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	IE 'silent' upgrade helps put newest browser on Windows Microsoft's decision late last year to switch on "silent" upgrades for Internet Explorer (IE) has moved some Windows users to newer versions, but has had little, if any, impact on the oldest editions, IE6 and IE7, according to usage statistics. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware Boost Business Agility for IBM WebSphere By reducing problem hotspots within WebSphere before they occur in the development process or by diagnosing and repairing them when they occur in test and production can improve the time-to-value and ROI for a WebSphere implementation by as much as 50% or more. Learn More. Learn More. In this Issue Does jury question signal infringement finding in Oracle/Google case? Facebook roadshow starts Monday; IPO on May 18? Mozilla ponders major Firefox UI refresh With money in the bank, Twitter in no rush for IPO From CIO.com: Best Practices for Selecting Storage Services for Big Data Harvard, MIT online learning portal to help Web, classroom learning Apple rejecting iOS apps that use Dropbox SDK Java creator: Fears over consequences of possible Oracle trial win may be overblown From CSO: Will Flashback hurt Macs in the enterprise? Sony launches first Vaio ultrabooks INSIDER Kaiser Permanente's CIO Aims to Make Healthcare More Delightful Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules VMware to offer enterprise application portal German court grants Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox Nokia ships 41-megapixel camera phone in May, hints at more to come Teradata to buy marketing tool maker eCircle Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhone 5 release date will be... Darlene Storm: Busted! Your car's black box is spying, may be used against you in court RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver IT Roadmap Denver – 6/20 Register Now! IT Roadmap is the one day, cost free, professional-level conference and expo that's full of job-ready solutions you can put to work now. IT Roadmap surrounds you with technology's most-followed analysts and the industry's most-innovative solution providers, all focused entirely on building the roadmap you need in crucial areas of enterprise IT. Click to continue Does jury question signal infringement finding in Oracle/Google case? As the jury deliberates its verdict in the copyright phase of Oracle's lawsuit against Google, both sides are watching for signs from the jury as to which way it is leaning. On Wednesday it might have given them one. Read More Facebook roadshow starts Monday; IPO on May 18? Facebook officials continue to decline to respond to speculation on when the social networking company will pull the trigger on its highly-anticipated initial public offering. Read More Mozilla ponders major Firefox UI refresh Mozilla is working on a revamp of Firefox to synchronize its various versions -- desktop, tablet, phone and Windows 8 Metro -- into a single visual style, according to documents posted by members of its UI design team. Read More With money in the bank, Twitter in no rush for IPO With Facebook's IPO looming just ahead, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says his company is in no hurry to follow suit. Read More From CIO.com: Best Practices for Selecting Storage Services for Big Data Big data is fueling the need for ever-growing storage repositories. If you're looking to meet scalability concerns without breaking the bank, selecting a storage platform that can meet the needs of big data can be a challenge—but it doesn't have to be an overwhelming one. Read More Harvard, MIT online learning portal to help Web, classroom learning An online education organization backed and funded by MIT and Harvard University will use open-source technology to offer free classes over the Internet, the two schools announced Wednesday at a press conference. Read More Apple rejecting iOS apps that use Dropbox SDK Apple has reportedly been rejecting developer's iOS apps that use the Dropbox SDK. Read More Java creator: Fears over consequences of possible Oracle trial win may be overblown Should Oracle prevail in its intellectual-property lawsuit against Google over alleged Java patent and copyright violations in the Android mobile OS, it shouldn't result in the "industrial meltdown" some observers fear, Java creator James Gosling said in a blog post late Tuesday. Read More From CSO: Will Flashback hurt Macs in the enterprise? If anybody still thought Apple devices were bulletproof, the Flashback drive-by episode last month should have provided the needed reality check. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Access to Sensitive Application Data In this hands-on review, the SANS Institute Analyst Program examines Oracle Database Vault, which provides the capability to limit access of privileged users and DBAs to critical data and actions. Learn More! Sony launches first Vaio ultrabooks Sony is joining Intel's ultrabook push with the new Vaio T family, which includes models with 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch screens, the company said on Wednesday. Read More INSIDER Kaiser Permanente's CIO Aims to Make Healthcare More Delightful Kaiser Permanente CIO Philip Fasano discusses how the electronic records 'bet' has paid off and how social and mobile technologies will advance the effort. He also offers advice on making big tech projects successful, how to encourage innovation, what it means for CIOs to be the 'CEO' of their organizations and why healthcare provider should be in the business of delighting customers and patients. Read More Programming languages can't have copyright protection, EU court rules Europe's top court ruled on Wednesday that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. Read More VMware to offer enterprise application portal VMware will offer enterprise software that allows employees to access all their desktop Windows applications and online services from a single portal, the company announced Wednesday. Read More German court grants Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox Motorola Mobility won an injunction on Wednesday preventing distribution of Microsoft products including Windows 7 and the Xbox in Germany, but it can't enforce the injunction yet. Microsoft will appeal the case and is confident it can keep doing business in Germany, the company said. Read More Nokia ships 41-megapixel camera phone in May, hints at more to come Nokia will start shipping the PureView 808 in May and has extended its deal with Carl Zeiss, which will result in further advancements in smartphone imaging in the coming months and years, the company said on Wednesday. Read More Teradata to buy marketing tool maker eCircle Teradata is planning to acquire digital marketing software maker eCircle in order to augment the capabilities it gained through its 2010 purchase of marketing management vendor Aprimo. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhone 5 release date will be... For the present or until I hear fresh news offering more insight into Apple's launch plans, I'm scheduling October 2 and 16 as potential dates for the company's next big iPhone reveal. Are you with me? Read More Darlene Storm: Busted! Your car's black box is spying, may be used against you in court 85% of vehicles are equipped with black boxes, like in airplanes, that constantly collect digital evidence and may be the star witness to testify against you. What if the software has a glitch and can't be trusted? What if law enforcement is using black box data to spy on you? All cars will soon be required to have EDRs, but does that captured data about your driving belong to you, to automobile manufacturers, to insurance companies, or to law enforcement? Read More
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