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	Judge overturns Oracle's $1.3B award against SAP A federal judge has overturned the $1.3 billion judgment Oracle won against SAP in its corporate theft trial, according to a ruling made Thursday. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 7 Key Challenges You Can't Ignore The virtualization of physical machines can strain application and storage networks. Take steps to recognize and address the 7 key inherent challenges so that your environment can adapt to the new demands placed on the network and storage and realize the benefits of virtualization more quickly. Learn More! In this Issue Windows 8 desktop to be 'just another app,' says Microsoft exec Microsoft's IE will drop under 50% share by mid-2012 Experts: AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile may not be dead yet Apple rules phone, tablet browsing market Toshiba takes on Apple with slim tablet, light ultrabook Ruby on Rails 3.1 will make the apps run faster HTC's Mango phones, Titan and Radar, out next month From CIO.com: Browsing and Privacy: How to Not Get Tracked Verizon starts Droid 2 upgrade to Gingerbread Lenovo heats up price war with $199 IdeaPad tablet Lenovo says new 'Ultrabook' thinner than MacBook Air Preston Gralla: Nowhere to go but up --- survey shows Windows Phone 7 with 1% of U.S. smartphone market Sharon Machlis: This week's useless Google+ stat: slowing time on site WHITE PAPER: Cisco 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. White Paper Windows 8 desktop to be 'just another app,' says Microsoft exec The Microsoft executive who heads the company's Windows division said Wednesday that the next edition of the operating system will let users treat the traditional desktop as 'just another app' that loads only on command. Read More Microsoft's IE will drop under 50% share by mid-2012 Microsoft's Internet Explorer will lose its place as the majority browser next summer, according to Web metrics company Net Applications. Read More Experts: AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile may not be dead yet The U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit opposing AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA may not mean the end of the deal, according to some experts. Read More Apple rules phone, tablet browsing market Mobile browsing has more than doubled in the last year and now accounts for over 6% of all online activity, a Web statistics company said today. Read More Toshiba takes on Apple with slim tablet, light ultrabook Toshiba is hoping to improve its fortunes in the tablet market with the Android Honeycomb-based AT200, which is only 0.3 inches thick. The company is also getting onboard Intel's Ultrabook push with the Portege Z830, the company said at the IFA trade show. Read More Ruby on Rails 3.1 will make the apps run faster Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson has released version 3.1 of his open-source Web application development framework, adding new features that should speed the rendering of Web pages for users. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Deliver Workload Automation Services to Business Users Workload automation touches every aspect of the business. It is made up of all scheduled and ad hoc processes that support critical business functions. Read More! HTC's Mango phones, Titan and Radar, out next month HTC launched two smartphones on Thursday running Microsoft's latest update of its mobile operating system, called Mango, as Microsoft struggles to gain market share from Apple and Android smartphones. Read More From CIO.com: Browsing and Privacy: How to Not Get Tracked All modern browsers have built-in tools and add-ons to protect users from having their Web behavior tracked. But regardless, some sites still find ways to track you. Here are tips for taking matters into your own hands. Read More Verizon starts Droid 2 upgrade to Gingerbread Verizon Wireless Thursday began pushing the Android Gingerbread OS upgrade to users of the popular Droid 2 smartphone. Read More Lenovo heats up price war with $199 IdeaPad tablet Lenovo announced a new US$199 IdeaPad tablet with a 7-inch screen and Google's Android OS in response to the surge in demand for inexpensive tablets, the company said on Thursday. Read More Lenovo says new 'Ultrabook' thinner than MacBook Air Lenovo has jumped on Intel's "Ultrabook" bandwagon, announcing a new IdeaPad that the company said is thinner than Apple's celebrated MacBook Air. Read More Preston Gralla: Nowhere to go but up --- survey shows Windows Phone 7 with 1% of U.S. smartphone market Here's more evidence about how tough it will be for Microsoft to make Windows Phone 7 a success --- a just-released Nielsen survey shows it has a paltry 1% of the share of the U.S. smartphone market. And Nokia may not be much help, because a Nielsen survey from a month ago shows that company with only 2% of the U.S. smartphone market. 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
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