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Gartner upbeat on big data jobs

GM plans to hire 3,000 HP IT workers

The new Microsoft

US relief agency sets up ‘rumor control’ to counter online misinformation

Relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy were affected by misinformation on social networks like Twitter

Windows 8 presses developers to update their skills

At Microsoft's Build conference, developers learned more about live tiles, the touch interface and the Windows 8 design philosophy

Twitter launches interactive map to track candidates’ tweets

From near disaster to shaky recovery in NYC

Data centers suffer outages but survive as they wait for utility power

Red Hat, Xen, Java, Cloudera prepped for 64-bit ARM

The software support is needed for ARM-based servers to take off

Roku Adds Killer App for Internet TV: Cross-Service Search

You can now search for TV shows and movies on Netflix, Amazon Instant, Vudu, Hulu Plus, Crackle, and HBO Go using Roku’s simple interface.

Algorithm predicts Twitter ‘trending’ topics hours in advance

MIT professor, student say algo may also have weightier applications