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	Tech companies claim more H-1B visas will fill IT labor gap Microsoft, HP, Intel, Cisco, and Oracle are among the heavyweight IT companies throwing their support behind proposed legislation that would nearly double the number of H-1B visas the feds could dole out each year, from 65,000 to 115,000. The Immigration Innovation Act of 2013 (I-Squared, for short) would funnel some of the money from H-1B-related fees toward funding STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education in U.S. schools and colleges and retraining workers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services New! Run Windows Server 2012 on Amazon Web Services Cloud Microsoft Windows Server® 2012 on Amazon Web Services (AWS) enables you to run any compatible Windows-based solution on the high-performance, cost-effective AWS cloud computing platform. Start running instances in minutes with AWS pre-configured Windows Server virtual machine images. Get started now for free with the AWS Free Tier. Get Started for Free with Windows Server on the AWS Cloud! The AWS Free Usage Tier includes Amazon EC2 instances running Windows Server 2012. Use up to 750 hours of Windows Micro Instances each month for one year – free! In this Issue Microsoft to big data programmers: Try F# Hackers unveil latest Apple iOS 6 jailbreak website Jailed for jailbreaking: The new law could land you in the slammer IBM security tool can catch insider threats, fraud Critical vulnerability affects latest VLC media player WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Forrester: Defining the Next-Generation Workspace How will you meet the needs of a mobile workforce? In this Forrester study, discover approaches to BYOD and desktop virtualization. Learn why Cisco Unified Workspace may be the solution for your mobility, virtualization, and security challenges. Read Now Microsoft to big data programmers: Try F# The F# (pronounced "f sharp") object-oriented functional programming language originated at Microsoft Research around 2004. It was designed by Don Syme, principal researcher at the company. The language is geared to data-oriented programming as well as parallel programming and algorithmic development. F# 3.0, featuring support for large-scale schematized data and APIs, was released last year along with an update to Visual F# tools in Microsoft's Visual Studio 2012 IDE; Microsoft recently updated its Try F# website, which provides tools and resources for using F#, as well. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill recently spoke to Syme for perspectives on what Microsoft is trying to achieve with the language. Read More Hackers unveil latest Apple iOS 6 jailbreak website Apple software hackers unveiled a website late Wednesday where the latest untethered jailbreak is expected to be released soon. An elite team of hackers has been working for months to develop an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6, Apple's latest operating system, which would allow users to customize their phones and install applications not vetted by Apple. Read More Jailed for jailbreaking: The new law could land you in the slammer A group of hackers going by the name "evad3rs" just announced that on Sunday, Feb. 3, it will release an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1 on the iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad Mini, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPod Touch 4G, iPod Touch 5G, AppleTv 2G and, possibly, the AppleTv 3G. In the U.S. there is, however, a new legal issue that makes jailbreaking potentially a huge risk: Once a cellphone is jailbroken it can be "unlocked," meaning it can be used with any carrier, and that has just become a crime. Read More IBM security tool can catch insider threats, fraud IBM today rolled out a tool it says can cull massive terabytes of data, including email -- to help customers detect external attacks aimed at stealing sensitive information or insider threats that might reveal corporate secrets. Read More Critical vulnerability affects latest VLC media player Versions 2.0.5 and earlier of the popular VLC media player software contain a critical vulnerability that can be potentially exploited by attackers to execute malicious code on computers. The vulnerability is located in the VLC component responsible for playing ASF (Advanced Streaming Format) video files, VideoLAN, the non-profit organization that develops the media player, said in a security advisory published on its website. Read More
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