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	Asus shows off ARM-based Windows 8 tablet Asustek Computer (Asus) on Monday showed off a tablet with an ARM processor and the Windows RT OS, becoming among the first of its type shown by PC makers. The product, called Asus Tablet 600, has an 10-inch display and a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU. The tablet was shown running Windows RT Tablet Preview edition during the Asus news conference at the Computex trade show in Taipei. Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Optimize Your Storage Volume for Better Performance Managing a windows network? This brief discusses 5 technical proof-points clearly showing how the Windows Built-in Disk Defragmenter is not adequate for the enterprise. New innovations in Diskeeper® and V-locity® meet today's demands for optimal storage and system performance. Read Now! In this Issue How to prepare for the coming IT skills revolution Should a data scientist be your next IT hire? Mac App Store's sandboxing requirement kicks in, frustrating developers Acer unveils Windows 8 tablets, Ultrabooks with hybrid designs Facebook posts its internal C++ software library WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud - Learn How! This white paper discusses how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, & run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Learn More! How to prepare for the coming IT skills revolution Call it the tech industry's version of a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: Businesses have job openings, but IT professionals are struggling to land jobs or move to better ones. What phenomenon could knock the hallowed laws of supply and demand off-kilter? Two words: " skills gap." Read More Should a data scientist be your next IT hire? Want to extract real value from your data? Better hire a data scientist or two. A curious blend of business, analytics, and computer skills, this hot new title is on the march in diverse verticals such as energy, e-commerce, healthcare, and financial services. And if experts are correct, this is just the beginning. Read More Mac App Store's sandboxing requirement kicks in, frustrating developers Depending on whom you ask, Friday, June 1 was the best or worst thing to come to the Mac App Store since it opened its doors in 2011. As of now, new and significantly updated apps submitted to Apple's Mac App Store must implement sandboxing, which compartmentalizes what data and features a specific app is granted access to. Apps each can metaphorically play exclusively in their own sandbox, accessing only the data that Apple has granted that app entitlements to see. Read More Acer unveils Windows 8 tablets, Ultrabooks with hybrid designs Acer on Monday unveiled new Windows 8 products, including tablets that come with attachable peripherals and Ultrabooks fitted with touchscreens, as the company tries to set itself apart from the competition with new hardware designs that meld features from both tablets and notebooks. Read More Facebook posts its internal C++ software library Facebook has released a library of C++ software components used to help run its site, the social networking company announced Saturday. By releasing this library, called Folly, Facebook will be able to release more of its internal programs as open source, because they rely on different components in this library. Read More
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