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Google Keep vs. OneNote vs. Evernote: We name the note-app winner Cisco lays off 500 ITworld Today March 29, 2013 Share this email Will Ford's open-source car API drive us to distraction? Ford's new app competition based on an automative API portends a new linked-in world on the road. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Google Keep vs. OneNote vs. Evernote: We name the note-app winner 2. Cisco lays off 500 3. Google pledges not to sue open-source users or developers over specified patents 4. How to set up public Wi-Fi at your business 5. Scientists hollow out fiber-optic cables, make data travel at near-light speed 6. HP launches free service to secure mobile, Web apps 7. Microsoft makes good on promise, publishes list of 41K patents 8. Why diversity matters in IT hiring 9. Easter Science: The chemistry of egg dyeing 10. LAST CHANCE: Win a copy of 'jQuery, jQuery UI, and jQuery Mobile: Recipes and Examples' Resource compliments of: NetApp Got a virtual machine? 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Learn more at www.citeconference.com HP launches free service to secure mobile, Web apps HP says it now has a free service called "Fortify My App" that lets anyone building mobile or Web applications upload code to the Fortify software-as-a-service and get a limited analysis about whether the code has specific vulnerabilities or design flaws. READ MORE Microsoft makes good on promise, publishes list of 41K patents Microsoft on Thursday launched a searchable list of its complete patent portfolio as part of its defense of the patent system, particularly software patents. READ MORE Why diversity matters in IT hiring Building a network of diverse IT talent--people who will be ready for your next job opening--is a year-round task with a big payoff, says a former divisional CIO at GE. READ MORE Easter Science: The chemistry of egg dyeing Watch this video if you've ever wondered why the dye tablet sticks to the egg shell. 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