Mac News: Gates: Jobs ‘phenomenal,’ Surface tablet will disrupt Apple
Microsoft Founder Bill Gates was interviewed on the Charlie Rose program in an hour-long talk that aired on PBS stations on Monday, and which touched on a wide range of topics. Overshadowing much of the discussion, however, was the invisible presence of Apple’s iPad — the success that was born out of Microsoft’s failure to create a market for such technology a decade ago.
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Technology News: Tablet Shipments to Surpass Notebook Shipments in 2016
Tablet PCs, such as Apple’s iPad, are expected to be the growth driver for the mobile PC market over the next few years. Tablet shipments will surpass notebook shipments in 2016, according to the latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report. Overall mobile PC shipments will grow from 347 million units in 2012 to over 809M units by 2017.
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Programming News: Is it time to rethink the corporate Internet proxy?
Working as a consultant means I am exposed to lots of different organizations: some good and some bad. But the thing that strikes me as strange is how prevalent, even in the good places, highly restricted corporate Internet proxies are.
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Other News: Why “Good Enough” Security Really Is Good Enough for Most Companies
When it comes to security, the human quest for perfection can end up muddying our thinking. We act as if we don’t know that, on any given day, even the lowly Cubs can beat the mighty Yankees, and that a lucky hacker might be able to break into the most secure business system. We demand perfection, and we’re continually disappointed. And that makes it harder to think clearly and objectively about actually reducing our company’s security risks.
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