Security World: Microsoft retains weapon to silently scrub XP

Surprise! Cisco behind mystery hold music on This American Life story | Big Data startup MemSQL raises $35 million

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Microsoft retains weapon to silently scrub XP
Microsoft will be able to silently reach into Windows XP PCs for more than a year after it stops patching the aged OS to clean malware-infected machines, sources close to the company confirmed. Read More

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WEBCAST: SAP

Big Data and Big Insights with Dell, SAP and Hadoop
Big Data is already a trend that companies are jumping to. The possibility of exploiting massive amounts of data from multiple sources to make sound business decisions seemed like nirvana a couple of years ago; however now this is a reality. View more. Learn more

Surprise! Cisco behind mystery hold music on This American Life story
Listening to a podcast over the weekend of NPR's This American Life, I thought I might gain a reprieve from the tech business news that dominates my work life. But no, somehow Cisco CallManager wound up featuring prominantly in a story about a senior citizen's obsession with the hold music at his doctor's office -- mysterious music that apparently captivated a lot of other people, too. Read More

Big Data startup MemSQL raises $35 million
MemSQL, a database startup founded by former Facebook engineers, has raised $35 million in a series B round of venture funding. Read More

Amazon and Microsoft drop cloud storage prices by up to 50%
First, Amazon dropped the price of its S3 cloud storage service by 22%. Now, Microsoft has followed suit by cutting the price for Azure by up to 50% to keep up. Read More

WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc

Gartner's Unified Communications as a Service Report
See what Gartner Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory firm, has to say about choosing the right Unified Communications solution for your business. Gartner's Magic Quadrant compares 16 of the leading UCaaS providers and names 8x8 a leader based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Learn more >>

Macbook Pro delivers blazing speed in Gigabit Wi-Fi test
Gigabit Wi-Fi is starting to appear in mobile devices, so we got our hands on three smartphones and two laptops running the 802.11ac standard and put them to the test. Though you won't see anywhere near Gigabit speeds in real-world environments, our testing proves that 802.11ac can offer increased throughput over 802.11n. Read More

INSIDER

10 big myths about Big DatB

Big Data has dominated tech news of late. It has been touted as a possible solution for everything from intrusion detection to fraud prevention to curing cancer and setting optimal product prices. Read More

An open letter to Microsoft's next CEO: 12 wishes from the Windows faithful
We billion-plus customers would like the next head honcho in Redmond to address these dozen action items. Read More

WHITE PAPER: IBM

The Top 10 Secrets to Using Data Mining to Succeed at CRM
This white paper address how data mining is used to get more value from CRM systems -- particularly focused on application of predictive analytics to the customer lifecycle (acquire, grow, retain). Read Now

HP envisions the holistic data center
HP has launched a set of services designed to help organizations manage their data centers more efficiently, using the principles of DCIM (data center infrastructure management). Read More

Google acquires artificial intelligence company DeepMind
Google has acquired DeepMind Technologies, an artificial intelligence company in London, reportedly for $400 million. Read More

Microsoft says law enforcement documents likely stolen by hackers
Documents linked with law enforcement inquiries appear to have been stolen in recent phishing attacks on certain employee email accounts, Microsoft said. Read More

SLIDESHOWS

FIRST LOOK: New Cisco Nexus switches

Cisco extends its Nexus data center switching line.

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