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	Windows RT: Fortified against malware Even Microsoft's lawyers say it: Windows RT isn't Windows. In fact, Microsoft is releasing two different operating systems: Windows 8 and Windows RT (Run Time). While the two versions look alike on the Metro layer, Windows RT stands apart for two reasons: It runs only on ARM-based systems such as Microsoft Surface, and the traditional Windows desktop is gone, which means the only non-Metro applications that work with Windows RT come with the OS. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2012 IT Roadmap Washington, D.C. – 12/6 Register Now! IT Roadmap is the one day, cost free, professional-level conference and expo that's full of job-ready solutions you can put to work now. IT Roadmap surrounds you with technology's most-followed analysts and the industry's most-innovative solution providers, all focused entirely on building the roadmap you need in crucial areas of enterprise IT. Click to continue In this Issue iPhone jailbreaking still legal in U.S., but don't meddle with an iPad Python: Big data's secret power tool Windows 8 cheat sheet Casio shows $2,500 Android scanner-tablet for businesses Apple sells 27 million iPhones but misses profit forecast RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! iPhone jailbreaking still legal in U.S., but don't meddle with an iPad Modifying Apple's iPhone software to install applications not approved by Apple will still be legal under new exemptions to take effect on Sunday in the U.S., but illegal for an iPad and other tablets. Read More Python: Big data's secret power tool When it comes to analyzing big data, software packages such as Hadoop or the R statistical language come readily to mind. But at least one company, AppNexus, also relies on the Python programming language to help conduct heavy-duty data analysis. On Friday, at the PyData conference in New York, two AppNexus engineers will explain how this real-time online-advertising-platform company uses the Python programming language to scale operations. Read More Windows 8 cheat sheet Ready or not, Windows 8 is here. One of the most controversial versions of the operating system ever released, its main interface feels designed more for touch-screen tablets than traditional computers. What's more, the Desktop has been hidden away and weakened with the removal of the Start button. Here's how to find your way around Microsoft's new OS and make the most of its features. Read More Casio shows $2,500 Android scanner-tablet for businesses Japan's Casio is preparing to launch a new Android tablet for businesses that acts as a personal scanner. The company's new Paper Writer line has a camera that faces downward in front of the screen, to take images of documents placed in front of the device. The tablet has special software for character recognition that works on hand-written notes, and can recognize symbols such as asterisks and dollar signs as tags for where to save digitized documents. Read More Apple sells 27 million iPhones but misses profit forecast Apple sold 27 million iPhones and 14 million iPads in the last quarter of 2012, swelling its revenue by 27 percent, but its profits fell short of what analysts had been expecting. Read More
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