[TechRepublic] What the IT department will look like in 2015

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What the IT department will look like in 2015 The IT department of 2015 will have fewer full-time staff members, will hire more consultants, and will focus on software, mobile, and the cloud. Read more Resource of the day Prepare an ERM classification scheme Classification is a key aspect of the record-keeping framework; links between classification, access, and disposal are important for both control and automation. Download whitepaper here More from TechRepublic   Top IT skills wanted for 2012 A new Computerworld survey indicates the nine IT skills that will be in demand in 2012. Read more Companies change their Terms of Service to limit their liability against hacks Patrick Lambert points out the changes to Terms of Service that big companies like Sony enacted after its hacking fiasco to limit their liability. Read more Don't try to avoid hard work by automating The root cause of automated crap is perhaps the basic notion that applying a technology, methodology, or other management voodoo can replace the hard work required for personal (and organizational) improvement. Read more News from ZDNet   Amazon prices 'Kindle Fire' at $199 At just $199, Amazon's 7-inch "Kindle Fire" may prove Steve Jobs wrong that people don't want a "tweener" tablet. Read more Looks like Amazon took back the lead for dedicated ebook readers I love using the new generation of touchscreen ebook readers, but it looks like Amazon may have jumped back out into the lead with the two new readers announced today. Read more Will tablets soon be free? Let's start with the Kindle Fire By this time next year, even Wi-Fi enabled non-Amazon tablets will be severely subsidized so that users are sucked in and hooked to cloud-based services Read more The Kindle Fire will enable the next generation of 1:1 education apps This isn't about hardware. It's about price, ecosystem, and some very exciting new web tech built into the Fire's browser. Read more How will Windows 8 tablets fare against Amazon's Kindle Fire? Windows 8 tablets, expected out in 2012, have some new and formidable competition from Amazon's newly announced Kindle Fire tablet. Read more Five core criticisms of Windows 8 Windows Developer Preview: It's good, but not perfect, and some PC users and novice users may end up feeling alienated. Read more US congressmen ask FTC to investigate Facebook cookies Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, have asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate how Facebook's cookies behave. Read more Why CIOs fail - A short primer on success Alignment with lines of business, rather than technology alone, is the key to CIO success. Read more Marc Andreessen: Future of enterprise software reflects consumer tech Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen believes we're at a pivotal crossroads in IT, and that much of it is thanks to what is happening in the consumer world of tech. Read more Facebook's f8 announcements are actually Liked by many Were Facebook's announcements at its f8 conference really as unpopular as some claim? It turns out that many users like what they see, they're just not as vocal as the haters. Read more Facebook is destroying Google in time spent online (chart) A new chart shows just how badly Facebook is beating Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL in time spent online. Read more Small states friendliest to electric vehicles Hawaii and Delaware are among the top five predicted states for electric vehicle adoption. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking Open the Samsung Galaxy S II (Sprint Epic 4G Touch) Bill Detwiler cracks open the Sprint Samsung's Galaxy S II. Inside the 4G Android smartphone he found hardware from Samsung, Toshiba, Atmel, and Qualcomm. View on site Toshiba Thrive 7" tablet (photos) Take a closer look at the Thrive 7", an Android 3.2 tablet from Toshiba due in December 2011. View on site HTC Amaze 4G (photos) Imagine a souped-up version of the HTC Sensation 4G with faster data speeds and a more advanced camera, and you've got the dual-core HTC Amaze 4G with a 4.3-inch qHD display. View on site Today's recommended downloads Prepare an ERM classification scheme KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World The Importance of Backups When Virtualizing (Quest Software) Exchange Disaster Recovery (Quest Software)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Google hacking: It's all about the dorks Google Search shows no bias. It will help anyone find anything, including vulnerable Internet-connected devices. You just need to know what to ask. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! 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[TechRepublic] Apple schedules Oct 4 event: iPhone 5 expected

