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• Microsoft Expands Anti-MacBook Campaign With Switching Tips

  26-12-2014 20:29
  
  Microsoft recently expanded its campaign against Apple's MacBook Air with a website that offers practical advice to people who have switched or are thinking of switching to a Surface Pro 3.
  The site resembled other ditch-a-rival-OS efforts that have long been a part of the personal computing landscape, including those Apple has used to convince consumers that switching from a Windows PC to a Mac is not difficult.
  Microsoft's MacBook-to-Surface Pro 3 switching site includes general tips on us
  
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• Connected, self-driving cars in the front seat at CES

  26-12-2014 15:45
  
  Cars that can park themselves, cycle helmets that can communicate to avoid collisions and the coming battle between Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto will all be hot topics at International CES in January.The Las Vegas trade show will offer a mixture of cars and accessories coming out next year, and others that are still years away from being ready.The latter category includes BMW’s self-parking car, which will be demonstrated to journalists in a Las Vegas parking garage. The Re
  
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• 5 Things CIOs Should Know About Prescriptive Analytics

  26-12-2014 14:30
  
  What's the followup to predictive analytics?  It's prescriptive analytics, which actually tells you the best action to take. Here are five things you need to know it.
  1. It's the next step in analytics. First there was descriptive analytics, using data to describe current or past circumstances. Then came predictive analytics, analyzing data to predict a future outcome. Prescriptive analytics suggests the best option for handling that future scenario."Prescriptive tells you the best way to
  
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• Retailer Takes Control of Its Cloud

  26-12-2014 14:02
  
  "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM," as the old IT bon mot goes. The corollary for today's cloud-based world could well be, "Nobody ever got fired for signing a deal with Amazon.com."Inking a standard infrastructure-as-a-service deal with the big-name provider has clear benefits for many companies--scalability, flexibility, lower capital costs. But in exchange, cloud customers have typically given up much control.When Chico's CIO Eric Singleton first signed a deal with Amazon Web Services
  
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• 10 Top Stories for Job Seekers in 2014

  26-12-2014 14:00
  
  2014 saw the economy climb even further out of recession, with increases in hiring and resulting upward pressure on salaries and benefits as the unemployment rate plummeted. Job seekers were better able to negotiate and found their skills and knowledge in great demand, and employers faced with the possibility of losing key talent realized the need to double down on engagement and retention. Here, we highlight the most popular career stories for job seekers from 2014.
  1) Top Paying IT Jobs fo
  
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• The Internet of Things, Explained

  26-12-2014 13:00
  You walk up to your front door, and it unlocks as it recognizes the key fob in your pocket. It’s cold outside, but the air on the other side of your threshold is a toasty 74 degrees because the thermostat fired up your furnace the instant you (your phone, more accurately) crossed the 20-mile geofence you drew around your home. As the door swings open, your recessed lighting illuminates your path to the kitchen, everyone’s first destination when arriving home after a long day at work. A g
  
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• How to Set Up Your New Chromebook the Right Way

  26-12-2014 12:30
  
  Setting up a new Chromebook is much easier than setting up a PC. Chromebooks don't require major updates or antivirus software. You start simply by signing in with your Google Account (or creating that account, if you don't already have one). 
  All that said, Chromebooks have some unique quirks—such as limited offline capabilities, and a wonky method for connecting a printer. Here's everything you need to know to set up your new Chromebook up the right way—starting with the tools that le
  
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• New Congress May Move Swiftly to Raise H-1B Cap

  26-12-2014 12:00
  
  When the Republicans take control of Congress in January, they may act, with bipartisan support, to raise the H-1B cap.
  It's going to be sticky because the Republicans will be working on parallel paths. They will be taking President Barack Obama to task over his executive actions on immigration reform, as they pull together votes for a separate, standalone bill on the H-1B visa, according to several Capitol Hill sources who spoke only on background.
  The groundwork for a bipartisan bill is in
  
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• $5.25M targeted for children's recreation in Stilly Valley - HeraldNet

  26-12-2014 09:13
  
  $5.25M targeted for children's recreation in Stilly Valley
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  The 13,000-square-foot club was built in 1992 and doesn't have enough space for the 2,000-plus people who use it, executive director Bill Tsoukalas said. “We get overwhelmed with kids and parents coming in for sports and activities,” he said. The ...
  
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