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	IT Blogwatch: HP TouchPad sale ignites $99 webOS tablet grab HP (NYSE:HPQ) is having a mad TouchPad sale. At $99 for the 16GB webOS tablet, people are snapping them up as fast as HP and retailers can unpack them from their shipping containers. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder this August madness. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Data Deduplication for Dummies What does data deduplication really mean? This 2nd edition of the book "Data Deduplication for Dummies" takes an in-depth look of the advantages of data deduplication. Learn exactly how data deduplication works, the pros and cons of various approaches, determining the right data deduplication ratio and answers to the most common dedupe questions. Read More In this Issue Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 release date, other rumors HP's $99 TouchPad tablet selling out in retailer fire sale IT Blogwatch: Steve Jobs resigns, steps down on health grounds; world shocked JR Raphael: Why I bought a $99 HP TouchPad Steve Jobs' resignation 'end of an era' NASA: Humanoid robot wakes up on space station IT Blogwatch: iPad 3 release date delayed to 2012: retina display FAIL Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool Elgan: Mobile in chaos -- Has the industry gone nuts? WHITE PAPER: Quantum 8 Dedupe Features to Avoid When considering adding deduplication software to your existing storage strategy, there needs to be a balancing act between optimizing for performance, optimizing for capacity, and avoiding performance bottlenecks. This independent white paper offers guidance on evaluating deduplication solutions and includes the 8 top dedupe "features" to avoid. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 release date, other rumors It's time to round up the iPhone 5 release date rumors and all the other Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) chatter about this ridiculously-anticipated pomaceous device. Well, Jonny's away, and someone's gotta do it; so I might as well step into the breach with The Long View... Read More HP's $99 TouchPad tablet selling out in retailer fire sale Some retailers sold out remaining Hewlett-Packard TouchPad tablets in just a few hours on Saturday after heavily discounted prices attracted buyers to the last remaining units of the soon-to-be defunct tablet. Read More IT Blogwatch: Steve Jobs resigns, steps down on health grounds; world shocked STEVE JOBS RESIGNS, yell all the headlines this morning. It's believed the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO stepped down due to pancreatic health problems. Is he a visionary or a copycat? An epic manager or a hard taskmaster? And what about his replacement, Tim Cook? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers can find no other story to blog. Read More JR Raphael: Why I bought a $99 HP TouchPad As a happy owner of a Motorola Xoom, you wouldn't think I'd be in the market for a new tablet -- but over the weekend, I found myself shelling out a hundred bucks for a discontinued and critically panned gadget. Here's why. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Benefits of an ITIL Help Desk in the Cloud You can implement help desk processes based on ITIL easily with reduced up-front costs and automatic upgrades. Used by more than 72,500 companies worldwide, the Force.com platform is the most widely used Cloud platform in the world. Read More Steve Jobs' resignation 'end of an era' Steve Jobs' resignation as the CEO of Apple will not disrupt the company's product plans in the short-term, but could dull its ability to dazzle consumers down the road. Read More NASA: Humanoid robot wakes up on space station The humanoid robot on board the International Space Station was brought to life on Monday. Read More IT Blogwatch: iPad 3 release date delayed to 2012: retina display FAIL It looks like the iPad 3 is delayed. If you're waiting for it, you probably shouldn't hold your breath. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is said to have delayed its plans until some time next year, thanks to problems with its retina display. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers throw their toys out the pram in frustration. Read More Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool Developers of the Apache open-source project today warned users of the popular Web server software that a denial-of-service (DoS) tool is circulating that exploits a bug in the program. Read More Elgan: Mobile in chaos -- Has the industry gone nuts? As mobile gets hotter and more profitable, only one company is making almost all the money. And it's driving everyone crazy. Read More
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