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	Update: Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion | Microsoft goes on the defensive with Skype acquisition
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	Google rolls out Android 3.1; next version will run on phones, tablet Google on Tuesday touted Android's growth to 100 million smartphones and tablets, kicked off a rollout of Android 3.1 and gave developers a preview of the next major Android update called 'Ice Cream Sandwich.' Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Is Online Server Backup Appropriate for Your Business? Read this white paper to examine the setbacks of traditional backup, gain a better understanding of online backup, and discover why Iron Mountain's LiveVault solution for automated server backup and recovery won the 2006 award for Best Storage Software Solution from the Software and Information Industry Association. Read Now! In this Issue Update: Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion Microsoft goes on the defensive with Skype acquisition Microsoft promises not to ditch Mac, iPhone, Android Skype users Preston Gralla: Five reasons Microsoft had to buy Skype Microsoft downplays Server bug threat, say researchers Officials say Google, Apple sending mixed signals on tracking From CIO.com: BlackBerry PlayBook Apps: 8 Great Free Downloads EMC's Tucci sees hybrid cloud becoming de facto standard iPad cannibalization talk crazy, says analyst Flexible, e-ink mobile to rival smartphones in coming years Cisco launches wireless LAN Flex controller Fujitsu begins taking orders for tablet with new Intel chip LTE-based public safety network could finally become reality Smartphone shipments fell from Q4 to Q1, iSuppli says Rhomobile fits app dev framework with Eclipse IDE, Windows Phone 7 support Civil rights groups alarmed at court ruling against Google Jonny Evans: Apple's other growing platform, the Mac JR Raphael: Google I/O day 1: Android 3.1, Ice Cream Sandwich, movies and more WHITE PAPER: Cisco Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Update: Microsoft agrees to buy Skype for $8.5 billion Microsoft has agreed to buy Skype for $8.5 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. Read More Microsoft goes on the defensive with Skype acquisition Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype is largely seen as a defensive move by analysts, as the company struggles to keep up with the likes of Google and Facebook on the Internet. Read More Microsoft promises not to ditch Mac, iPhone, Android Skype users Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today promised that the company would continue to develop and support Skype on rival platforms. Read More Preston Gralla: Five reasons Microsoft had to buy Skype Microsoft is certainly overpaying by spending $8.5 billion to buy Skype, but it's a deal that Microsoft had to make. In the end, the several billion dollar premium it pays won't matter, but the significant benefits Microsoft gains from the purchase will be real and long-lasting. Here are five reasons why Microsoft had to buy Skype. Read More Microsoft downplays Server bug threat, say researchers Microsoft is downplaying the threat posed by one of the three bugs the company patched today, said security researchers. Read More Officials say Google, Apple sending mixed signals on tracking Senators question Google and Apple about location tracking on their smartphones. Read More From CIO.com: BlackBerry PlayBook Apps: 8 Great Free Downloads CIO.com's Mobile Maestro Al Sacco recommends another batch of quality BlackBerry PlayBook apps. Access your favorite social networks, quickly take notes, draw sketches and build scrapbooks, kill time with simple games and much more with these free first-rate apps. Read More EMC's Tucci sees hybrid cloud becoming de facto standard EMC has planted its development and acquisition future in the cloud, calling for increased development of open-source Web-based applications and MapReduce technologies to help mine unstructured data. Read More iPad cannibalization talk crazy, says analyst Apple's iPad hasn't materially affected consumer PC sales, as some have claimed, according to survey data compiled by the NPD Group. Read More DOWNLOAD: Hitachi Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial Flexible, e-ink mobile to rival smartphones in coming years Researchers from Queens University presented a flexible, e-ink display at the Computer Human Interaction conference that they believe could one day replace smartphones. Called the Paper Phone, the device isn't much thicker than a few sheets of paper and uses the same type of display found on the Amazon Kindle and other popular e-readers. Read More Cisco launches wireless LAN Flex controller Cisco Tuesday unveiled a wireless LAN controller that can remotely configure wireless policies, and wireless management and security settings. Read More Fujitsu begins taking orders for tablet with new Intel chip Fujitsu is now taking orders for its Stylistic Q550 Slate PC tablet, one of the earlier tablets to use Oak Trail, Intel's first dedicated tablet processor. Read More LTE-based public safety network could finally become reality Ten years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the United States government may finally be making progress on allocating spectrum for a next-generation public safety mobile broadband network. Read More Smartphone shipments fell from Q4 to Q1, iSuppli says Smartphone shipments dipped in the first quarter compared with the previous quarter, a type of decline that hasn't happened for a couple of years. Read More Rhomobile fits app dev framework with Eclipse IDE, Windows Phone 7 support Rhodes 3.0, which Rhomobile says is the first framework to support Windows Phone 7, is being positioned as an alternative to Silverlight Read More Civil rights groups alarmed at court ruling against Google European lobby groups have expressed alarm at a Belgian court's ruling that Google News violates copyright rules. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's other growing platform, the Mac The iPad has taken over the tablet business and the iPhone is among the top three biggest-selling smartphones worldwide, despite Google's Android competition, but Apple has another platform that's growing faster than any other and is at last seizing an unexpected place in enterprise markets, the Mac. Read More JR Raphael: Google I/O day 1: Android 3.1, Ice Cream Sandwich, movies and more Google just wrapped up the opening keynote session for day one of its I/O developers' conference -- and boy oh boy, is there a lot of Android news. Read More
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