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	5 cool new security research breakthroughs USENIX Security '14 line-up explores Apple iOS security, Web privacy and more Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Guide to Managing and Lowering Mainframe Software Charges Monthly license charges (MLC) are rising by 7% or more each year, and account for 30% of total mainframe costs. Yet managing MLC costs is an inexact science. This best practice guide provides a step-by-step process to reduce mainframe MLC costs up to 20% without compromising business critical services. Learn More In this Issue Our 10 favorite techie Simpsons episodes and moments Top 5 things to watch for at VMWorld 2014 Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft's board NASA's green rocket fuel set for major space test Facebook says most outbound email is encrypted now As sharks circle, IBM prepares its x86 exit 2014's Hottest IT Certification "Hardcore" Steve Ballmer still a screaming maniac Why it is time to intensify employee education on phishing Symantec folds nine Norton products into one service Tech big shots take ALS Ice Bucket Challenge WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Meeting the Exploding Demand for New IT Services In this eBook, explore the top trends driving the New IT for IT Service Management, and how leading organizations are evolving to focus on end-user experience. Learn More Our 10 favorite techie Simpsons episodes and moments "Image by FOXThis Thursday (Aug. 21), the FXX Network will begin its marathon of "Every Simpsons Episode Ever", in which they'll play all 552 episodes of the animated series, as well as release a new app that lets you watch any episode on-demand on your tablet. Throughout the show's 25-year run, The Simpsons has mocked technology in different ways. Sometimes with full episodes, sometimes with subplots or just a very funny joke. Here are our favorites:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Top 5 things to watch for at VMWorld 2014 A year ago everyone wanted to know about VMware's big plan. The company had just undergone a major executive shakeup, with CEO Paul Maritz leaving to pilot VMware/EMC spinout Pivotal and long-time CTO Steve Herrod departing to join a venture capital firm. Parent company EMC's COO Pat Gelsinger - former CTO of Intel - stepped in to become VMware's CEO.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft's board About six months after retiring as CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer has relinquished his seat on the company's board of directors effective immediately, citing a busy schedule and confidence in the company's current and future financial performance."As I approach the six month mark of my retirement and your appointment as CEO, I have been reflecting on my life, my ongoing ownership of Microsoft stock, and my involvement with the company," Ballmer told his successor, Satya Nadella, in a letter made public Tuesday. "I have reached some conclusions and wanted to share them with you."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More NASA's green rocket fuel set for major space test NASA said today it would launch a spacecraft that would for the first time test fire green propellant technology in space.NASA's Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) will use a small satellite using a Hydroxyl Ammonium Nitrate fuel/oxidizer mix, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, is also is known as AF-M315E propellant. This fuel may replace the highly toxic hydrazine and complex bi-propellant systems in-use today, NASA said.+More on Network World: The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2014 (so far!); The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2013+To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Facebook says most outbound email is encrypted now Nearly all of Facebook's outbound notification emails are now encrypted while traveling the Internet, a collaborative feat that comes from the technology industry's push to thwart the NSA's spying programs.In May, only 58 percent of the social networking site's email was encrypted when it was sent since the receiving entity must have the technology, called STARTTLS, enabled, wrote Michael Adkins, a messaging integrity engineer at Facebook, on a company blog.Since that time, Microsoft, Yahoo and other email providers have enabled STARTTLS, which has pushed the percentage of Facebook's encrypted messages to 95 percent, he wrote.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More As sharks circle, IBM prepares its x86 exit Once IBM completes its x86 server line sale to Lenovo, the latter will immediately take a solid third place ranking in worldwide revenues in the market.Today, according to IDC data, Hewlett-Packard leads with 29.6% of the revenue generated in the worldwide x86 server market. Dell is in second place at 22% and IBM in third at 11%. Lenovo is currently in the single digits.IBM said Friday that the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment had cleared the $2.3 billion sale of its x86 business to Lenovo. The purchase agreement was announced early this year, and the global transition has been underway since then.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More 2014's Hottest IT Certification In the world of technology, the certifications and skills that organizations need to keep pace is constantly shifting. To help you find the most valuable certifications to advance your tech career, CIO.com spoke with David Foote, Chief Analyst and Research Officer with Foote Partners, to find out what certifications are on fire in today's IT market. Read More "Hardcore" Steve Ballmer still a screaming maniac Ex-Microsoft CEO and new Los Angeles Clippers basketball team owner Steve Ballmer has changed industries but not his public speaking/screaming style. Here is he at the Clippers' press conference this week, where the players and coach look bemused and fans are whipped into a frenzy as Ballmer oozes optimism. RELATED: 7 Classic Steve Ballmer videosTo read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Why it is time to intensify employee education on phishing Companies should consider intensifying employee training to combat the increasing craftiness of phishers who are working harder to obtain personal details on targets in order to trap them in scams.Among the latest examples of phisher creativity is a hustle in which the scammers contacted people who were planning vacations and had booked hotel rooms through Booking.com.In two cases, the would-be victims had booked a room at two separate London hotels. In a third incident, the booking was done at a Spanish hotel.MORE ON NETWORK WORLD: Free security tools you should try The scammers, pretending to be from Booking.com, sent email asking for payments in full via wire transfers, because of problems with the credit-card transactions.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Symantec folds nine Norton products into one service Symantec will consolidate its cluttered Norton line of security software, folding nine products into one online service that can be used across desktop computers and mobile devices.The product, in beta now, will simply be called "Norton Security" and cost $79 a year when it goes on sale in North America on Sept. 23, said Gerry Egan, senior director of product management. It replaces Norton Internet Security, Norton AntiVirus and Norton360, among others.Symantec, one of the largest security vendors, has been working for more than a year to revise its product line as it faces strong competition in the low-margin consumer antivirus business.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Tech big shots take ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook among those raising awareness for disease Read More
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