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	Jonny Evans: Apple patent suggests NFC for iPhone 5 We've been on a roll of iPhone 5 rumors in recent weeks as Apple speculation moves to the next expected big product release, now a new 'gifting' patent filing hints at an NFC (Near Field Communications) future for Cupertino's smartphone, perhaps inside the next model. Read More WEBCAST: Redwood Systems Tips to Improve Data Center Efficiency Live Date/Time: May 02, 2012 at 11:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time IT managers are under pressure to improve efficiency in their data centers. Please join Redwood Systems, CommScope and MegaWatt Consulting to learn how building-performance lighting and intelligent infrastructure can be key contributors to your data center efficiency. Register Now In this Issue IT Blogwatch: Did Google tell Wi-Fi-spy lie? Bloggers say yes. Preston Gralla: Why Windows Phone may succeed -- carriers hate Apple Jonny Evans: Ex-Apple's Woz says 'iPhone best, but Windows bests Android' Michael Horowitz: The rust around Firefox Shark Tank: Well, he DID know what to do WHITE PAPER: Cisco Private Cloud: Lessons Learned Along the Way A recent IDG Research Services study confirms that the private cloud is indeed full of promise. Agility. Efficiency. Cost savings. But realizing those rewards can be an arduous path. Now, you can leverage what Cisco learned on their own path to the private cloud. View Now IT Blogwatch: Did Google tell Wi-Fi-spy lie? Bloggers say yes. Google could be again in trouble over the collection of unencrypted Wi-Fi data by its Street View cars. Far from it being the unauthorized act of a rogue employee, FCC documents seem to say that several engineers and at least one manager were fully aware of the data spying problem. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers break out the popcorn. Not to mention: Sideshow Bob is alive and well and banking in Germany ... Read More Preston Gralla: Why Windows Phone may succeed -- carriers hate Apple Microsoft may be gaining a powerful set of partners to help Windows 8 become a success -- AT&T and Verizon Wireless, who need leverage against Apple's onerous demands for subsidies for every iPhone the carriers sell. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cost/Benefit Case for IBM XIV Systems: Comparing Cost New research from the International Technology Group demonstrates that the three-year operating and capital expenses for deployment and use of IBM XIV storage systems average 69 percent less than for EMC VMAX equivalents. Download now to learn more. Learn More. Jonny Evans: Ex-Apple's Woz says 'iPhone best, but Windows bests Android' Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak ('Woz') is in the news again, this time saying his Windows-powered Nokia Lumia beats Android when it comes to its beautiful and intuitive user interface, though he still thinks iPhone is best. Read More Michael Horowitz: The rust around Firefox Firefox, that old gray mare, ain't what she used to be. Read More Shark Tank: Well, he DID know what to do On a beautiful spring weekend, pilot fish and his wife decide to drive to the top of one of the tallest mountains in the country. But at the moment they reach the top, fish's only-for-emergencies beeper goes off. Read More
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