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• IT job gains: Not as bright as they appear

  The IT job market for the first half of 2015 is a touch softer than it originally seemed, soft enough that IT job growth is not only flat, but shrinking slightly.

• Separating science fact from science fiction in robotics (with video)

  Science-fiction movies often show robots freely running across the screen, either wreaking havoc or saving the world.

• Docker 1.6 caters to dev and ops alike with new features

  Docker has adopted the "ship early and often" mantra of software developers, but it isn't just shipping a new version of the Docker client a mere <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2882025/virtualization/docker-1-5-seeks-to-ease-networking-documentation-woes.html">two months after the last one</a>. Instead, it's offering up a major architectural change in Docker image delivery -- a clear sign Docker's success is forcing it to keep pace with its customers' real-world needs.

• Open source tool could sniff out most heavily censored websites

  Georgia Tech researchers are seeking the assistance of website operators to help better understand which sites are being censored and then figure out how to get around such restricted access by examining the data collected.

• Microsoft slates critical IE, Windows patches for next week

  Microsoft pans to ship six security updates to customers next week, patching all versions of Internet Explorer and nearly all supported editions of Windows.

• Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks

  Hackers are already exploiting an Internet Explorer vulnerability left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and security experts said.

• What is 3D printing?

  3D printers are the hottest new technology on the IT landscape. Everyone --users and vendors alike-- wants a piece of the pie and, with 3D systems now printing candy and food, they could get their wish; that is, an actual, edible piece of pie.

• As customers fume, Microsoft promises Surface Pro 2 firmware fix ASAP

  Even as Microsoft promised to speed up work on a re-release for a flawed Surface Pro 2 firmware update, customers continued to damn the company for the fiasco.

• Red Hat OpenShift upgrade reaffirms commitment to PaaS

  Red Hat has released the second version of its OpenShift Enterprise platform as a service (PaaS), which comes with tools that make it easier to deploy, and provide integration with more hardware options and programming languages. It also is the latest move in the busy PaaS market, which is quickly gaining steam to catch up in importance to the more established IaaS and SaaS markets.

• iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending June 28

  The photoleaks of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S - or something – become a photophlood this week, revealing that, among other things, the Next iPhone will indeed have a battery.

• HortonWorks: The Hadoop company everyone wants to be best friends with now

  During the past few years Neustar, an $830 million publicly-traded data analytics company, has undergone a dramatic business transformation, and it's been powered almost entirely by Hadoop.

• Where do Cisco's network security plans go from here?

  Despite its leadership position in most enterprise security product areas, Cisco faces a number of technological and competitive challenges to stay out in front.

• Opinion: Wait, so why do we need phones again?

  Phone service is obsolete, says Mike Elgan and wireless carriers are holding him back. Here's why he wants Google to be his phone company.

• Microsoft may not want smashing Surface RT tablet sales

  The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet has raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo sales of the new device?

• Startup debuts with cloud-based open-source identity and access management software

  Startup ForgeRock makes its official debut today with cloud-based open-source identity and access management (IAM) software called Open Identity Stack intended to be used by enterprises and service providers to enable centralized provisioning and access management to enterprise, mobile and software-as-a-service applications.