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	Is Siri getting stupider? A class-action lawsuit accusing Apple of misrepresenting the capabilities of Siri, the company's voice-powered personal assistant for the iPhone, is adding more tarnish to the company's once-sterling reputation. Siri received positive reviews when it was released as a core element on the iPhone 4S late last year. But some observers -- including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak -- have said that while Siri actually worked beautifully once upon a time, it has steadily worsened in recent months. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective CIO Perspectives New York CIO Perspectives is returning to New York on April 10! Join the top IT senior executives from the New York area to discuss all the hottest technology trends and strategies. Start the new year off right with the best networking opportunities and gain important insight on your most pressing IT and business issues. Register today! In this Issue Brain drain: Where Cobol systems go from here March Madness: Will IT bother to block NCAA tournament traffic? Microsoft patches Windows 8 Consumer Preview Intel champions app dev for touch-based laptops Corporations pick iPad 10-to-1 over nearest rival WEBCAST: Nimsoft Monitoring & Service Management for Distributed Environments The Consumerization of IT at end points and within data centers is being driven by a raft of technology and market changes - Cloud, virtualization, exploding mobile end points (tablets, smartphones, etc.) and proliferating service providers. These changes are fundamentally shifting the role of IT organizations and CIOs. View Now Brain drain: Where Cobol systems go from here David Brown is worried. As managing director of the IT transformation group at Bank of New York Mellon, he is responsible for the health and welfare of 112,500 Cobol programs -- 343 million lines of code -- that run core banking and other operations. But many of the people who built that code base, some of which goes back to the early days of Cobol in the 1960s, will be retiring over the next several years. Read More March Madness: Will IT bother to block NCAA tournament traffic? Every year when March rolls around, so, too do the dire predictions of network-clogging effects from employees who stream NCAA tournament games at work. But do CIOs and IT managers really care if college basketball lovers sneak a peek using company resources? It turns out they do, according to survey data from IT staffing firm Modis. Read More Microsoft patches Windows 8 Consumer Preview Black Tuesday now officially extends to Windows 8 Consumer Preview, with four new patches released this week. They join the four patches that were released on the "Second Tuesday" round, on Feb. 26. Read More Intel champions app dev for touch-based laptops Software developers should take advantage of forthcoming laptops that combine touch and keyboard capabilities by tapping into the touchscreens, an Intel official said at a developer relations event. Read More Corporations pick iPad 10-to-1 over nearest rival Corporations planning tablet purchases next quarter overwhelmingly voted for Apple's iPad, a research firm says. Of the 1,000 business IT buyers surveyed last month by ChangeWave Research who said they would purchase tablets for their firms in the coming quarter, 84 percent named the iPad as an intended selection. Read More
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