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When it comes to IT hires, you get what you pay for

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Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/when-it-comes-it-hires-you-get-what-you-pay-216610?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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How to Calculate Martian Habitability

A planetary scientist at NASA has come up with a four-component equation that calculates the odds of a site on Mars being habitable. Wired Science blogger Jeffrey Marlow describes the equation.

Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/04/how-to-calculate-martian-habitability/

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Pro Track Athletes Get a Grip With 3-D Printed Equipment

The coolest thing about Jack Bolas' 4:01.44 time in the indoor mile wasn't his fourth-place finish, it was the fact he was the first professional to run a race on 3D-printed equipment.

Source: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2013/03/new-balance-3d-printed-shoes/

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What could be worse than the IRS's grubby hands? Its spying eyes

Just in time for Tax Day 2013 (better known in the Cringely household as Tequila for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Day) comes news that the IRS is even a bigger snoop than you suspected -- or at least it might be.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/t/cringely/what-could-be-worse-the-irss-grubby-hands-its-spying-eyes-216215?source=rss_applications

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The patent trolls are back, and this time they're after you

Out of sight, out of mind -- after a burst of deservedly bad publicity, Lodsys, a notorious alleged patent

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/the-patent-trolls-are-back-and-time-theyre-after-you-216183?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Oracle updates Primavera project portfolio management software

Oracle has rolled out a series of upgrades and new features for the PPM (project portfolio management) software suite it gained through the 2008 acquisition of Primavera.

Source: https://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/oracle-updates-primavera-project-portfolio-management-software-216015?source=rss_applications

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Beyond honeypots: It takes a honeytoken to catch a thief

Last week I talked about the importance of deploying honeypots to catch malicious hackers and malware.

Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/beyond-honeypots-it-takes-honeytoken-catch-thief-216467?source=rss_infoworld_blogs

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Mary H. K. Choi on the Dangers of Dubstep

It began as an experiment, though the dangers of dabbling seem obvious in hindsight. I thought myself impervious, but the joke’s on me. Because guess what? I love electronic dance music. Dead serious. Slowly—it was so subtle I didn’t even ...

Source: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/04/mary-h-k-choi-amped-up/

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Why iPad apps can't replace your desktop software -- yet

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Source: http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/why-ipad-apps-cant-replace-your-desktop-software-yet-216006?source=rss_applications

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When is your data not your data? When it's in the cloud

Think the data you upload to a cloud storage site is private? Not necessarily.

Source: https://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/when-your-data-not-your-data-when-its-in-the-cloud-213988?source=rss_storage

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