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	Flood of low-cost tablets expected in $200 to $300 range Analysts are predicting that a flood of $200 to $300 tablet computers will hit the market this fall, prompting the essential question: Which device will come out on top? Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation V-locity 2 Virtual Platform Disk Optimizer Get maximum performance on virtual servers. Between the host disk and the VMs, I/O bottlenecks accumulate rapidly and slow the entire virtual platform down significantly impacting performance and productivity. V-locity 2 automatically eliminates these slows and optimizes performance. Try it FREE for 30 days. Download now! In this Issue Hands on: How to build a simple Twitter reader Oracle vows to continue IP theft suit against SAP Q&A: Hitachi GST CEO says hard drive future hangs in cloud Storage shipments keep surging, IDC says Anonymous claims hack of Texas police chiefs website Sharon Machlis: This week's useless Google+ stat: slowing time on site From CIO.com: The Race to Thin: A Look Back at the Incredible Shrinking Laptop Acer's Aspire S3 looks to capture MacBook Air feel Man gets 6 years for hacking victims' computers to extort photos QuickPoll: Should AT&T be allowed to take over T-Mobile? UK charges two, arrests two more linked with Anonymous Nielsen: Android grows, RIM draws attention IT Blogwatch: Windows Phone 7 "tracks your movements," says lawsuit Jonny Evans: Post-Jobs Cook drives Eddy Cue to lead the iCloud future 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. Hands on: How to build a simple Twitter reader We'll take you step by step through building a basic Twitter client using the Twitter API and PHP. Read More Oracle vows to continue IP theft suit against SAP A defiant Oracle on Thursday vowed to continue its legal battle against rival SAP, saying it will reject a federal judge's compromise plan. Read More Q&A: Hitachi GST CEO says hard drive future hangs in cloud Before the proposed buyout by Western Digital is complete, Hitachi GST's CEO said the future of its hard drive business rests squarely in the cloud and mobile market. Read More Storage shipments keep surging, IDC says Enterprises and service providers spent more money on storage in the second quarter, emboldened by growing IT budgets, research company IDC reports. Read More Anonymous claims hack of Texas police chiefs website Anonymous has attacked the website of the Texas Police Chiefs Association in retaliation for the arrests of alleged members of the hacker group. Read More Sharon Machlis: This week's useless Google+ stat: slowing time on site Media reports actually claim that one week of slowing time-on-site growth indicates potential problems ahead. Really? Read More From CIO.com: The Race to Thin: A Look Back at the Incredible Shrinking Laptop Join us as we chronicle the shrinking of laptops over time, from suitcase-size "luggable" computers to notebooks so thin and light you might forget you're carrying them. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Simplify Remote Office Data Recovery This white paper reviews the factors that can make data recovery in remote offices a complicated problem and describes the range of technology options available, explaining the benefits and shortcomings of each in the context of remote offices. Learn more Acer's Aspire S3 looks to capture MacBook Air feel Acer has introduced the Aspire S3, an ultrabook that will start shipping this month with a price of $1,134, the company said during a launch event at the IFA consumer electronics show. Read More Man gets 6 years for hacking victims' computers to extort photos A 32-year-old paraplegic was sentenced to six years in prison for infecting more than 100 computers in a quest for financial information, nude photographs and thrills. Read More QuickPoll: Should AT&T be allowed to take over T-Mobile? The DOJ has moved to block AT&T's takeover of T-Mobile USA. Critics say the acquisition would reduce competition and drive up prices. AT&T argues it needs the buy to build out its network. Should AT&T be allowed to take over T-Mobile? Read More UK charges two, arrests two more linked with Anonymous The U.K. is continuing to aggressively pursue so-called hacktivists, charging two men and arresting two more who are allegedly connected with the groups Anonymous and Lulz Security. Read More Nielsen: Android grows, RIM draws attention Google's Android OS continues to gain on both Apple iOS and Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform in the growing U.S. smartphone market, but often stodgy RIM is on the wish lists of some cutting-edge buyers, according to the Nielsen research company. Read More IT Blogwatch: Windows Phone 7 "tracks your movements," says lawsuit A lawsuit alleges the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 operating system tracks users' location without permission. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get deja-vu all over again. Not to mention: Airplane Automation: A thought-provoking post from Captain Dave... Read More Jonny Evans: Post-Jobs Cook drives Eddy Cue to lead the iCloud future What challenges face newly promoted Apple executive Eddy Cue as he moves into his new role? Some pretty big ones if you think about it -- iCloud, for example, will be essential to Apple's future. Read More
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