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	IT Blogwatch: New MacBook Pro range: Something something dark side Apple has quietly revised its line of MacBook Pro laptops. It's the usual story of minor speed increases, expensive up-selling, and mindlessly upgrading fanbois. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers express mixed feelings. Not to mention: Ludicrous Halloween lights (yes, it's that time again) ... Read More WHITE PAPER: FileMaker Innovative option for fast iPad and iPhone development Apple iPhone and iPad growth are inspiring businesses to imagine making their custom solutions mobile. The white paper explains why FileMaker software offers the fastest path to developing (with FileMaker Pro on the desktop) and deploying (with the FileMaker Go app) iPad and iPhone solutions. Read More In this Issue Jonny Evans: Samsung may beat Apple's US design patents, expert warns Richi Jennings: Microsoft unveils new anti-Android stratagem Preston Gralla: Make Microsoft happy --- buy an Android phone and help the company rake in $444 million Darlene Storm: ACLU: FBI mapping and suspicionless spying, violate 1st, 4th and 14th amendments PC Intelligence: Connected ecosystems, traditional PC hardware and the new Windows user interface Shark Tank: Actually, that would probably involve a hardware switch VIDEO: Cisco Systems Unite Communications Across Multiple Devices Mobile devices, delivery models, and new applications are redefining our jobs. Find out how your company can unite communications across multiple devices, allowing you to communicate with employees, customers, and partners on any device, anywhere. View this demo to see how unifying your communications transforms your work and productivity. View Demo Jonny Evans: Samsung may beat Apple's US design patents, expert warns Apple insiders may never forgive Google for Android -- but there's a chance Apple's iPad design patent may not prevail in the US courts, potentially opening doors to a wave of Android-driven copycats. Read More Richi Jennings: Microsoft unveils new anti-Android stratagem The big news in the mobile platform world this weekend was Microsoft's latest patent licensing agreement with Compal, an Android original device manufacturer (ODM). Ho-hum-yawn, I hear you say? Not so fast! Microsoft's announcement unveils a new aspect to Redmond's strategy that the company has, until now, only hinted at. I'll reveal all, in The Long View... INSIDER (free registration requested) Read More Preston Gralla: Make Microsoft happy --- buy an Android phone and help the company rake in $444 million The tech world may be waiting to see what Nokia has on tap later this week for new Windows Phone 7 devices. But if you really want to make Microsoft happy, you should consider buying an Android phone instead, because the company will rake in an estimated $444 million from Android royalties for the 2012 fiscal year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle The Application Grid Approach to a Modern Data Center An application grid approach significantly automates the process of adding, reducing, or modifying existing IT deployments in support of highly scalable systems that have less downtime and lower resource consumption. Learn More! Darlene Storm: ACLU: FBI mapping and suspicionless spying, violate 1st, 4th and 14th amendments Another day, another report of FBI unlawful domestic spying that is stomping the Constitution in the name of national security. The ACLU uncovered more illegal and abusive government surveillance of innocent Americans that is in direct violation of the First, Fourth and 14th Constitutional amendments. Read More PC Intelligence: Connected ecosystems, traditional PC hardware and the new Windows user interface There is no doubt Microsoft is the undisputed OS leader in the PC market. Whether they can earn a place in the post-PC world remains to be seen. Read More Shark Tank: Actually, that would probably involve a hardware switch Pilot fish is on a long conference call, battling a major application that is having performance problems -- and forgetting for a moment that he doesn't know who all might be on the call, he makes a joke. Read More
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