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	Game on: 3 high-performance laptops duke it out Gamers have always demanded the fastest and most powerful systems. We tested three screamers to find the best laptop for the job. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Computerworld at 45: '80 Mbytes of storage for under $12k!' and other ad favs Twitter explains Thursday outage 'Nuclear free' city grants waiver for HP Microsoft dumps Office Starter from PC maker choices Flipboard arrives for Android with Google+ and YouTube Google Maps Coordinate app helps manage workers on the move Facebook settles 'Sponsored Stories' lawsuit for $10 million Google's Larry Page loses voice, will not speak at key events California judge puts limit on Apple-Samsung patent exhibits Don't expect a kinder, gentler Oracle after sales exec's departure Richi Jennings: Twitter down! #FAIL but no #WHALE... WHITE PAPER: Cisco Deloitte: Network Risk and TCO A Deloitte survey of enterprise CIOs reveals key differences between using a single-vendor or multivendor approach. See why a focus on initial costs might ignore a long-term impact on operational risk. Read White Paper Computerworld at 45: '80 Mbytes of storage for under $12k!' and other ad favs It's rare for us to spend an hour-long staff meeting in nonstop laughter. But that's what happened when we gathered to go through old print issues of Computerworld as part of our 40th anniversary celebration five years ago. Read More Twitter explains Thursday outage A Twitter executive last night offered an explanation for the cause of an outage that twice knocked Twitter offline around the world on Thursday. Read More 'Nuclear free' city grants waiver for HP In November 1983, a Cold War-era made-for-TV movie called 'The Day After' aired. It featured the nuclear destruction of Kansas City. A month later, the city of Takoma Park, Md. passed an act making it a nuclear-free zone. Read More Microsoft dumps Office Starter from PC maker choices Microsoft is dumping its Office Starter edition as Windows 8 and the next edition of the suite, dubbed Office 2013, near completion and release later this year and early next Read More Flipboard arrives for Android with Google+ and YouTube Flipboard is now available for Android. The app, which aggregates content in a magazine-like format, also integrates content from Google+ and YouTube, a Flipboard blog post said on Friday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Box Empowering Your Mobile Worker 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. Read Now! Google Maps Coordinate app helps manage workers on the move Google has launched a location-based tool that combines its mapping technology and Android smartphones to deploy offsite staff effectively depending on their locations. Read More Facebook settles 'Sponsored Stories' lawsuit for $10 million Facebook has settled a lawsuit in which it was alleged to have used the names and likeness of the plaintiffs without their prior consent in "Sponsored Stories" advertisements shown to their online friends on the social networking website, according to a motion filed by the plaintiffs in a federal court on Wednesday. Read More Google's Larry Page loses voice, will not speak at key events Google's CEO Larry Page has lost his voice and will not be speaking at the company's upcoming public events, a spokeswoman for the company said on Thursday. Read More California judge puts limit on Apple-Samsung patent exhibits A California court will limit the number of exhibits Apple and Samsung are able to submit when their multifaceted patent infringement case comes before a jury next month. Read More Don't expect a kinder, gentler Oracle after sales exec's departure Oracle customers hoping that the pending departure of a top company executive will help pave the way for a kinder, gentler sales culture may be engaged in wishful thinking, according to industry observers. Read More Richi Jennings: Twitter down! #FAIL but no #WHALE... Twitter went down hard twice in a few hours. It's back to the old days, except this time, there was no Failwhale, just timeouts galore. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get a life for a short time. Read More
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