The Top 11 Cities for Technology Careers

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Juniper, Palo Alto settle long-running firewall patent lawsuits Google concedes in diversity data that employees mainly male and white Network World Daily News AM May 29, 2014 Share this email The Top 11 Cities for Technology Careers Is your particular skill-set saturated in your current location? Are you thinking about taking your tech talents to a new locale, possibly one with more IT career opportunities? If so, here are some cities you may want to consider before choosing a new home. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Juniper, Palo Alto settle long-running firewall patent lawsuits 2. Google concedes in diversity data that employees mainly male and white 3. Samsung's new 1TB SSD is based on latest 3D technology 4. Iranian group created fake news organization as part of hacking campaign 5. Sci-Fi that meets geek criteria ... "Mis-Drop" 6. Why Apple's $3 billion Beats deal still doesn't make any sense 7. 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Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT It isn't news that wireless networks are being pushed to the limits every day and IT organizations are under duress to deliver a reliable wireless network to meet the demands of users. Learn more! Iranian group created fake news organization as part of hacking campaign A suspected Iranian hacker group seeded Facebook and LinkedIn with bogus profiles of attractive women and even created a fake online news organization to get digitally closer to more than 2,000 people whom it wanted to spy on. READ MORE Sci-Fi that meets geek criteria ... "Mis-Drop" Real science fiction is hard to find at the movies these days. READ MORE Why Apple's $3 billion Beats deal still doesn't make any sense After weeks of rumors, leaks, speculation, Apple has finally confirmed that it is buying Beats Electronics and Beats Music for a $3 billion in cash and stock. 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