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	Google liable for copyright infringement, jury finds A jury has found Google liable for copyright infringement in its use of Java in Android, but has not managed to decide whether that infringement was protected by rules governing 'fair use.' Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CDW Leverage Unified Communications for Greater Productivity Join CIO magazine, Computerworld, and Network World in a city near you for a dinner discussion on how organizations are successfully extending workforce communication and collaboration to mobile endpoints to drive greater productivity, faster results and especially employee satisfaction. Learn more at: http://events.cio.com/UCDinner In this Issue Half of all Macs will lack access to security updates by summer Yahoo investors up pressure to oust CEO Facebook kicks off IPO roadshow in NYC Apple patches Google 'Pwnium' bug with iOS 5.1.1 update Open-source cloud frameworks: A work in progress INSIDER Intel's first Ivy Bridge chips emerge Seagate to demo 12Gbps SAS SSD Sen. Franken asks if Comcast is following NBC merger conditions OCZ releases performance-boosting SSD firmware, new 64GB drive AT&T launches Samsung Focus 2 for $50 MasterCard, startup PaidPiper tap into credit cards for mobile payments AT&T trials of wireless home automation service start this summer HTC Droid Incredible coming to Verizon 4G LTE The IT paradox: A diminished role in technology, but greater clout in the business DDR3 memory successor coming next year, Micron says PHP will try again to patch chip flaw Technical problems disrupt Euronext trading in Amsterdam Jonny Evans: Apple store's $799 MacBook Air plan Preston Gralla: Windows Phone has 2% or less U.S. market share, say two reports WHITE PAPER: Limelight Warp Speed: The Nuts and Bolts of Web Acceleration Solutions Enterprises are quickly realizing that they can't achieve the web performance they need by simply deploying their web server on a high-speed network. Improving page rendering speeds incrementally through content caching is no longer enough. It's time to look for dramatic performance gains by applying optimization techniques right at the browser. Learn More! Half of all Macs will lack access to security updates by summer Unless Apple changes its security update practice, nearly half of all Mac users will be adrift without patches sometime this summer. Read More Yahoo investors up pressure to oust CEO The row over Yahoo's leadership intensified over weekend as another major investor called for CEO Scott Thompson to be fired. Read More Facebook kicks off IPO roadshow in NYC Facebook launched its IPO roadshow in New York City with CEO Mark Zuckerberg turning out to pitch the company's upcoming stock to potential investors. Read More Apple patches Google 'Pwnium' bug with iOS 5.1.1 update Apple today shipped iOS 5.1.1 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners that dealt with connectivity issues on the tablet, fixed bugs in AirPlay's video playback and patched four vulnerabilities in the mobile operating system. Read More Open-source cloud frameworks: A work in progress Here's a look at the growing list of open-source platform-as-a-service providers and how IT managers can decide where the technology fits best in their organizations. Read More INSIDER Intel's first Ivy Bridge chips emerge The first batch of Intel processors based on Intel's Ivy Bridge microarchitecture -- 13 quad-core chips designed to run high-end desktop and laptop computers -- were finally unveiled late last month. Insider (registration required) Read More Seagate to demo 12Gbps SAS SSD On the heels of Western Digitial's announcing the industry's first 12Gbps SAS SSD, Seagate this week said it would demo one of its own for the enterprise market. Read More Sen. Franken asks if Comcast is following NBC merger conditions A U.S. senator has urged the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to investigate whether Comcast is violating conditions imposed in its early 2011 merger with NBCUniversal. Read More OCZ releases performance-boosting SSD firmware, new 64GB drive OCZ today announced a firmware upgrade that boosts performance about 15MB/sec on its Vertex 4 SATA 3.0 SSDs. The company also touted a new 64GB Vertex 4 SSD aimed at mobile applications or for use as a boot drive. Read More WHITE PAPER: Box Forrester Wave Mobile Collaboration Report Mobile collaboration means putting collaboration workloads onto all-important smartphones and tablets then delivering a great user experience anywhere, anytime, on any device. This is a high bar to clear, but we found 13 vendors able to clear it. Learn More Now! AT&T launches Samsung Focus 2 for $50 AT&T on Monday announced another low-priced Windows Phone, the $49.99 Samsung Focus 2, which will run on 4G LTE and will go on sale May 20. Read More MasterCard, startup PaidPiper tap into credit cards for mobile payments PaidPiper, a startup that will debut at the CTIA Wireless show this week, is developing a mobile money transfer system suited to developed economies where the credit-card infrastructure is dominant. Read More AT&T trials of wireless home automation service start this summer AT&T plans to begin trials of a home automation and security service in Atlanta and Dallas this summer. Read More HTC Droid Incredible coming to Verizon 4G LTE HTC and Verizon Wireless announced that the Droid Incredible 4G LTE smartphone will go on sale 'in the coming weeks.' Read More The IT paradox: A diminished role in technology, but greater clout in the business As technology becomes easier to use, it becomes more complex internally. That means IT is less necessary in some ways and more essential in others. Read More DDR3 memory successor coming next year, Micron says Micron on Monday said that DDR4 memory -- the successor to DDR3 DRAM -- will reach computers next year, and that the company has started shipping samples of the upcoming DDR memory type. Read More PHP will try again to patch chip flaw The PHP Group plans to release new versions of the PHP processor on Tuesday in order to patch two publicly known critical remote code execution vulnerabilities, one of which was improperly addressed in a May 3 update. Read More Technical problems disrupt Euronext trading in Amsterdam Online trading in options and futures at NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam was disrupted for hours on Monday morning due to unspecified "technical problems," the stock exchange said. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple store's $799 MacBook Air plan The latest Apple rumor to cross the desk talks about the company's plan to put the squeeze on the ultrabook industry with a low-cost $799 MacBook Air. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone has 2% or less U.S. market share, say two reports Windows Phone continues to struggle to make inroads into the smartphone market, with two well-known research firms finding that it had 2% or less U.S. market share in the first quarter of the year. Read More
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