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Nanophotonics: What's light got to do with IT? IBM announces a breakthrough in nanonphotonics, one it says will speed the creation of affordable silicon/optical chips to speed data through servers and data centers. Read more Resource of the day High Efficiency Economizer-based Cooling Modules for Large Data Centers Take a look at this white paper to learn about the most efficient way to keep your servers cool. Discover the difference that proper cooling can make. More from TechRepublic   Will the Internet of Things be the end of cloud computing? Tech workers back need for more women in IT but oppose quotas 10 MORE technologies that are just plain broken Can Big Data Analytics learn some lessons from fraud detection software? 10 IT risk management issues that are often overlooked How to get Netflix streaming on Ubuntu 12.10 News from ZDNet   IBM takes optical chip breakthrough to standard manufacturing Gmail in widespread outage, also caused Chrome browser crashes Microsoft's Bing Augmented Reality team readies framework, Windows 8 tablet apps FTC voices concerns over mobile apps for kids Google Now notifications head for Chrome CabWiFi: Would you swap 15 seconds of your time for 15 minutes of free Wi-Fi? How Square enables rapid service creation Huawei splashes out ???70m on Helsinki smartphone R&D centre Enter the 'cloud architect': Anything new here? Google offering $99 Chromebooks to classrooms for the holidays Amazon slices price of Kindle Fire HD 8.9 to $249 for today only India arrested over 1,600 for cybercrimes in 2011 Motorola to give the gift of Jelly Bean to RAZR family this Christmas Apple television: Where others failed, content could hold the key 10 security stories that shaped 2012 Microsoft no longer bothering to deny Office on iPad News from CNET   No password is safe from this new 25-GPU computer cluster Intel discusses shift to system-on-a-chip tech AT&T opens four new LTE markets, covers 160 million 27-inch iMacs now being prepped to ship to early buyers Google saves $2B in taxes by sheltering $10B in revenue in Bermuda Best Buy trims $50 off iPhone Ada Lovelace, early computer whiz, gets Doodle love BlackBerry 10 won't be PlayBook redux. Here's why New profile pages coming to all Twitter users Dec. 12 IBM research honcho: From the Pentagon to the 'toy shop' (Q&A) LG: Nexus 4 supplies beset by 'huge demand' Motorola Mobility to leave South Korea, cut jobs Nike launches app accelerator program to fuel developers Jefferies cuts Apple stock target, cites iPhone 5S and more Parsing Apple's TV ambitions Tape runs out for Sony's portable cassette recorders Dismal voter turnout may doom Facebook's quasi-democracy The polls close at Facebook for the last time Featured galleries   Cracking Open the HP Z820 Workstation Today's recommended downloads DCIG Oracle Backup Software Solutions Buyer's Guide (Quest Software, now a part of Dell) Guide to Improving First-Time IT Certification Pass Rates (SkillSoft) Five Calls To Make When Developing a Mobile Learning Strategy (SkillSoft) The Importance of Managing Privileged Accounts (Quest Software, now a part of Dell) Discover insights and predict outcomes quickly with integrated analytics, BI & data warehousing (IBM)   About this newsletter The Editor's Daily Picks newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas 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) or my Google+ feed (+Jason Hiner). Connect with TechRepublic Are your holiday rosters and tools ready? Just because you are not at work, doesn't mean that hardware or hackers respect your timesheet. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Big Data Analytics Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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