| Future Proofing Mobile Computers It's easy to be optimistic about your new hardware's life-cycle. Yet as that hardware ages, it's even easier to get anxious about replacing it. Read this white paper to get real about hardware life-cycles, and learn how to extend them. | News from ZDNet | | Pros and cons of the Asus Padfone modular approach The modular approach of the newly announced Asus Padfone can be a good one if its done correctly, but it can be doomed for failure if it is not done properly. Here are the pros and cons as I see them. Read more | Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook users eventually get over privacy anxiety Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that users eventually get used to new features that initially worried them. Read more | Lockheed Martin confirms attack, allays concerns for now Lockheed Martin confirms that it was attacked, but fended it off due to "swift and deliberate action." The upshot is that critical data was secured. Read more | The cloud at the gates of the enterprise Recent possible security breaches at Lockheed Martin have highlighted how connected even the most security conscious enterprises have to be. You can't isolate your business from the cloud, you... Read more | Days after being bought by Microsoft, Skype starts installing crapware on Windows systems without consent Just days following the announcement that Microsoft is to buy Skype for a massive $8.5 billion, the company has begun pushing crapware called 'EasyBits Go' onto Windows systems without consent or... Read more | Samsung: Our lawyers should get to see iPhone 5/iPad 3 The legal battle between Apple and Samsung just racketed up a few notches as Samsung's legal team file a motion to get their hands on samples of Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3. Read more | Microsoft: Will it be too late to tablet party? Not with Office optimized device Microsoft's tablet strategy hasn't been much to get excited about, but there's a compelling case to be made that the software giant can play catch up---especially in the enterprise. Read more | New Name, Same Linux Linus Torvalds has announced that the next major update of the Linux kernel will be called Linux 3.0, but don't get too excited about it. Read more | Twitter's 'landmark' court ruling: Why British free speech is over Editorial: The conflict between privacy and freedom of speech continues, one will always win: privacy, leaving a trail of gagging court orders behind it. Read more | Does end of the Space Shuttle mean NASA lost its mojo? The New York Times' David Pogue reports for CBS News on NASA's future. The big debate is whether the end of the Space Shuttle era means NASA has lost its way. Read more | | | | About this newsletter | The Tech Sanity Check newsletter is my daily update on the technology world. You'll get my picks for the top stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet with technology. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief
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