Save now, pay later: 8 false economies in application development

6 top picks for small business collaboration software Google tips hand -- slightly -- about mystery barges ITworld Today November 07, 2013 Share this email 8 false economies in application development Here are the most common ways in which companies choose to save now when developing software, but usually end up paying much more later. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. 6 top picks for small business collaboration software 2. Google tips hand -- slightly -- about mystery barges 3. BOOK GIVEAWAY: Learn Python the Hard Way, 3rd Ed. 4. Apache OpenOffice 4 vs. LibreOffice 4.1 5. New bug bounty program rewards researchers for finding flaws in widely used software 6. Silk Road online drug marketplace resurfaces 7. Bruce Schneier wants to make surveillance costly again 8. Review: VirtualBox 4.3 goes touchy-feely for Windows 8 virtualization 9. 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READ MORE Apache OpenOffice 4 vs. LibreOffice 4.1 Not so fast, LibreOffice -- OpenOffice has a shiny, new, and improved major release of its own. READ MORE White Paper: CDW Improving customer interactions with powerful technology Social tools and strategies are now crucial to building a successful CRM strategy. Learn how to take advantage of social CRM to improve business processes and enhance customer loyalty without a complete "rip-and-replace" of traditional CRM tools. Read Now New bug bounty program rewards researchers for finding flaws in widely used software A new bug bounty program sponsored by Microsoft and Facebook will reward security researchers for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in widely used software that have the potential to affect a large number of Internet users. READ MORE Silk Road online drug marketplace resurfaces The Silk Road online marketplace has resurfaced about a month after U.S. officials shut down the website that was only accessible through the Tor anonymity service. READ MORE Bruce Schneier wants to make surveillance costly again The controversy arising from Edward Snowden's leaked documents suggest we face unresolved issues around data ownership, argues security expert Bruce Schneier. READ MORE Review: VirtualBox 4.3 goes touchy-feely for Windows 8 virtualization Version 4.3 adds an important capability: support for touchscreens. READ MORE Facebook releases query engine to open source community Facebook has released Presto -- a distributed SQL query engine optimized for running ad-hoc interactive queries on data sources up to petabytes in size -- to the open source community under the Apache license. It says Presto is 10x better than Hive. 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