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	Windows 8, ultrabooks to get top billing at giant trade show Windows 8 and ultrabooks are expected to take center stage at the Computex trade show in Taipei next week, as industry giants Microsoft and Intel try to develop products that can compete better against Apple's iPad. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM 11 Key Marketing Trends Are you looking for ways to turn marketing possibilities into better results? Interactive marketing can help you achieve differentiation, attract prospects and hold profitable customers, regardless of whatever new channels come and go. Read this white paper to learn more about the results of our annual IBM® Unica® marketing survey. Read Now In this Issue Lenovo ships $349 IdeaTab S2109 tablet with Android 4.0 NASA hits new frontier with historic SpaceX rendezvous New wave of ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models, Intel says Sharky: That's not what supervisors are for, apparently 10 questions for Cormant CFO Catherine Goodison Apple CEO Tim Cook passes up $75M IT Blogwatch: New iPhone 5 pics show EVERY detail, say rumor-mongers Dell reaches for the cloud with new prototype ARM server Sotheby's to auction rare working Apple-1 computer 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 Lenovo ships $349 IdeaTab S2109 tablet with Android 4.0 Lenovo on Wednesday finally shipped the IdeaTab S2109 tablet after months of teasers, calling the $349 tablet one of the lightest in the market with a 9.7-inch screen. Read More NASA hits new frontier with historic SpaceX rendezvous Astronauts using a robotic arm on board the space station, grabbed hold of the unmanned Dragon cargo spacecraft while flying at speeds of 17,000 mph. It was the first time such a maneuver had taken place using a spacecraft from a U.S. commercial company. Read More New wave of ultrabooks to include 30 touchscreen models, Intel says A fresh crop of ultrabooks sporting Intel's latest "Ivy Bridge" Core processors will start to go on sale next month, including 30 models with touchscreens, Intel said Thursday. Read More Sharky: That's not what supervisors are for, apparently The Internet provider where this pilot fish works gets a call from a broadband customer: There's no Internet coming in through the DSL line. Fortunately, the problem will be solved by the next morning. Or ... not. Read More 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 > 10 questions for Cormant CFO Catherine Goodison Name: Catherine Goodison Read More Apple CEO Tim Cook passes up $75M Apple CEO Tim Cook has passed up about $75 million in dividend payments he would be due when his massive collection of more than 1 million shares vests in the next decade, according to a filing with the SEC. Read More IT Blogwatch: New iPhone 5 pics show EVERY detail, say rumor-mongers New iPhone 5 pictures show Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) making room for a bigger screen, a semi-unibody enclosure, and a new dock connector. The screen is supposedly taller, switching to a 16:9 HDTV-style ratio. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the meaning of it all.   Read More Dell reaches for the cloud with new prototype ARM server Dell announced a prototype low-power server with ARM processors, following a growing demand by Web companies for custom-built servers that can scale performance while reducing financial overhead on data centers. Read More Sotheby's to auction rare working Apple-1 computer Sotheby's will put some Apple history on the block next month, including one of only six working Apple-1 personal computers. The auction house has estimated the motherboard will sell for up to $180,000. Read More
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