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	Inside Apple's secret plan to kill the cash register If you've ever been to a store, you know the drill: Browse the merchandise, pick something, carry it to the checkout counter, maybe wait in line, pay, then walk out with your purchases and a receipt. Whether it's a clothing store, a grocery store, or a coffee shop, you're likely to find a big counter with a cash register on it, and a person operating that cash register on the other side. You go to them; they don't come to you. Why? Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how In this Issue It's time to run .Net out of town 10 hacks that made headlines Could the .secure domain make the Internet safer? With no stake in the post-PC world, HP resorts to massive cuts WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Why You Need a Cloud Intelligent Network Can you increase the strategic value of your network while reducing the total cost of IT? Stay competitive and deploy cloud services faster with a cloud intelligent network. Learn how Cisco helps your organization benefit from the cloud sooner, with less risk and a higher degree of success. View Now>> It's time to run .Net out of town I don't know what it is about Microsoft and .Net Framework patches, but it seems that every time we have a sizable .Net patch, it doesn't work on enormous numbers of PCs. Read More 10 hacks that made headlines There have been computer and network hacks for, well, pretty much as long as we've had computers and networks. The motives behind these intrusions have ranged from curiosity to paranoia (see McKinnon, Gary), through today -- when most high-profile hacks are driven by either greed or some form of ideology. Here are 10 hacking incidents through history that made some of the biggest headlines. Read More Could the .secure domain make the Internet safer? Most calls for new TLD (top-level domain) names seem like little more than real estate developers proposing the creation of entire new continents just to lease the land. The creation of .name, .pro, .xxx, and even .biz, which has existed for more than 10 years, were arguably driven more by profiteering than need. At first blush, the push by security technology firm Artemis for the .secure TLD could be similar. If successful, Artemis will manage the new top-level domain, charging companies that want to be part of the security-focused domain network. Read More With no stake in the post-PC world, HP resorts to massive cuts Hewlett-Packard was a no-show in the emerging world of tablets and smartphones. Now, those chickens are coming home to roost as computer sales slip, and the battered HP workforce will take another huge hit. Welcome to Meg Whitman's HP Read More
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