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http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/big-data-analytics/can-big-data-analytics-learn-some-lessons-from-fraud-detection-software/296 Credit card fraud detection analytics has worked in banking-and its history yields lessons that should be applied to Big Data.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/networking/smbs-will-benefit-from-the-google-and-amazon-custom-server-strategy/6218 With huge cloud players building their own stripped-down servers on a massive scale, midsize data centers could reap benefits from the altered server landscape.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/why-employees-quit-their-jobs/4734 Here's why employees quit their job. Managers, what can you do to reduce turnover in your shop?

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/how-to-get-netflix-streaming-on-ubuntu-1210/4019 It's taken quite some time, but Netflix streaming video has finally arrived on the Ubuntu Linux desktop. In this easy, step-by-step, Jack Wallen shows you how.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cio-insights/tech-workers-back-need-for-more-women-in-it-but-oppose-quotas/39749709 UK IT workers argue the industry needs to address its gender imbalance but say positive discrimination is not the answer.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/security/reporting-online-crime-what-to-do-when-youre-the-victim/8770 Online fraud shouldn't happen, but it does. And when it does, how should one report the crime, and to whom? Michael Kassner would like to share what he's learned.

https://www.infoworld.com:443/t/applications/simulations-in-play-real-world-scenarios-unfold-in-virtual-environments-208820?source=rss_ While gamification -- the use of game mechanics within applications -- is catching hold, simulations, which mimic real-world scenarios, are still a hot market for organizations.Here are three examples of how businesses are using simulations:

https://www.infoworld.com:443/d/computer-hardware/analysts-smartphone-buyers-will-benefit-changing-chipset-market-208829?source=rss_ The mobile chipset market is in a state of flux with a number of key vendors struggling, but analysts say the result of the turmoil will be more advanced high-end smartphones and cheaper low-end devices. On Monday, chip maker ST-Ericsson was dealt a blow as co-owne..

https://www.infoworld.com:443/t/mac-desktop/apples-imac-the-road-irrelevance-208819?source=rss_ Sales of Apple's iMac, the computer often credited with saving the company, have peaked and by the end of 2014 will account for approximately 2 percent of the firm's revenues, analysts now predict.

https://www.infoworld.com:443/t/cringely/when-links-are-outlawed-only-outlaws-will-use-links-208859?source=rss_ Don't look now, but there's a crime wave surging across the Webbernets. Everywhere around you, people are recklessly sharing dangerous and illegal hyperlinks. Lock up your children, barricade the doors and windows, throttle your broadband connection, and pray that the FBI gets to these..