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	Windows desktop destined for long slide to oblivion, says Gartner Microsoft will deemphasize the Windows desktop in future releases of its operating system as usage of traditional Windows applications falls to just 10% of users' time by 2020, analysts said this week. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Accelerate Document Processing and Wow Your Customers Learn how intelligent imaging and BPM solutions, coupled with pragmatic best practices and methodology, can improve productivity, lower cost, increase accuracy, reduce cycle times and lower overall risk. Learn More In this Issue JR Raphael: Android 4.1, Jelly Bean: Hands-on impressions JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 7 tablet: Hands-on impressions Google's Nexus 7 could force Apple's hand on 'iPad Mini' Nexus 7 kills Kindle Fire, but isn't up to iPad, analysts say GOP senators revise cybersecurity bill Grassley plan for tougher H-1B enforcement revealed Apple's Chinese suppliers violate worker rights, says labor group Google Now advances search, aims for Apple's Siri Google to give all I/O attendees a tablet, phone and Q cloud streaming device LightSquared's Falcone charged with securities fraud Will the Nexus Q be Google's key to developers' hearts? Jonny Evans: Life in the iPhone factories: Apple suppliers still breaking labor laws, report Nokia releases Windows Phone update for Lumia 800 and 710 New Zealand judge rules Megaupload search warrants were illegal Red Hat unveils hybrid cloud, PaaS plans Richi Jennings: Revealed: Nexus 7 tablet specs, reviews, release date: Pre-order now! WHITE PAPER: Kodak An interactive eGuide: Healthcare IT In this eGuide, Computerworld along with sister publications CIO, InfoWorld, and CSO, examine some of the most pressing issues facing healthcare IT today. Read on to learn what factors are driving change, and how healthcare IT leaders should go about dealing with these forces. Learn More JR Raphael: Android 4.1, Jelly Bean: Hands-on impressions Ready for a taste of Google's Android 4.1, a.k.a. Jelly Bean? JR Raphael takes the fresh new OS for a spin. Read More JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 7 tablet: Hands-on impressions Google's Nexus 7 tablet is here. JR Raphael takes a hands-on look at the new Android tablet and what it's like to use. Read More Google's Nexus 7 could force Apple's hand on 'iPad Mini' Google's new Nexus 7 tablet may be aimed more at Amazon and its Kindle Fire than Apple and its iPad, but Apple will not be able to ignore the low-end of the tablet market dominated by 7-in. devices. Read More Nexus 7 kills Kindle Fire, but isn't up to iPad, analysts say Google's $199 Nexus 7 tablet is a device that's more than a competitor to Amazon's Kindle Fire, but not on the same scale as Apple's iPad, analysts said Wednesday. Read More GOP senators revise cybersecurity bill A group of Republican senators introduced a revised version of a previously proposed bill that seeks to improve cybersecurity through improved information sharing between private industry and government. Read More Grassley plan for tougher H-1B enforcement revealed TechNet, an industry lobbying group, Wednesday released a letter signed by nearly 350 companies that calls on Congress to eliminate the per-country cap on green cards just as details of the latest U.S. Senate proposal come to light. Read More Apple's Chinese suppliers violate worker rights, says labor group There are serious violations of worker rights at Apple's other suppliers in China, even as Foxconn tries to improve working conditions, according to a labor rights group in New York. Read More Google Now advances search, aims for Apple's Siri With its new Google Now smart assistant, Google hopes to take search to another level -- and take on Apple's Siri. 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 Google to give all I/O attendees a tablet, phone and Q cloud streaming device Google's Vic Gundotra told developers that they would be leaving Google I/O with the just-announced Nexus 7 tablet and Nexus Q home streaming device, as well as a Galaxy Nexus 3 smartphone. Read More LightSquared's Falcone charged with securities fraud The hedge fund that owns most of troubled mobile startup LightSquared has been rocked by securities fraud charges filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More Will the Nexus Q be Google's key to developers' hearts? Google announced a consumer media-streaming device it calls the Nexus Q at its I/O conference, taking the fight to Apple, which has largely dominated the landscape of music- and video-friendly consumer devices with items including the iPad and Apple TV. Read More Jonny Evans: Life in the iPhone factories: Apple suppliers still breaking labor laws, report Treatment of workers across the Apple supply chain returns to the spotlight following release of a highly critical China Labor Watch report. Among other claims, the report tells us some workers at Apple suppliers are toiling through up to 150 additional hours of overtime each month. Read More Nokia releases Windows Phone update for Lumia 800 and 710 Nokia has started rolling out a Windows Phone software update for the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710, which includes Wi-Fi tethering and a feature that silences incoming calls and messages when the phone is turned face down, the company said in a blog post. Read More New Zealand judge rules Megaupload search warrants were illegal Warrants used to seize external hard drives, laptops and phones from Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's mansion in January are illegal, a New Zealand High Court judge ruled Thursday. Read More Red Hat unveils hybrid cloud, PaaS plans Red Hat is planning to roll out a number of product sets for building hybrid clouds over the next few months, the company announced Wednesday at the Red Hat Summit conference in Boston. Read More Richi Jennings: Revealed: Nexus 7 tablet specs, reviews, release date: Pre-order now! After the Nexus 7 tablet reveal come the specs, the reviews, and the release date. If you're yelling SUATMM, you can pre-order it now. Google is proud to show off its 7-inch baby, running Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean'. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers gorge themselves on the new shiny Asus. Read More
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