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	Is Microsoft gunning for Yahoo again? The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Microsoft is preparing a new bid to buy struggling Yahoo, which has prompted widespread speculation in the blogosphere. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Business Analytics Summit Business Analytics Summit - 11/15 - NYC This half-day Business Analytics Summit includes a roundtable discussion where you will connect with peers and experience that "aha" moment as you hear about their business analytics experience and gain actionable insights. Network with management peers who are wrestling with your same issues and challenges. Register now. Attend for free. In this Issue IT Blogwatch: Microsoft now paid by 55% of Android ODMs Syncing iCloud with Windows and Outlook Preston Gralla: Steve Jobs -- Bill Gates is "unimaginative," "fundamentally odd," and should have dropped acid IT Blogwatch: Good news for Microsoft; beats the street again Preston Gralla: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer -- only geeks use Android phones WHITE PAPER: Oracle Enhance Customer Loyalty through Higher Responsiveness The user experience associated with web applications relies in large part on the availability and management of their session data, its persistence, and its management. This white paper focuses on the topic of data availability and management for mission-critical web applications. Read More Today! IT Blogwatch: Microsoft now paid by 55% of Android ODMs Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is now licensing more than half of all Android original device manufacturers, extracting annual license fees estimated at almost half a billion dollars. The latest licensee is Compal (TPE:2324). In IT Blogwatch, pretty soon bloggers are talking serious money. Not to mention: An Airbus fuel pump fault...   Read More Syncing iCloud with Windows and Outlook Apple's iCloud is a nice tool for keeping contacts, calendar items, and other data in sync between my iPhone and iPad, but what about keeping everything synced up with my Windows PC? Apple has that covered as well with the iCloud Control Panel for Windows. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems 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 Preston Gralla: Steve Jobs -- Bill Gates is "unimaginative," "fundamentally odd," and should have dropped acid Although friendly to Bill Gates in public, Steve Jobs had a strikingly ascerbic view of Gates privately, according to the soon-to-be-published Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. In the book, Jobs calls Gates a bizarre, unimaginative drone with little understanding of technology. And it goes downhill from there.   Read More IT Blogwatch: Good news for Microsoft; beats the street again 'Stodgy old' Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced its first-quarter earnings, and it's making more money than analysts expected. Again. In Q1, revenue up 7%, net income up 6%, and EPS up 10%. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers express grudging admiration for Redmond under Steve Ballmer.   Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer -- only geeks use Android phones Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer proved once again he's the master of hyperbole, telling an interviewer during the Web 2.0 conference that only the geekiest of the geeks can figure out how to use Android phones. Given that it's the most popular smartphone OS in the world, there must be plenty of geeks out there if he's right.   Read More
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