Issue highlights 1. Pharmaceutical IT chief melds five cloud security companies to bolt down resource access 2. Lenovo Buys Google’s Handset Business – What Took So Long? 3. Special report: The triumph of JavaScript 4. Intel closing down AppUp online app store 5. Microsoft surveys tech elites on online privacy 6. Bio-printing human parts will spark ethical, regulatory debate 7. Cloud availability trumps security concerns when it comes to Shadow IT 8. Tim Cook: NSA would have to "cart us out in a box" to access our servers 9. Lenovo faces chance to become rare PC maker successful in phones 10. NSA gets its first civil liberties and privacy officer 11. Everyone bets on bigger iPhone for '14 12. Tablet shipments could start to slip as consumer markets get saturated 13. Sierra Wireless' new LTE gateway can take over when your fixed line fails 14. Ellison: Facebook the new model for business applications 15. Revenge is a dish best served electronically: 12 cautionary tales |
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| Having migrated his company from on-site servers and applications to a cloud-based software-as-a-service, Nathan McBride, vice president of information technology at AMAG Pharmaceuticals, is now working to influence security by getting five cloud security service providers to build what he wants. READ MORE |
| Google has now officially announced that they are selling the Motorola brand and the Motorola Mobility business to Lenovo, who, of course, are a major manufacturer already in handsets but perhaps best known for acquiring IBM's PC business in 2005. Lenovo is a respected brand in the market, and, as a manufacturing-oriented Asian company, is well-suited to the low-margin, rough-and-tumble world of handsets.... READ MORE |
| JavaScript is the reigning programming language across platforms and devices. Harness that power with the right frameworks and tools READ MORE |
| Intel is closing down its AppUp online application store as it sees a shift in the market and consumer needs. READ MORE |
| Every year for Data Privacy Day, Microsoft releases the results from a new privacy survey. This year, Microsoft skipped over average John and Jane Does and instead surveyed "technology elites." The results were a bummer. READ MORE |
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| The day when 3D-bioprinted human organs will be readily available is drawing closer, and will result in a complex debate involving a great many political, moral and financial interests. READ MORE |
| As pressure mounts to deliver value with ever-increasing speed, lines of business (LOB) are often drawn to cloud computing's ease of use, flexibility and rapid time-to-value. The resultant Shadow IT created by use of consumer grade cloud computing resources usually raises questions about enterprise security, but the real risk is the potential for downtime due to inadequate availability. READ MORE |
| In a recent interview celebrating 30 years of the Mac, Tim Cook assured users that the NSA does not have access to Apple's servers. READ MORE |
| PC makers have often struggled when it comes to selling smartphones, but China's Lenovo could be on the cusp of making a breakthrough. The company's US$2.9 billion deal to buy Motorola Mobility from Google might end up paving the way for Lenovo to become one of the rare PC makers with a prominent handset business. READ MORE |
| The National Security Agency has reportedly appointed Rebecca Richards, a former deputy privacy official at the Department of Homeland Security, as its first privacy officer. READ MORE |
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| Virtually every analyst who follows Apple has jumped on the bigger iPhone bandwagon, asserting that the company will step into the quickly-growing large-screen market this year. READ MORE |
| Global tablet shipments are still on the rise, but are showing signs of dramatic slowing as consumer markets such as the U.S. become saturated, IDC said. READ MORE |
| For enterprises that are thinking about switching from fixed to wireless Internet access, Sierra Wireless has launched the AirLink ES440 LTE gateway. READ MORE |
| Modern business applications need a social network at their core and should be so easy to use that even a CEO can figure them out. READ MORE |
| These scorned IT staffers had their vengeance on their former employers -- but most got their comeuppance in the end READ MORE |
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