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	Microsoft dumps 'Aero' UI in Windows 8, 'Metro-izes' desktop Microsoft is abandoning the 'Aero' user interface with Windows 8, calling the UI that debuted in Vista and continued in Windows 7, 'cheesy' and 'dated.' Read More WHITE PAPER: Qumu Tips for Employee-Created Video The wisdom of a company resides in the heads of those directly responsible for the non-routine work of the organization. This, coupled with increased demand to better communicate across distributed mobile workforces, is fueling organizational demand for scalable, affordable business video and user generated content. Read now! In this Issue Yahoo's Genome highlights hosted big data analytics trend HP's layoff plans and what they mean The Grill: TASC CIO Barbie Bigelow builds an IT infrastructure in a year Reports: Nasdaq admits technical bugs affected Facebook IPO trading Inside Apple's secret plan to kill the cash register China approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility Apple files for preliminary injunction against Galaxy Tab 10.1 ITC bans import of infringing Motorola Android devices Yahoo agrees to sell back partial stake to Alibaba Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma Michael Horowitz: Peeking under the hood of Chrome browser reveals cpu hog IT Blogwatch: NASDAQ FAIL as Facebook IPO stock price falters $FB WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > Yahoo's Genome highlights hosted big data analytics trend Yahoo joined a growing list of companies offering big data analytics as a service with its Genome offering this week. Read More HP's layoff plans and what they mean HP is expected to announce a large layoff at its quarterly investors briefing on Wednesday, losing as many as 30,000 employees. But for now, the company isn't talking about its plans. Read More The Grill: TASC CIO Barbie Bigelow builds an IT infrastructure in a year CIO Barbie Bigelow led the effort to build an IT organization and infrastructure from scratch when the TASC systems engineering operation was spun off from Northrop Grumman. Her team completed the cutover in just under 12 months. Read More Reports: Nasdaq admits technical bugs affected Facebook IPO trading Technical problems at the Nasdaq exchange affected the trading of Facebook shares on Friday, the much-anticipated day of its IPO (initial public offering), Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., told reporters on Sunday, according to published reports. Read More Inside Apple's secret plan to kill the cash register Apple's plans for a Bluetooth 4.0-based iWallet could be the beginning of the end for the venerable cash register. Read More China approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility Chinese regulatory authorities have approved Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility, paving the way for the deal to close within the week, company officials confirmed Saturday. Read More WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level Live Date and Time: November 29, 2011 - 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST By attending this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. Register Now Apple files for preliminary injunction against Galaxy Tab 10.1 In the latest move in a complex series of patent-related cases, Apple filed a motion in a U.S. district court late Friday to ban Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the U.S. Read More ITC bans import of infringing Motorola Android devices The U.S. International Trade Commission issued an import ban Friday on any Android devices from Motorola that infringe one of Microsoft's patents. Read More Yahoo agrees to sell back partial stake to Alibaba Yahoo has agreed to sell off about half of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Chinese e-commerce giant as part of a US$7.1 billion deal, the two companies jointly announced on Monday. Read More Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma The mobile gift-giving app Karma announced Friday it has been acquired by Facebook. The announcement came shortly after the markets closed on Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company. Read More Michael Horowitz: Peeking under the hood of Chrome browser reveals cpu hog The Chrome Task Manager pinpoints a performance problem. Read More IT Blogwatch: NASDAQ FAIL as Facebook IPO stock price falters $FB The NASDAQ exchange has revealed that a software SNAFU spoiled the Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) IPO. The problems caused stock price quotes to be unavailable and orders to be canceled. In the end, $FB closed only just above the offer price, but there's some dispute over whether this failure to pop was caused by the glitch. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder poor system design. Read More
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