5 fascinating 3D printing projects. Plus: Dell drops $299 Windows RT tablet

The last days of Unix 10 things we love/hate about Evernote ITworld Today August 19, 2013 Share this email The world's five most fascinating 3D printing projects The 3D printing world is exploding, with researchers in fields across the spectrum drumming up formerly unthinkable projects. It was tough to narrow it down, but here are the five most fascinating 3D printing projects that are in the works. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. The last days of Unix 2. 10 things we love/hate about Evernote 3. Win $500? Survey says YES! 4. Android's backup and restore system: something other than seamless 5. Dell drops $299 Windows RT tablet, cheapest offer now $479 6. Facebook fixes timeline bug, cites language trouble in delay 7. XP Z: Microsoft scares Windows XP users straight with undead bug warning 8. Researchers send data without battery, transmitter 9. Does free software harm consumers? 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 The last days of Unix After a 30-year run, once dominant server OS gets 86ed by x86es. READ MORE 10 things we love/hate about Evernote The best (and worst) of the popular note-taking app. READ MORE Win $500? Survey says YES! Take our short tech survey (just 10 minutes, we promise) and enter the drawing for a chance to win $500. READ MORE Android's backup and restore system: something other than seamless With your contacts, it is just turn-on-and-go seamless. Everything else? It does not work that way. At least as I've seen it, over dozens of restores, and I am a person who really digs into settings. READ MORE White Paper: CommVault Enterprise Storage eGuide Storage professionals today are dealing with the ramification of a number of new technologies. Trends such as cloud, virtualization, mobility and big data are having a significant impact on how enterprises store data today. Learn More Dell drops $299 Windows RT tablet, cheapest offer now $479 Shoppers who tried to buy a Windows RT tablet at Dell's website Friday morning would have seen one listed for $299. By the end of the day the cheapest tablet came bundled with a keyboard for $479. READ MORE Facebook fixes timeline bug, cites language trouble in delay A Facebook engineer blamed language difficulties and documentation issues for a delay in fixing a bug that let a security researcher post directly to founder Mark Zuckerberg's Timeline, which is restricted if two users aren't friends. READ MORE XP Z: Microsoft scares Windows XP users straight with undead bug warning Jumps on XP-is-doomed bandwagon as it urges everyone to put down the OS. READ MORE Researchers send data without battery, transmitter Engineers at the University of Washington have developed a way to communicate over short distances using devices that don't require batteries or transmit any signals. READ MORE Does free software harm consumers? In today's open source roundup: A coalition of companies is claiming that free software is harmful to consumers. But is that really true? Plus: Riot Games and open source, and LXLE improves on LXDE and Lubuntu. READ MORE White Paper: Oracle Managing Macroeconomic Uncertainty in a Post-Recession World This whitepaper explores how Project Portfolio Management (PPM) can help financial institutions become more agile and to execute on strategy, which will drive down costs, minimize risk and deliver results to key stakeholders. Learn More DON'T MISS... 10 overhyped tech products that crashed and burned Running Linux on a Windows PC: Your getting started guide 11 signs your IT project is doomed Up all night: How the tech elite pushes a crazy workaholic culture Top open-source PCs BOOK GIVEAWAY We've got a some great new books to give away this month. Enter now for your chance to win! The U.S. Technology Skills Gap Essential reading for those eager to see America remain a relevant global power in innovation and invention in the years ahead. Consider it your how-to-get involved guidebook. Scrum Shortcuts without Cutting Corners Scrum expert Ilan Goldstein helps you translate the Scrum framework into reality to meet the Scrum challenges your formal training never warned you about. Follow ITworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to itworld_today as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2013 ITworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **