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	How big is Microsoft gambling with Windows 8? Analysts parsing what Microsoft revealed of Windows 8 this week are split on how big the company is gambling with its operating system cash cow. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Shelter from the Storm: Data Security for SMBs Small and midsize businesses must deploy cost-effective strategies to improve security and minimize the impact of data breaches. The resources in this Data Security KnowledgeVault will help guide you through six vital steps to get out of reactive mode and build a foundation for a multilayered approach to data security. Learn more. In this Issue Syria drops off the Internet amid turmoil Mac scareware gang, Apple trade blows yet again N.C. outsourcing deal leads to IT layoffs External disk storage shipments increase 46% in Q1 Adobe: Row with Apple over Flash is over TI CEO: Intel's PC baggage will hurt mobile aspirations Asus Eee PCs ship with Ubuntu Linux Foxconn reopens polishing facilities, other than Chengdu EBay's PayPal to stop service on Alibaba site HTC to release Sense SDK YouTube sets up Creative Commons library Jonny Evans: Apple chip roadmap hints A5 iPhone 5, A6 iPad 3 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Microsoft Is Microsoft Desktop Virtualization for you? Desktop Virtualization provides a comprehensive suite of solutions that enables companies to give their employees flexibility to work everywhere; simplifying compliance and management through a centralized and unified infrastructure. Learn how IT is empowering users with Desktop Virtualization with this on-demand roundtable. Click to continue Syria drops off the Internet amid turmoil Syria appears to be thelatest Middle eastern government to shut down access to the internet due to civil unrest. Read More Mac scareware gang, Apple trade blows yet again Scareware makers on Friday again changed their fake security software scam, while Apple issued the third signature update in as many days to combat the scam. Read More N.C. outsourcing deal leads to IT layoffs Dex One will reportedly cut about 30% of its IT staff after signing an outsourcing pack with HCL Technologies. Read More External disk storage shipments increase 46% in Q1 Worldwide external disk storage systems posted double-digit growth for the fifth consecutive quarter in the first three months of 2011, according to IDC. Read More Adobe: Row with Apple over Flash is over Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen has said that his company's row with Apple over the lack of Flash on the iOS platform is 'over.' Read More TI CEO: Intel's PC baggage will hurt mobile aspirations Texas Instruments' CEO this week took a shot at Intel, saying the company's history of making power-hungry PC chips could hurt its aspirations to compete with ARM in the handheld device market. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. 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. Asus Eee PCs ship with Ubuntu Linux Asustek is preinstalling Canonical's Ubuntu operating system for the first time in some netbooks to target the Linux market, Canonical said Thursday. Read More Foxconn reopens polishing facilities, other than Chengdu Foxconn has reopened all its polishing workshops, other than the one at Chengdu in China, which was shut down after a blast there on May 20 killed three people. Read More EBay's PayPal to stop service on Alibaba site EBay's PayPal will no longer be a payment option on a site run by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, a sign that cooperation between the two companies may be cooling. Read More HTC to release Sense SDK HTC plans to release an SDK for Sense, the user interface it features on Android phones. Read More YouTube sets up Creative Commons library YouTube has set up a library of videos carrying the Creative Commons license, that creators can easily reuse and incorporate into their work, the Google video sharing service said Thursday in its blog. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple chip roadmap hints A5 iPhone 5, A6 iPad 3 Looking beyond WWDC to the future evolution of Apple and its iDevices, Microprocessor Review suggests the company's iPhones and iPads may take different paths. Intel wants a piece of Apple's growing mobile processor pie. Will a hybrid ARM/Intel MacBook follow?. Read More
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