| ITworld Today | | | Microsoft is to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes the smartphone and mobile phones businesses, and license the Finnish company's patents for a total of €5.44 billion ($7 billion) in cash, the companies said Monday. | | | Issue highlights 1. Tech's cash kings are sitting on billions 2. Best tools for protecting passwords 3. GNOME dumps Google and goes with DuckDuckGo for web search 4. Verizon to buy out Vodafone's stake in mobile unit for $130B 5. Windows XP's user share nose-dives 6. Microsoft ends top Masters certification exams for IT pros 7. HTC investigates three employees for stealing company secrets 8. A Samsung smart watch and smartphones with bigger screens expected in Berlin 9. Catching up with next gen console news out of PAX Prime | | White Paper: Zetta If cloud backup sounds too good to be true, then deployment will lead to disillusionment. That's been the path of many IT organizations looking at cloud backup and DR-as-a-Service. This paper will provide tips – based on case studies from real IT organizations – for practical IT buyers. Read now! | | Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Apple and Oracle are among the biggest hoarders. Combined, these five tech companies held $245 billion in cash at the end of March. READ MORE | | Passwords are a security weak link, but these products help shield passwords from attackers. READ MORE | | In today's open source roundup: The GNOME project has replaced Google with DuckDuckGo for search. Plus: A preview of the game "Hot Tin Roof," and tons of new games headed for Linux. READ MORE | | The cash-and-stock deal will give Verizon Communications 100 percent ownership of its mobile unit. READ MORE | | White Paper: Zetta If you're searching for a cloud storage provider, you're not alone. According to IDC, worldwide spending on public IT cloud is expected to approach $100 billion by 2016. Read Now | | Maybe people are listening to Microsoft's demand that they ditch Windows XP. READ MORE | | The Masters level certification exams will be retired by Oct. 1. READ MORE | | Three HTC employees are under investigation in Taiwan for allegedly leaking company secrets and embezzling money from the smartphone maker. READ MORE | | A smart watch from Samsung Electronics, an Acer smartphone that can shoot 4K video and a Sony one with a 20-megapixel sensor, plus a plethora of tablets and TVs are all expected at this year's IFA consumer electronics show. READ MORE | | PAX is a gaming show dedicated to the gamers, not the press or the publishers. That didn't stop Microsoft and (more so) Sony from dropping a few tidbits of news, though. READ MORE | | Webcast: IBM Corporation Learn how sales, finance, investment, risk, marketing, and procurement leaders are using SaaS-based business analytics to become more agile, serve the customer better, and deliver business results. Learn More. | | | | | | |
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