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	AOL unplugs 10,000 servers, saves $5M AOL decommissioned almost 10,000 servers and saved $5 million along the way to winning a contest that highlights the cost of running inefficient or underutilized IT equipment. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com 100% Application Availability in the Cloud Optimize your infrastructure for mission-critical applications while minimizing costs. Powered by Microsoft SQL Server and Hosting.com. Availability--Performance--Scalability--Security. Guaranteed. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! In this Issue Matt Hamblen: Adjusting to iPad instead of laptop Half of all U.S. mobile phones are smartphones: Nielsen Preston Gralla: Android devices will surge past PC sales, lead world in 2016, says IDC Foxconn parent invests $806M in Japan Sharp, buys LCD plant share Apple confirms imprecise iPad battery meter, says it's by design Barbara Krasnoff: The printer ink trap Sharon Machlis: New iPad vs. iPad 2: office faceoff As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself Druva, TeamDrive update data services Box releases mobile app menu for iOS devices Samsung says it shipped 5M Galaxy Notes RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Matt Hamblen: Adjusting to iPad instead of laptop This could work: an iPad with a Bluetooth, instead of a heavier laptop   Read More Half of all U.S. mobile phones are smartphones: Nielsen About half of the mobile phones used in the U.S. are smartphones, according to a Nielsen survey. Read More Preston Gralla: Android devices will surge past PC sales, lead world in 2016, says IDC If you needed any more evidence that the post-PC world will be soon upon us, a new report from IDC says that by 2016, Android devices will surge past Windows PCs to make Android the world's dominant operating system. Read More Foxconn parent invests $806M in Japan Sharp, buys LCD plant share Foxconn parent Hon Hai Precision Industry will acquire a stake of almost 10% in Japanese consumer electronics maker Sharp, and almost half of its LCD panel subsidiary Sharp Display Products, in a deal announced Tuesday. Read More Apple confirms imprecise iPad battery meter, says it's by design Apple today reacted to reports that the new iPad under-reports its battery status, saying a researcher's analysis was essentially correct but that that's how the tablet and its iOS software were designed. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. Watch now! Barbara Krasnoff: The printer ink trap For years, vendors have issued a steady stream of low-cost printers that seem like bargains to unwary buyers until they start replacing the ink, and realize how expensive that "cheap" printer really is. Read More Sharon Machlis: New iPad vs. iPad 2: office faceoff We line up the old and new iPads side by side to see if there really is a noticeable difference between them. Read More As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself Digital tape media will turn 60 in May, and while tape sales are on the decline, new open file specifications like LTFS and new markets could revive tape for the long term. Read More Druva, TeamDrive update data services Cloud file-sharing service provider Druva and backup company TeamDrive announced upgrades to their respective mobile data services that include either a combined repository for all data regardless of the device or security through encryption. Read More Box releases mobile app menu for iOS devices File sharing and collaboration service Box announced a new menu of third-party iOS applications that work on its service and can be more easily accessed with a single mouse click. Read More Samsung says it shipped 5M Galaxy Notes Samsung Electronics has shipped 5 million units of its "smart notepad", the Galaxy Note, surpassing most expectations, according to analysts. Read More
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