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Computerworld First Look July 30, 2015 Despite H-1B lottery, offshore firms dominate visa use Offshore outsourcers with ties to India once again snapped up tens of thousands of skilled-worker visas. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. This new 3D XPoint memory could last forever 2. Newcomer Cyanogen looks to disrupt Android and iOS 3. Well-heeled hacking group Black Vine behind Anthem breach 4. OPM, Anthem hackers may also have breached United Airlines 5. Researchers develop astonishing Web-based attack on a computer's DRAM 6. Zuckerberg: Video today, virtual reality tomorrow 7. IBM aims new IoT community site at developers 8. Obama rolls out plan to boost U.S. supercomputer prowess 9. Samsung plots Galaxy S6 price cut, new phones to help business 10. Oracle preps 'Sonoma' chip for low-priced Sparc servers 11. Facebook revenue surges 39% but costs also soar 12. Trade groups tell Congress: Hands off IoT 13. ITblogwatch: The Vector is a gorgeous smartwatch not made by Apple White Paper: Axway B2B 360-Degrees: A Revolution in EDI and API Integration Using B2B integration technology, digital networks allow companies to manage, secure and optimize data transactions across all industries and in every corner of the globe. Read this whitepaper to learn more. Learn More This new 3D XPoint memory could last forever Intel and Micron may be touting their new 3D XPoint memory as the first new class of memory since 1989, but it bears a remarkable resemblance to another memory that's been around for years. That said, 3D XPoint is in a league of its own. READ MORE Newcomer Cyanogen looks to disrupt Android and iOS Several versions of the Android OS for smartphones have appeared on the global stage in recent years. One version, Cyanogen OS, has gathered publicity as well as prominent investors -- including Twitter, Qualcomm and Foxconn -- that could give it some staying power. READ MORE Well-heeled hacking group Black Vine behind Anthem breach Black Vine has been active since 2012 and is behind several hacks targeting different industries. READ MORE OPM, Anthem hackers may also have breached United Airlines The cyberespionage group that stole the personal records of millions of Americans from U.S. health insurer Anthem and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has also reportedly breached United Airlines. READ MORE Researchers develop astonishing Web-based attack on a computer's DRAM The rowhammer problem can be exploited using JavaScript over the Web, researchers find. READ MORE Zuckerberg: Video today, virtual reality tomorrow When people grow tired of posting photos and videos on social media, what then? Virtual-reality posts, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. READ MORE White Paper: Damballa State of Infections Report In Damballa's latest State of Infections Report, we show how an initial click-fraud infection, observed in our Threat Discovery Center in May 2015, morphed into CryptoWall within two hours. An enterprise security team would likely never have seen this transformation unless they were instrumented to detect post-compromise activity. Learn More IBM aims new IoT community site at developers The DeveloperWorks Recipes forum will offer technical tutorials on connecting remote devices to back-end cloud systems. READ MORE Obama rolls out plan to boost U.S. supercomputer prowess The president wants the country to develop a computer that operates at 1,000 petaflops. READ MORE Samsung plots Galaxy S6 price cut, new phones to help business Lackluster demand for its flagship Galaxy S6 smartphone and higher marketing costs led Samsung Electronics to another quarter of falling sales and profits in the April to June period. READ MORE Oracle preps 'Sonoma' chip for low-priced Sparc servers Oracle will disclose the new chip at an engineering conference this month. READ MORE Facebook revenue surges 39% but costs also soar Profit shrunk as costs went up by more than 80%. READ MORE Trade groups tell Congress: Hands off IoT Congress should take a hands-off approach toward the burgeoning Internet of Things industry and let vendors resolve privacy and security issues, representatives of four trade groups said. READ MORE ITblogwatch: The Vector is a gorgeous smartwatch not made by Apple Vector Watch Group is launching its new smartwatch, and the company's not phoning it in. The plucky, London-based tech-jewelry maker is proudly showing off its entry into the nascent wearables market. READ MORE White Paper: Cisco Systems Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services Meet the industry's first adaptive, threat-focused next-generation firewall (NGFW) designed for a new era of threat and advanced malware protection. 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