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	Skepticism mounts over Windows RT's enterprise role Omissions from the feature set of Windows RT are leaving analysts increasingly skeptical that enterprises will gravitate toward tablets running the new forked version of Windows. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central Free Trial Get a free trial of a powerful management console that lets you manage, monitor and automate tasks on hundreds of computers from one location. Get total control. Download now! In this Issue Does timing of Facebook IPO matter? Microsoft evangelist corrects comment that Windows Phone 7 devices will get Apollo upgrade From CIO.com: 9 New and Noteworthy Facebook Timeline Apps Apple offers free OS X upgrade to prep for switch to iCloud INSIDER Your cloud contract needs to look beyond renewal time Amazon cloud set stage for fast Pinterest growth Security, privacy ideas emerge at Demo Spring conference New York sues Sprint for under-collecting $100 million in taxes EMC sees ninth quarter of double-digit growth in Q1 Verizon revenue up on mobile, broadband growth Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze to distribute SMS Trojan horse Amazon Web Services offers one-click purchase of cloud apps from IBM, SAP, others European Parliament agrees to send airline passenger data to U.S. Linus Torvalds a finalist for 2012 Millennium Technology Prize Gralla: Microsoft evangelist: I didn't mean Windows 7 phones will upgrade to Windows 8 Apollo Barbara Krasnoff: Springpad review: A new, more sharing data collector JR Raphael: "Which is the best Android phone out there right now?" 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Read More From CIO.com: 9 New and Noteworthy Facebook Timeline Apps From books to movies, from onions to tomatoes, here are nine new Facebook apps that let you share experiences with your friends. Read More Apple offers free OS X upgrade to prep for switch to iCloud Apple is offering Mac users a free upgrade to OS X 10.6, better known as Snow Leopard, in an attempt to prep them for the June switch from MobileMe to the newer iCloud online sync and backup service. Read More INSIDER Your cloud contract needs to look beyond renewal time Use your contract to keep from being surprised when it's time to renew. (Insider; registration required) Read More Amazon cloud set stage for fast Pinterest growth The explosive success of the social networking service Pinterest wouldn't have been possible without the easy scalability of the Amazon cloud services, an executive for Pinterest said. Read More Security, privacy ideas emerge at Demo Spring conference The cool new Internet ideas of yesteryear often create the headaches of today, and some startups at the Demo conference are starting to try to solve those problems. Read More New York sues Sprint for under-collecting $100 million in taxes New York state's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Sprint Nextel, alleging that the mobile provider has deliberately under-collected US$100 million worth of state and local sales taxes on mobile phone service. Read More EMC sees ninth quarter of double-digit growth in Q1 EMC today reported another quarter of double-digit revenue in Q1, with revenues hitting $5.1 billion. VMware was, once again, a leader in product sales with 25% year-over-year revenue growth. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed Optimizing your web page loading time is essential for retaining your website visitors. Download Web Acceleration: The Rules Have Changed to learn how front-end optimization can improve Time to Action for your web and mobile content, and how it can be done in front of your existing CDN with minimal integration required. Learn More! Verizon revenue up on mobile, broadband growth Verizon Communications posted revenue and net income gains for the first quarter of 2012, with mobile and broadband customer additions driving the numbers. Read More Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze to distribute SMS Trojan horse Malware writers have created fake Instagram websites to distribute Android Trojan horses, according to security researchers from antivirus firms Sophos and Trend Micro. Read More Amazon Web Services offers one-click purchase of cloud apps from IBM, SAP, others Amazon Web Services on Thursday announced a new online marketplace that allows customers to buy software and services from a variety of vendors at hourly rates through its cloud infrastructure platform. Read More European Parliament agrees to send airline passenger data to U.S. The European Parliament approved a controversial data transfer agreement with the U.S. that has legislators sharply divided. Read More Linus Torvalds a finalist for 2012 Millennium Technology Prize The Technology Academy Finland has shortlisted Linus Torvalds for its 2012 Millennium Technology Prize, worth over $1.3 million. Read More Gralla: Microsoft evangelist: I didn't mean Windows 7 phones will upgrade to Windows 8 Apollo The brouhaha over whether Windows Phone 7 devices will be upgradable to Windows 8 Apollo seems to be over: The Microsoft evangelist who said they would be upgradable now says that he misspoke. In the immortal words of Roseanne Rossanadanna: Never mind! Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Springpad review: A new, more sharing data collector Springpad's radically revamped version makes it obvious that the company wants to further distinguish itself by emphasizing its social networking capabilities. Read More JR Raphael: "Which is the best Android phone out there right now?" It's the question everyone's always asking -- and as it turns out, it's not so easy to answer. Read More Jonny Evans: iPhone 5: Thinner, lighter, faster -- and poured? The latest unreliable iPhone 5 rumor to cross my desk claims the future smartphone will be created using new 'liquid metal' technology, it will be thinner, lighter, faster -- and maybe, poured. Read More
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