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In this Issue Update: Microsoft records banner sales year Apple touts 1M Lion downloads on Day 1 Google: Sun offered to license Java for $100 million Oracle will be allowed to depose Google's Larry Page From CIO.com: 5 Cool Add Ons for Firefox 5 Anonymous, LulzSec vow to hack on NASA says robots are key to future space exploration RIM's Android app player for PlayBook leaked Sony insurer says it's not liable for breach-related costs Apple pays half the $4.5B price tag on Nortel patents Update: AMD revenue drops as CEO search continues Oracle buys Ksplice for Linux 'zero downtime' tech Commerce Department will push privacy codes of conduct JR Raphael: T-Mobile: G2x Gingerbread upgrade not yet finalized Robert L. Mitchell: Can ink jet save Kodak? Jonny Evans: Lion users suffer Adobe Apple Flash support war IT Blogwatch: Wow! Microsoft's record financial year beats street WEBCAST: SAP How to Create a Modern BI Strategy for Mid-Size Businesses As technology changes, so does BI. Keeping up with these changes to get the most out of your BI strategy can be challenging, but not if you have the right tools and services in place. With technology advances such as social networking and mobility, how do BI and analytics fit in? View now Update: Microsoft records banner sales year Proving naysayers incorrect once again, Microsoft posted a banner fiscal 2011 year in revenue, as sales of Microsoft Office, server software and Xbox continued to drive growth, even as sales of Windows leveled off, according to the company. Read More Apple touts 1M Lion downloads on Day 1 Apple said today that customers had downloaded more than one million copies of Mac OS X Lion from the Mac App Store in the upgrade's first day of availability. Read More Google: Sun offered to license Java for $100 million Sun Microsystems offered to license its Java technology to Google for US$100 million, a Google attorney said Thursday, attempting to show that Oracle is out of touch as it seeks billions from Google for patent infringement. Read More Oracle will be allowed to depose Google's Larry Page Oracle may depose Google CEO Larry Page and two others in connection with its lawsuit accusing Google of patent infringement in its Android operating system, a magistrate in California ordered on Thursday. Read More From CIO.com: 5 Cool Add Ons for Firefox 5 Are you a Firefox user? Do you want to make pesky ads disappear, manage your passwords better or view photos and videos in 3D? Bill Snyder of CIO.com highlights his favorite fun and free browser add ons that will work on both Firefox 5 and 4. Read More Anonymous, LulzSec vow to hack on In a defiant statement addressed largely at FBI director Steve Chabinsky, members of the Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivist groups vowed to continue with their hacking campaigns and dared law enforcement to try and stop them. Read More NASA says robots are key to future space exploration As NASA's 30-year space shuttle program draws to a close, engineers at the space agency are focusing on building advanced robots that will delve deeper into space. Read More RIM's Android app player for PlayBook leaked Research In Motion may be getting close to releasing the Android app player it promised for the PlayBook, judging from an old version of the player found on the BlackBerry.com website. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Unite Communications Across Multiple Devices Mobile devices, delivery models, and new applications are redefining our jobs. Find out how your company can unite communications across multiple devices, allowing you to communicate with employees, customers, and partners on any device, anywhere. View this demo to see how unifying your communications transforms your work and productivity. Click to continue Sony insurer says it's not liable for breach-related costs One of Sony's insurers has asked a New York court to absolve it of any responsibility for defending or indemnifying Sony against claims arising from recent data breaches at the company. Read More Apple pays half the $4.5B price tag on Nortel patents Apple is contributing more than half the total $4.5 billion price tag for Nortel patents, with partners including Microsoft and Sony combined kicking in the rest. Read More Update: AMD revenue drops as CEO search continues Advanced Micro Devices' revenue for the second fiscal quarter of 2011 sunk as the search for a new CEO continues, the company said on Thursday. Read More Oracle buys Ksplice for Linux 'zero downtime' tech Oracle has purchased Ksplice, maker of technology that allows Linux administrators to apply important security updates without having to reboot the system, Oracle announced Thursday. Terms were not disclosed. Read More Commerce Department will push privacy codes of conduct A U.S. Department of Commerce official says the agency will convene groups to develop privacy codes of conduct. Read More 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 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 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 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
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