Could spam sink LinkedIn? Yes!

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	IT Blogwatch: Wow! Microsoft's record financial year beats street Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its year-end results last night, and they were far better than expected. Revenues and profit were up almost across the board, with earnings 17% higher than expected. But there's still an ugly comparison with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers run the numbers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2011 Key Industry Analysts Coming to IT Roadmap Dallas IT Roadmap is coming to Dallas on September 13th, and with it comes your opportunity to hear from five top industry analysts. Hear what they have to say about where the industry is, and where it is going. Analysts from IDC and Nemertes Research will be moderating our morning technology tracks. Click to continue In this Issue Richi Jennings: Could spam sink LinkedIn? Yes! Robert L. Mitchell: Can ink jet save Kodak? Preston Gralla: Microsoft breakout quarter shows the future of the company isn't spelled "Windows" Jonny Evans: Lion users suffer Adobe Apple Flash support war JR Raphael: T-Mobile: G2x Gingerbread upgrade not yet finalized Preston Gralla: Nokia's disastrous quarter spells big trouble for Windows Phone 7 Jonny Evans: Apple beats Nokia as smartphone sales grow Shark Tank: Which is a remarkably civil response for 2 a.m. WHITE PAPER: IBM Smarter, Faster Endpoint Management Because IT administrators have access to data that is typically unavailable to other departments, they are often perceived as the "keepers" of intelligence in an enterprise. Read now Richi Jennings: Could spam sink LinkedIn? Yes! Richi's Rant: I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore! The situation with LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) spam is getting out of hand. It's seriously damaging the LinkedIn brand and the site's effectiveness. If the company doesn't get this problem under control soon, you can add LinkedIn to the sorry list inhabited by MySpace and Friendster. Find out what I'm complaining about in The Long View... INSIDER (free registration required) Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Can ink jet save Kodak? Kodak is selling off assets as it struggles to build a sustainable digital imaging business. But profitability remains elusive in the competitive ink jet business. Insider (registration required) Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft breakout quarter shows the future of the company isn't spelled "Windows" Yesterday's earnings report shows that Microsoft had a breakout quarter and year, with its highest yearly revenue in history at $69.94 billion and a big-growth quarter. A closer look shows that the company's big earnings this quarter weren't driven by Windows. Microsoft should take the hint, and stop pushing the Windows brand so hard. Read More Jonny Evans: Lion users suffer Adobe Apple Flash support war I still agree with Steve Jobs on Flash, but the Apple [AAPL] versus Adobe [ADBE] Flash battle continues to punish customers. Take the introduction of Lion. It isn't as if Apple made any secret about its OS plans. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. The Right Unified Communications Solution The advantages of today's unified communications are numerous, and there are many choices among solutions. A Cisco white paper is available to help you make the right decision. The paper outlines ten differentiators—from mobile device support to social software—that you should consider before deciding on a unified communications upgrade. Click to continue JR Raphael: T-Mobile: G2x Gingerbread upgrade not yet finalized Despite what you may have heard, the Android 2.3 upgrade for T-Mobile's G2x phone is not yet finalized, according to the carrier. Read More Preston Gralla: Nokia's disastrous quarter spells big trouble for Windows Phone 7 Nokia's just-released disastrous results for the second quarter aren't just bad news for Nokia --- it means big trouble for Microsoft and Windows Phone 7 as well. At this point, it looks as if two drowning mobile efforts are trying to save each other. Will they go down, or help buoy each other? Read More Jonny Evans: Apple beats Nokia as smartphone sales grow Apple has beaten Nokia to become the world's biggest smartphone manufacturer for the first time -- and all it needs to do is just sit tight and it could sell 190 million iPhone sales in 2016. Read More Shark Tank: Which is a remarkably civil response for 2 a.m. Tier-3 network support team -- including this pilot fish -- is paged at 2 a.m. for a big conference call. The problem: A critical server is down, and it must be a network problem. Read More
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