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	TOP STORY: Updated: Skype reported down for millions of users Millions of Skype users are encountering service disruptions this afternoon - or no service at all - according to multiple media reports. The company says it's working on the problem. Read More WEBCAST: Cloud as the Next Generation of Service Delivery (IBM) Exceptional growth in data is driving a need to transform the delivery of services. Understand the "road map" to transform and learn how IBM adds value at every step from virtualization, consolidation, automation, and ultimately cloud computing. Learn More Best iPhone and iPad games of the year Mobile warriors found hundreds of new apps to choose from in 2010, including these seven good gaming options. Read More Reports: Microsoft set to announce tablet version of Windows Rumors swirl around Microsoft preparing a tablet version of Windows for the CES show. Read More WHITE PAPER: Simplifying the Virtual Data center (Brocade Communications Inc.) Virtualization technology brings numerous benefits to enterprise IT organizations. Learn how in this free white paper. Read now! iPad-only newspaper from Apple and News Corp set to launch on January 17 About a month ago, word leaked that Apple and News Corp head Rupert Murdoch were working to develop a daily iPad-only newspaper called, you guesed it, the Daily. Rumored to cost users $0.99 a week, the Daily will purportedly make use of an app subscription method not currently offered by Apple. Read More Congress taps H-1B fees to pay for legislation The H-1B and L-1 visa program is becoming an increasingly important source of money for Congress as it tries to pay for the cost of new legislation, including the pending 9/11 health bill. Read More DOWNLOAD: Get BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express for Free (BlackBerry) BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Learn More Republicans declare war on FCC net neutrality rules The Federal Communications Commission may have a fight on its hands early next year as a result of the regulatory board's approval of new network neutrality rules. Republican lawmakers are not happy about the FCC's new rules. Read More OpenBSD chief believes contractor tried to write backdoors The lead developer of the OpenBSD operating system says that he believes that a government contracting firm that contributed code to his project "was probably contracted to write backdoors," which would grant secret access to encrypted communications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Load Balancers Are Dead! (F5 Networks) Get Gartner's take on: * Which vendors are leading the ADC market * Key recommendations on what you should do today * How to find a feature-rich ADC View the Gartner report, compliments of F5 Networks! Read now! What if all the world ran Linux? Huge financial savings, increased efficiency, and dramatic reductions in malware could be among the benefits. Read More Theft conviction sends star CIO back to prison Former Auto Warehousing Co. CIO Dale Frantz was a rising star at the company and in the IT industry, but he was also a thief. He was sentenced this month to serve nearly six years in prison for embezzling more than $500,000 from the company. Read More Teradata buying marketing vendor Aprimo for $525M Teradata is planning to buy integrated marketing software vendor Aprimo for $525 million, the company announced Wednesday. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of next year. Read More
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