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	16 most anticipated tech products of 2013 We're not sure some of them are even on the drawing board, but they'd be great to see Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Top 10 Considerations for cloud computing As business users push for faster and easier ways to roll out applications, cloud usage is on the rise. As a result, many cloud projects are initiated outside the realm of IT – without the clear requirements or measurable objectives. "Top 10 Considerations for Cloud Computing" provides a checklist for taking a more strategic approach to cloud. Download your complementary checklist In this Issue Japan police offers first-ever reward for wanted hacker US targets $47 million for seven advanced offshore wind projects Holiday lights go techie Complaining to the FCC pays off handsomely Santa and NORAD: Microsoft nicer than Google this year The Coolest Tools of 2012 INSIDER Making HTML5 work now for mobile app development It's too soon to call Microsoft's Surface tablet a failure Jono Bacon's 'The Art of Community' is a developer's must-read Bringing location-based apps where GPS can't reach Botnet operators in FBI bust show little talent, expert says RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! Japan police offers first-ever reward for wanted hacker Japanese police are looking for an individual who can code in C#, uses a "Syberian Post Office" to make anonymous posts online, and knows how to surf the web without leaving any digital tracks -- and they're willing to pay. Read More US targets $47 million for seven advanced offshore wind projects The US Department of Energy this week continued its massive push to develop wind driven electricity with new projects it says will focus on installing utility-scale offshore wind turbines and connecting offshore turbines to the power grid. Read More Holiday lights go techie It's not just throw out a bunch of lights and watch them shine in the nighttime. You've got to set them to music... all with the help of technology. Check out just a few. Read More Complaining to the FCC pays off handsomely Read More Santa and NORAD: Microsoft nicer than Google this year Google apparently hasn't been naughty in Santa's eyes, but Microsoft must have been pretty nice. NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, will switch from using Google Maps to Bing Maps to track Santa Claus on his Christmas Eve trip around the world. Read More The Coolest Tools of 2012 With the last column of the year, instead of doing some additional reviews I wanted to present a list of my favorite devices/gadgets that I tried during the year. If you still haven't completed your holiday shopping yet, there's still some time left to try and grab one of these. Read More INSIDER Making HTML5 work now for mobile app development HTML5 has been dissed, dismissed and disrespected of late, but defenders say the evolving standard is still the best choice for platform-independent mobile app development. Insider (registration required) Read More It's too soon to call Microsoft's Surface tablet a failure Just one day after a wealth management firm declared Microsoft was screwing up the potential of its new Surface tablet because of a lack of retail presence, Microsoft has opened the floodgates with new retail outlets. Now comes the real trick: getting customers to show up. Read More Jono Bacon's 'The Art of Community' is a developer's must-read Building an amazing application is... hard. Even if you've got mad programming chops, building a high-quality piece of software can be a major challenge. And then what do you do once you've finished programming? Who handles support? Testing? Documentation? Design? Do you have a server admin to keep things running when your server gets slammed? How about marketing and press? Doing all of this on your... Read More Bringing location-based apps where GPS can't reach CSR has delivered indoor location-based services (LBS) with enhanced accuracy that is tightly integrated with Android and consistent with Android's location package API. CSR, a developer of silicon and software for location awareness, picks up LBS when GPS is not available because the smartphone owner is indoors or the GPS signal is compromised by environmental effects, such as urban canyons. Read... Read More Botnet operators in FBI bust show little talent, expert says A criminal organization recently busted by law enforcement distributed malware on Facebook using two separate botnets built from tools that are easily found in the hacker underground, a security expert said. Read More
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