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	Microsoft admits zero-day bug in IE8, pledges patch Microsoft late Friday confirmed that a "zero-day," or unpatched, vulnerability exists in Internet Explorer 8 (IE8), the company's most popular browser. According to multiple security firms, the vulnerability has been used in active exploits, including "watering hole"-style attacks against the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department of Energy, targeting workers at the latter agency involved in nuclear weapons research. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Global IDG Mobile Survey IDG Mobile Survey: Participate & enter to win an iPad Mini IDG, the parent company of InfoWorld, is conducting a survey on mobile initiatives & usage, and invites you to participate. At the end of the survey you will have the opportunity to enter a drawing to win one of five Apple iPad Minis. To take the survey please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/idgmobile2013_182 In this Issue Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet The future of personal computing: What replaces tablets? WEBCAST: Riverbed Technology Game Changer In the past, data centers and edge offices were managed through separate operational processes, procedures, and infrastructures. But how can you bridges the gap between the data center and global offices at the edge? View Now Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet Details of what could be the first smaller Windows 8 tablet leaked Friday when Amazon briefly published a listing for an 8.1-inch Acer Iconia tablet. The tablet's listing had been pulled from the Amazon.com website by Saturday morning. Read More The future of personal computing: What replaces tablets? BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins' prediction this week that tablets would decline in popularity flies in the face of widespread industry forecasting for an explosion of tablet shipments through 2017. But his comments also provoked debate on what will happen over the next five to 10 years to smartphones, tablets and laptops -- even wearable computers -- and what devices users might favor. Read More
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