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	Samsung launches Galaxy S III with voice and face recognition Samsung on Thursday unveiled a larger Galaxy S III smartphone in London, and said the phone would be sold in the U.S. this summer after launching in Europe on May 29. Read More WHITE PAPER: FrontRange Solutions The Next Generation of Client Computing Data is now accessed via physical and virtual desktops, laptops and mobile devices. IT organizations struggle to control and manage the widening pool of devices and operating systems. A recent IDG Research Quick Poll found that most organizations will try to get a handle on this changing landscape this year. View Now In this Issue Microsoft plans big May patch slate for next week iPad share of tablet market jumps as Kindle Fire slumps Feds outline plans for electronic exchange of patient information From CIO.com: Are Boy Scouts Prepared for the iPad? Mobile experts disagree on who should protect privacy At Interior Dept., Google Apps to co-exist with Outlook, Office -- for now IT shops sifting RIM's bold promises and plans From CSO: Could 'bullet time' stop a cyberattack? Sage moves ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud Developers fear they'll be stifled if Oracle wins copyright case Xamarin ports Android from Java to C# Cisco to buy real-time network analytics firm Truviso Preston Gralla: Microsoft finally admits the Windows Live brand was a kludge Jonny Evans: Liquidmetal iPhone 5? Not this year, inventor claims WHITE PAPER: Box Empowering Your Mobile Workers Today's most productive employees are mobile, and your company's IT strategy must be ready to support them with 24/7 access to the business information they need across a range of mobile devices. See how corporations are meeting the many needs of their mobile workers with the help of Box. Learn More Now! Microsoft plans big May patch slate for next week Microsoft today said it would ship seven security updates next week, three critical, to patch 23 bugs in Windows, Office and its Silverlight and .Net development platforms. Read More iPad share of tablet market jumps as Kindle Fire slumps Apple's iPad reclaimed a larger share of the global tablet market last month, in part because of a more-serious-than-expected slump in sales of the hot Kindle Fire in the first quarter, IDC analysts said today. Read More Feds outline plans for electronic exchange of patient information Recognizing that health information exchanges will be built by public and private efforts, the U.S. government office in charge of Health IT said it want to provide incentives for their adoption through standards, as well as by using carrots and sticks. Read More From CIO.com: Are Boy Scouts Prepared for the iPad? The Northern Star Council Boy Scouts of America believes a bring-your-own-device approach and a cloud-based virtual private network service are the right tools to explore iPads in the enterprise. Read More Mobile experts disagree on who should protect privacy Users of mobile apps need more information about the ways those apps use their personal information, a group of experts agreed Thursday, but they didn't agree on who is most responsible for protecting user privacy. Read More At Interior Dept., Google Apps to co-exist with Outlook, Office -- for now Although the U.S. Interior Department plans to replace its on-premise email servers with Google Apps' cloud-based Gmail, the agency will retain Microsoft Outlook and Office as its standard e-mail client and desktop office productivity software for end users. Read More IT shops sifting RIM's bold promises and plans Research in Motion executives practiced staying "on message" at BlackBerry World, repeating a series of mantras about the company's directions and product plans. Yet the simple message is running into the hard practicalities of enterprise IT customers, and they want details and nuance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Is Cloud the Answer to Federal IT Savings? In this eGuide, Computerworld and its sister publications CIO and Network World have collected interviews and articles that cover some of the biggest issues faced by federal agency IT departments today. Read on to learn about the technology challenges the U.S. government is facing, and how some agencies are dealing with them. Read now. From CSO: Could 'bullet time' stop a cyberattack? Is a cyberattack by Iran against the U.S. a realistic threat? And if so, could it be defeated by a technique called "bullet time" that slows Internet traffic just enough to give critical infrastructure defense systems time to respond? Read More Sage moves ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud Following an ongoing industry trend, Sage Group is moving a number of its ERP software products to Microsoft's Azure cloud service. Read More Developers fear they'll be stifled if Oracle wins copyright case Oracle's argument about copyrighting APIs would be a problem for the entire industry, observers say Read More Xamarin ports Android from Java to C# Xamarin has ported Android to C# in an effort to improve its own development tools and show that the OS doesn't have to be dependent on Java. Read More Cisco to buy real-time network analytics firm Truviso Cisco announced Thursday that it plans to acquire network analytics company Truviso for an undisclosed amount, in an effort to help users hone operational efficiencies. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft finally admits the Windows Live brand was a kludge Microsoft has finally admitted what the rest of the world has known for years: The Windows Live brand is a kludge and deserves to be put to death. Microsoft has announced that it's finally doing that, in preparation for cloud-based services that will work in concert with Windows 8. Read More Jonny Evans: Liquidmetal iPhone 5? Not this year, inventor claims The season for iPhone 5 rumor continues, with Liquidmetal inventor, Dr. Atakan Peker telling Business Insider that Apple is likely "years away" from being able to deploy the tech in a major way. Read More
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