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Between The Lines Columnist Microsoft Courts Businesses With Windows 8.1 Reveal
By Michael Endler
New report suggests Win8 is a no-show in the enterprise. Can Windows 8.1's business-centric features, revealed this week at TechEd, reverse the trend?

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Apple Must Look Beyond Its Platforms
Apple's focus on its own software platforms will ultimately limit its ability to compete. It's time for the company to lower the walls surrounding iOS and OS X.

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A division created specifically to marshal your mobile efforts can bring your company long-term rewards. Here's what it needs to succeed.

25 Most Influential Government CIOs
On InformationWeek's Government CIO 25, we profile the top public sector tech executives who are driving big changes in government IT.

Edelman CIO Shares His 90-Day Game Plan
Any IT leader looking to re-energize or re-evaluate a team can adapt the plan CIO Denis Edwards used to start his new job.

Cloudera Declares End Of Data Warehousing Era
Cloudera CEO Mike Olson urges companies to reconsider their data-management approach as the "center of gravity" shifts toward Hadoop.

White House Declares War On Patent Trolls
Obama administration issues executive orders and proposes legislative changes designed to protect companies from abusive patent claims.

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Huawei faces significant headwinds as it tries to gain a foothold in the enterprise hardware market, according to our survey. Almost half consider the company a serious threat in the networking market, with just 34% calling the government ban on carriers buying Huawei equipment for U.S. networks a deal breaker. What's your stance?
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Apple WWDC 2013: 8 Things To Expect
Will Apple unveil a new music service or iOS 7? Just don't expect a new iPhone or iPad to debut.

Big Data Analytics Master's Degrees: 20 Top Programs
These one-year and two-year graduate programs are just what's needed to close the big-data talent gap. Read on to find a school that fits your ambitions and background.

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Top Stories of the Day // June 5, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Jun 5, 2013

The Galaxy S4 Active Is An Outdoor-Friendly Addition To Samsung's Flagship Phone Family

After unboxing last week's Galaxy S4 Mini, Samsung is keeping the pedal pressed to the metal by announcing another new launch variant of its current flagship... read more

Google Glass Should Be Banned For Privacy Reasons Say One In Five UK Residents, Per New Survey

Google Glass isn't even a product released for public consumption yet and already people are up in arms about its effect on personal privacy. A new survey of... read more

FreedomPop Will Take On Carriers This Summer By Offering Smartphones And A New Freemium Phone Plan

Freemium wireless internet startup FreedomPop has been out to undercut traditional wireless carriers on data plan costs for over a year now, but now the company... read more

Thalmic Labs Raises $14.5M To Make The MYO Armband The Next Big Thing In Gesture Control

Thalmic Labs, the Waterloo-based startup working on an all new form of user input for computing devices with the MYO amrband, today announced the close of its... read more

Bloomberg Launches Bloomberg Beta, A $75 Million Early-Stage Investment Fund Led By Former IGN Exec Roy Bahat

Media company Bloomberg is launching its own venture capital fund today, putting aside $75 million to invest in early-stage startups. The fund, which has... read more

Pandora Launches New HTML5-Based TV Experience, Starting With Xbox 360 and PS3

Pandora today launched a new browser-based interface for TVs that it hopes will help set the standard for using the service in the living room. The first... read more

HTC Hopes Shrinking The Best Android Phone Available Is The Way To Win

Let's say you've created an incredibly well-received smartphone and need to create another such device to send off into an incredibly competitive market. What... read more

Google Glass Updated With HDR Photography And Voice-Powered Photo Captions

Are you part of the lucky bunch that got offered a pair of Google Glass and had $1,500 bucks to kick down? Good news! The camera on your set just got a whole... read more

Email Management App Boxer Launches To Put You In Control Of Your Inbox

The latest app to take on email is Boxer, which was founded by Pyra/Google/Thing Labs/AOL veteran Jason Shellen, along with OtherInbox alum Ian Ragsdale and the... read more

Windows RT 8.1 Update Will Bring Full Outlook 2013 Desktop App To RT Tablets

This has long been rumored, but Microsoft just announced that Windows RT, its operating system for ARM-based tablets and other small touch-enabled devices, will... read more

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