team under new CEO Chuck Robbins and announced that three more high-level executives are transitioning out of the company. READ MORE IT Blogwatch: Google Chrome will soon suck less (battery) Adobe Flash to be selectively neutered in next Chrome browser; advertisers encouraged to use HTML5. 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