The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, February 4

I was an extra in the Steve Jobs movie ARM taps China to bring chip designs to emerging markets IT News Daily February 04, 2015 The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, February 4 ARM's fastest mobile chip ever comes out of the gate ... SAP puts entire enterprise suite on Hana ... Hack cost Sony $15 million through December, but $35 million for fiscal year ... and more news. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. I was an extra in the Steve Jobs movie 2. ARM taps China to bring chip designs to emerging markets 3. Hack to cost Sony $35 million in IT repairs 4. Addonics releases external drive with Blu-Ray player, DVD burner 5. Sony hack cost $15 million, but earnings unaffected 6. US backs IEEE move to modify rules for standards patents I was an extra in the Steve Jobs movie I'm still a ways away from completing my EGOT, but I did spend Saturday as a crowd extra for the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic. You know, the one written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle. And if you're expecting major plot reveals from today's shooting, you will be disappointed, because when you're an extra there really isn't much plot to speak of. READ MORE ARM taps China to bring chip designs to emerging markets To bring its microprocessor designs to emerging markets, ARM Holdings is looking to China and its growing number of electronics vendors to help pave the way. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: US only Addressing Top IT Challenges to Drive Agility and Growth Desktop virtualization is a powerful driver of business transformation, making it possible to deliver the apps and data people depend on to get work done. Learn how Citrix XenDesktop with FlexCast allows you to use a variety of methods to balance user requirements and costs for each use case in your organization. Learn more Hack to cost Sony $35 million in IT repairs Sony has put an estimate to the damage caused by the massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment last year -- US$15 million. READ MORE Addonics releases external drive with Blu-Ray player, DVD burner Addonics Technologies today announced two new external hard drives that also come with either a Blu-ray player or a DVD burner. READ MORE : US only Infographic: Why choose Citrix over VMware? Why should you choose Citrix over VMware? With 25 years of innovation and real-world customer deployments, only Citrix has the mobile workspace technology that helps businesses achieve their goal of a truly mobile workforce. Read the infographic. Learn more >> Sony hack cost $15 million, but earnings unaffected Sony has put an estimate to the damage caused by the massive cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment last year -- US$15 million. READ MORE US backs IEEE move to modify rules for standards patents The U.S. Department of Justice has backed a move by the IEEE Standards Association to modify the rules governing patents that go into making standards, so as to curb excessive royalties and attempts to ban rival products that implement the patents. READ MORE Follow IT News 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) 2015 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. **