4 things you'll love/hate about the Chromebook Pixel. Plus: A Blaster from the past

Free Game Friday: Classic game makeover USENIX: Gamers use DDoS as a service to cheat -- a lot ITworld Today August 16, 2013 Share this email 4 things you'll love about Google's Chromebook Pixel - and 4 things you'll hate Google's Chromebook Pixel is one of the flashiest and most unique laptops on the market, and though there's a lot to love about the machine, there's also a lot to, well, not love. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Free Game Friday: Classic game makeover 2. USENIX: Gamers use DDoS as a service to cheat -- a lot 3. WIN $500? Survey says YES! 4. Blaster from the past: The worm that zapped XP 10 years ago 5. Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default 6. Do devs and IT pros get Windows 8.1 early? Not even Microsoft knows 7. BOOK GIVEAWAY: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners 8. IBM, Verizon to compete for $10 billion in government cloud work 9. 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READ MORE USENIX: Gamers use DDoS as a service to cheat -- a lot Cheating gamers pay as little as $10 per month to launch denial of service attacks against their opponents as a tactical advantage using commercial providers that walk the line between being legitimate businesses that stress-test their customers' networks and purveyors of DDoS as a service, researchers at USENIX Security 2013 say. READ MORE WIN $500? Survey says YES! Take our short survey (under 10 minutes, we promise) and enter the drawing for your chance to win $500. READ MORE Blaster from the past: The worm that zapped XP 10 years ago Ten years ago this week, the Blaster worm swept through Windows XP and Windows 2000 networks, bringing some government agencies to a halt and perhaps contributing to a power blackout in the Northeast U.S. READ MORE Webcast: HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. View Now Google to encrypt Cloud Storage data by default Google said Thursday it will by default encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage service. READ MORE Do devs and IT pros get Windows 8.1 early? Not even Microsoft knows Microsoft today refused to clarify conflicting statements by its PR representatives about whether developers and enterprise customers will get the Windows 8.1 update weeks before the public, as is customary. READ MORE BOOK GIVEAWAY: Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners We've got 5 copies to give to some lucky ITworld readers. Enter now for your chance to win! 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