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Apple schedules October 4 event: iPhone 5 expected to debut Apple is inviting the press to an official event next Tuesday, Oct. 4, and an announcement regarding the iPhone 5 is widely expected to be the main event. Read more Resource of the day Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Secure your journey to the cloud. Download your complimentary resources from Trend Micro, including white papers, analyst reports & articles. More from TechRepublic   Gmail in your mobile browser is probably better than your email app Sure everything is supposed to be an app these days, but Kevin Purdy thinks Gmail on a mobile Web browser may be your best bet. Read more Lion desktop multi-touch gestures warrant Magic Trackpad use Erik Eckel describes the multi-touch gestures allowed on Mac OS X Lion and gives his reasons for recommending the Magic Trackpad to take advantage of them. Read more Android's apps are comparatively ugly: Is Linux to blame? Donovan Colbert didn't realize how nice WP7 was until he had to go back to the Android platform. He predicts that Microsoft will come from behind to steal Android's thunder if Google fails to make huge improvements. Read more How to save your Twitter timeline to a file with a simple script Marco Fioretti shares a simple script that uses the Curl program that you can run as a cron job from your server to archive a Twitter timeline. Read more Job openings at CBSinteractive, week of Sept. 26, 2011 Here are some more job openings in information technology at CBSinteractive.com Read more News from ZDNet   Apple invites media to 'talk iPhone' at Oct. 4 event It's official. Apple has has invited the media to an event on its Cupertino campus on October 4 at 10am PT. The invitation includes four iOS app icons and a tagline that reads "Let's talk iPhone." Read more Next Amazon Kindle Fire tablet could come in a few months. Should you really buy the first version? Are you sure you want to rush out and buy that Kindle Fire tablet that Amazon is announcing tomorrow? According to some sleuthing by Ryan Block, co-founder of gdgt.com, you may be getting a slate... Read more Google+ shows explosive growth Google+ is growing faster than any other social network ever. Read more Nielsen: U. S. buyers increasingly going Android Smartphone buyers in the U. S. are turning to Android in increasing numbers, according to the latest survey by Nielsen. Read more Microsoft kills botnet that hosted MacDefender scareware The botnet contained about 41,000 computers worldwide and was capable of sending 3.8 billion spam e-mails per day. Read more New iPhone 5 and iPad 3 concepts: Great marketing opportunity for designers iPhone 5 and iPad 3 concepts are all the rage right now, but there's a lesson to be learned from designers who are choosing to take advantage of the trend... Read more Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 coming to U.S. this weekend, Players launching soon Samsung is finally launching their 8.9 inch Android tablet in the U.S. this weekend with the two Players coming in a couple weeks. Read more Google hits 'terrible teenage' years; Mixed bag to celebrate Google celebrates its thirteenth birthday with a plasticine cake and global search dominance. But party guest Facebook threatens to derail the whole day. Read more Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update is officially launched Microsoft officially announced that the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update is now rolling out to customers and T-Mobile announced it will be launching a new device this holiday season too. Read more Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango' goes live! Mango update headed to a Windows Phone near you! Read more Microsoft launches web-based Windows Phone Marketplace You can now easily browse the more than 30,000 Windows Phone apps, have them installed, and write reviews all from the new web-based Marketplace. Read more New Mac OS X trojan poses as malicious PDF file Security researchers from Sophos and F-Secure have spotted a currently circulating Mac OS X trojan. Read more Facebook forms a political action committee Facebook is steadily pushing further and further into Washington, now with the formation of a political action committee (PAC). Read more Featured multimedia   Windows Start Menu over the years (screenshots) Judging from the Developer Preview version of Windows 8, it seems that Microsoft has finally said goodbye to the traditional Start Menu. View on site T-Mobile's '4G' smartphones (photos) T-Mobile has rolled out HSPA+ as its version of 4G, even though it's technically a 3G technology. Yet, it boasts speeds that rival that of its competitors' 4G networks, so we're inclined to give it a pass. View on site At long last, Boeing hands over its 787 Dreamliner (photos) At a celebration attended by thousands of company employees and partners, the aviation giant completed a years-long journey, delivering the very first of its next-generation airplanes to its launch customer, All Nippon Airways. View on site Opening eyes with a green home (photos) A couple builds the first LEED Platinum-level green home in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, to show that green, healthy, and high-tech are compatible and affordable. View on site Today's recommended downloads Download CEO White Paper: A Brave New (Security) World Prepare an ERM classification scheme KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study Live Webcast: The Perfect Storm - Drive Customer Satisfaction Up and Costs Down (Citrix Online) Live Webcast: Fast-Track your Subversion Journey to the Cloud (CollabNet)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Camera phone challenge: Seeing is believing TechRepublic is bringing back the camera phone challenge! You have from now until Friday, Oct. 14, 2011 at 5:00 PM EDT to submit photos of things you might not believe if your camera phone didn't see them. 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