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	IT Blogwatch: Hello, Microsoft? Fire Steve Ballmer! A "star" hedge-fund is calling for the Microsoft board to give CEO Steve Ballmer the old heave-ho. Greenlight Capital president David Einhorn thinks Ballmer's replacement would rally the company's snoozing stock price. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers will miss all the sweaty developers-developers-developers gags. Not to mention: Dunder the German Shepherd -- puppy to 1 year old in 40 seconds ... Read More WHITE PAPER: Cray Cray Supercomputers in Climate, Weather and Ocean Modeling Read why Cray supercomputers are the systems of choice in these communities. Read Now In this Issue Jonny Evans: Does Apple's iPad 2 belong in your school? JR Raphael: Verizon: Droid X Gingerbread upgrade available May 27 Preston Gralla: Toshiba pulls the plug on Windows 7 tablet --- will Windows tablets ever gain traction? Michael Horowitz: Defending against Firefox extensions that may spy on you Jonny Evans: Apple Tim Cook visits Samsung on iPad 3 AMOLED trail Healthcare IT Spotlight: 11 vendors who have helped their customers achieve meaningful use Shark Tank: Just like he was told to RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Transform Your Business with Video Business video is exploding in popularity. As video becomes increasingly pervasive, businesses need to uncover the most efficient and productive ways to deploy the media. Cisco Services offers four detailed white paper series—plus complementary short videos—that outline practical steps for harnessing the power of video and realizing the best ROI. Go Now Jonny Evans: Does Apple's iPad 2 belong in your school? A UK school has announced it will be Europe's first to equip all students with Apple [AAPL] iPad 2's, and while critics slam such moves as an expensive waste of cash, others believe that enabling pupils to get to grips with learning while using technology they actually like will actually boost education. Read More JR Raphael: Verizon: Droid X Gingerbread upgrade available May 27 Got a Droid X? Get ready to feast on some freshly made Gingerbread. Read More Preston Gralla: Toshiba pulls the plug on Windows 7 tablet --- will Windows tablets ever gain traction? More bad news for Microsoft in tablets --- Toshiba has apparently pulled the plug on its plans for a Windows 7-based tablet. Given that it was already available for pre-order, and slated to be shipped in June, this is very bad news for Microsoft. At this rate, will Windows ever become a significant presence in the tablet market? Read More DOWNLOAD: Citrix Free Download: Citrix® NetScaler® Now you can get the ultimate in dynamic, cost-effective Web app delivery with Citrix® NetScaler® VPX. Simply download the free Express Edition of this virtual appliance and you'll experience infinitely flexible L4-7 load balancing, Web app acceleration and security from a single, virtual appliance. Click to continue Michael Horowitz: Defending against Firefox extensions that may spy on you The Ant Video Downloader and Player was tracking every website visited by Firefox users who installed the extension. Any web browser extension entails some risk since it lives inside the browser. Here are some defensive steps to take. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple Tim Cook visits Samsung on iPad 3 AMOLED trail Apple COO, Tim Cook flew to South Korea last week for high-level meetings with Samsung in an attempt to secure Retina Display-like screens for the iPad 3, even while the two firms turn to the courts over their competing mobile products. Read More Healthcare IT Spotlight: 11 vendors who have helped their customers achieve meaningful use This past January eligible providers in the ambulatory community were able to begin attesting to meaningful use. A few days later, we started to see press releases from successful practices and their EHR vendors, and a couple of months later, we started to ask, which vendors have successfully gotten their customers to meaningful use? Read More Shark Tank: Just like he was told to This female user complains that the guy in the next cubicle is surfing porn on the Web -- and after an investigation, he's gone. But that's not the end. Read More
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