Apple drubs rivals in satisfaction survey eighth year running

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	Apple drubs rivals in satisfaction survey eighth year running For the eighth year running, Apple again beat rival computer makers that sell Windows PCs in an annual customer satisfaction survey, a researcher said today. Read More WEBCAST: Websense, Inc. WikiLeaks: How am I Affected? The latest WikiLeaks episode has raised questions about how organizations and governments protect their sensitive information. While this incident was isolated, it has severe implications on the modern enterprise. Learn more. In this Issue 16 essential Android apps for IT pros Jonny Evans: Apple's iTunes faces Facebook f8 threat Jonny Evans: Apple's Tim Cook hosts October 4 iPhone 5 launch Mac virtualization face-off: VMware Fusion 4 vs. Parallels Desktop 7 Microsoft gets Casio to sign Linux patent protection deal Jonny Evans: Apple iPad 2012: Faster, brighter, cheaper Google Wallet full download delayed until Friday Mozilla ponders, rejects even faster Firefox release pace Hands-on: 5 wireless keyboards for the iPad Google preps developers for Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich' A week with the Motorola Droid Bionic: Too much of a good thing? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker Resource: iOS White Paper and Deployment Kit Quickly Develop and Deploy iOS Solutions. With FileMaker Pro, iPad and iPhone solutions can be prototyped and completed in hours or days versus weeks or months. No iOS application programming or design experience is required. Read the white paper and download the kit. 16 essential Android apps for IT pros There are hundreds of thousands of Android apps, including many that are useful for IT professionals on the job. These apps can help connect to servers, monitor computers, access databases, analyze the airwaves, scan networks, and serve as a reference. Here are 16 of these apps, most of them free. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's iTunes faces Facebook f8 threat Apple's iTunes service has led the industry for a decade. Now the biggest music retailer, iTunes may face a new threat as Facebook moves to deliver its own partnership-based social music services at f8, a move which could give the iTunes hegemony its biggest scare yet.   Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's Tim Cook hosts October 4 iPhone 5 launch Get set for your next upgrade, because the iPhone 5 (range?) is set to reveal itself next month on October 4, All Things Digital claims today, at last ending months of speculation.   Read More Mac virtualization face-off: VMware Fusion 4 vs. Parallels Desktop 7 Neither Fusion nor Parallels offer major improvements for Windows users, but they add welcome support for Mac OS X Lion virtual machines Read More Microsoft gets Casio to sign Linux patent protection deal Lest we forget that Microsoft still insists Linux violates 235 of its patents, Microsoft issued a reminder today. It announced a patent licensing deal with Casio Computer Co. Ltd. that "among other things, will provide Casio's customers with patent coverage for their use of Linux in certain Casio devices," Microsoft says. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Unlock Your Competitive Advantage Many financial institutions have invested at some point in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technology. But changing business priorities have halted many of these efforts mid-stream, leaving millions in possible benefits on the table. Learn More Jonny Evans: Apple iPad 2012: Faster, brighter, cheaper Apple iPhone 5 images are appearing everywhere as we enter the final days of the long wait for the new product(s), but what of the iPad 3, can we really expect that device this year? I don't think you can, but you can expect faster, brighter, cheaper tablets as Apple prepares to crush the competition for yet another year.   Read More Google Wallet full download delayed until Friday Even though Google said its Google Wallet app was available Monday, it won't be installed over-the-air to all Nexus S 4G customers until Friday night. Read More Mozilla ponders, rejects even faster Firefox release pace A pitch to accelerate Firefox's rapid-release schedule even more -- cutting a week to ship a new version every five weeks -- has been rejected by Mozilla. Read More Hands-on: 5 wireless keyboards for the iPad Some typists can't make do with the iPad 2's onscreen keypad. Here are 5 wireless keyboards that could make for faster, more accurate typing. Read More Google preps developers for Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich' Google is preparing Android developers for the latest edition of its Android mobile operating platform that will work the same on both tablets and smartphones. Read More A week with the Motorola Droid Bionic: Too much of a good thing? After using Motorola's Droid Bionic for a week, our reviewer enjoyed its interface and admired its performance -- but he found its short battery life a real problem. Read More
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