Flash storage faces challenge from Crossbar's RRAM

Google terminates Quickoffice apps on Android, iOS IT spending growth to be slower than expected in 2014 due to pricing pressure, Gartner says IT News Daily June 30, 2014 Share this email Flash storage faces challenge from Crossbar's RRAM The hunt for memory technology to replace NAND flash storage within the next 10 years is under way, and startup Crossbar is planning to bringing its version of RRAM (resistive random-access memory) technology to market next year. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Google terminates Quickoffice apps on Android, iOS 2. IT spending growth to be slower than expected in 2014 due to pricing pressure, Gartner says 3. Facebook researcher defends controversial psychology experiment on users 4. Aereo to "pause" service after Supreme Court defeat 5. Microsoft to shutter security notification service 6. VMware catches up with some Apache Struts patches Google terminates Quickoffice apps on Android, iOS As Google last week introduced new features for its online and Android productivity apps, it also quietly announced that it has halted development on Quickoffice and would soon pull the free software from the Google Play and Apple App Store. READ MORE IT spending growth to be slower than expected in 2014 due to pricing pressure, Gartner says IT research firm Gartner has cut its forecast for global IT spending by about one-third for this year, blaming a tougher competitive environment and subsequent pressure on vendors to lower prices. READ MORE WEBCAST: Dell Software Enabling Secure, Mobile Worker Productivity LIVE WEBCAST: Thursday, July 10, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT Join Dell to understand the risks introduced when personal devices are used for business purposes and learn about technologies to help enable mobile worker productivity while minimizing business risk. Learn more! Facebook researcher defends controversial psychology experiment on users A Facebook researcher behind a controversial psychology experiment on users has defended it, stating that the research aimed to investigate a common concern that seeing friends post positive content on the social networking website leads people to feel negative or left out. READ MORE Aereo to "pause" service after Supreme Court defeat Following Wednesday's adverse Supreme Court decision, Aereo will suspend its online service, which lets its subscribers watch "over the air" broadcast television via the Web. READ MORE RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG TV IDG.tv is now live! Watch all the latest videos from IDG's global network of technology experts, all teed up in searchable channels with a fun, fresh look. Click to continue Microsoft to shutter security notification service Microsoft will shut down its email notification service for security warnings on tuesday, telling IT and security administrators that they should instead subscribe to RSS feeds from the firm. READ MORE VMware catches up with some Apache Struts patches The story, "VMware catches up with some Apache Struts patches, but not all," posted to the wire Thursday, incorrectly suggested that a VMware product was affected by a vulnerability identified as CVE-2014-0116. The product is not affected by that vulnerability. The story has been corrected on the wire as follows: READ MORE Follow IT News Share this email You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2014 IT News, 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. **