The CRN.com News Quiz -- October 2011
What a short, strange trip it's been. HP is reportedly testing what OS for use on its (currently discontinued) TouchPad tablet?
A new WebOS
Android
Linux
Windows 8
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Actually, that's not a bad idea! Who's testing a security feature to let a user's friends verify their identity to regain control of a hacked account?
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Facebook
HotMail
Linkedin
Twitter
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It's the coolest product name of the month. Boomi AtomSphere is a cloud integration tool from whom?
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Dell
Oracle
Rackspace
Salesforce
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Virginia Rometty will become IBM's next CEO in January. How many CEO's will that make over IBM's nearly 100 years?
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6
9
13
19
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Will this Dart stick? Google's new programming language is aiming to displace what popular web component?
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JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby on Rails
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What natural disaster has put a quarter of the world's hard drive production at risk?
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Cyclones in India
Earthquakes in China
Floods in Thailand
Volcanos in Iceland
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Wanna get a Buzz on? Ummm, no. Who's closing Buzz, their unsuccessful social networking product?
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Google
Microsoft
Nintendo
Sony
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We're #2! Who overtook Dell this month as the second largest worldwide PC maker in sales, behind HP?
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Acer
Apple
Lenovo
Toshiba
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We're #2 (in a different way)! Who passed Microsoft, to become the second-largest tech company (behind Apple) by market cap?
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HP
IBM
Oracle
Samsung
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But how long will it be until she tells us what to do? Who is the new "on-board assistant" in Apple's iPhone 4s?
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Sami
Sara
Siri
Suri
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For more on the stories in this quiz, see the following articles:
Report: HP Testing Windows 8 For Possible TouchPad Revival
Facebook Tests Security Features
Dell Boomi: Updated AtomSphere Aims To Ease Move To The Cloud
Rometty Named New IBM CEO, Will Succeed Palmisano On Jan. 1
Google Aims For Web Development Bull's Eye With Dart
Massive Thailand Floods Likely To Cause Widespread Hard Drive Shortage
Buzz Kill: Google To Bury Buzz In Google+ Push
Lenovo Trumps Dell, Becomes No. 2 PC Maker