Patent win will boost Apple fight against Android

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	Patent win will boost Apple fight against Android The partial legal victory that Apple won Monday against HTC won't affect either company's short-term sales but could play an important part in Apple's long-range attempt to stymie Android's march, expert said today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. 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In the From Virtualization to Cloud webinar series, Red Hat® and the IT Process Institute guide you through the process and best practices of cloud-building. Learn how to expand automation, manage hybrid and heterogeneous environments, and update service management processes. REGISTER NOW Apple's share of 'ultrabook' market set to plummet, analyst predicts Although Apple will sell an increasing number of MacBook Airs over the next two years, its share of the light-and-thin notebook market will fall as computer makers crank out Windows-powered competitors, an analyst said. Read More Jonny Evans: Smart TV is ready for the Apple television moment TV is ripe for an Apple moment. When the Apple television does appear, the company will once again exploit its talent to re-imagine existing solutions, adding a spice of new ideas competitors will as usual be waiting to re-imagine right back.   Read More JR Raphael: Galaxy Nexus battery life: 5 tips for boosting your phone's stamina Is your Galaxy Nexus battery life giving you grief? Try these five steps to make the most of your phone's power potential.   Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: 2012, Apple's iOS Odyssey What defines Apple in 2012 will be the evolution of the company's vision of "Post-PC". Product will include the iPhone 5, iPad 3, and new implementations of iOS, including the Apple television.   Read More JR Raphael: Galaxy Nexus signal issue may be to blame for battery woes Numerous Galaxy Nexus owners are reporting problems with signal strength as well as with battery life. Based on my own testing, I have reason to believe the two issues are closely related.   Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Top IT Cost Justification Considerations ESG survey results reveal a shift in IT spending priorities. Learn how IT leaders are making strategic storage investments and taking a new look at deduplication with lower acquisition costs, scalability from 8 TB to 80 TB, up to 5.8 TB/per hour of performance, and the elimination of protocol lock-in. Read More QuarkXPress 9.1 for the Mac: A top choice for desktop publishing The technology of ePublishing and eBook readers—and the market for their content—is swiftly accelerating, and reports indicate that ebooks for mobile devices are already in high demand. If you are a publisher who wants to get in on the action, QuarkXPress 9.1 is a great option for creating content for this medium. Read More IT Blogwatch: HTC and Apple BOTH claim victory: Come again? The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided that some HTC (TPE:2498) phones violate one Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) patent. But HTC is celebrating, because it was cleared of violating the other 19 patents that Apple cited. The company also says the workaround is easy. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers weigh the claims. Not to mention: Fat Joe is Not So Fat Now...   Read More Jonny Evans: Apple beats HTC/Android in iPhone UI ITC skirmish Apple has won an anti-Android victory at home in the US, with HTC required to remove some of its handsets from sale because they used ideas patented within the iPhone.   Read More JR Raphael: Samsung confirms Ice Cream Sandwich for Galaxy S II, other devices Samsung has committed to upgrading eight of its devices to Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, starting with the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note.   Read More Jonny Evans: Apple wins: Flash is dead as BBC goes iOS online Flash is dead. The Steve Jobs-vindicating news was officially delivered by the BBC last night in a muted message that video from the UK's public broadcaster's online site is now being made available for playback on iOS devices.   Read More Angry Birds fly on RIM PlayBook Research In Motion said Wednesday that the popular game Angry Birds is available on the PlayBook, though not yet on BlackBerry phones which run a different operating system. Read More
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