Analyst predicts stellar iPad sales in next week's Apple earnings

	Video: Google Nexus 7 tablet overview | After dismal earnings, eyes are on Nokia World in September
	Computerworld Wrap-Up				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Analyst predicts stellar iPad sales in next week's Apple earnings Apple will report a fall-off in iPhone sales next week, although not as dramatic as some believe, but the iPad will make up the difference, with units sales 72% above last year's, a financial analyst today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Webcast Demonstrates New Collaboration Advances An insightful webcast demonstrates how you can harness the power of people-centric collaboration in today's post-PC world. You'll learn about new collaboration tools and technologies and witness firsthand why they're making the experience more immersive and more mobile, in boardrooms, bistros, and everywhere in between. Watch the webcast today. See how these solutions make collaboration possible from iPads to boardrooms. And learn how they're enabling organizations to accelerate decisions, be more productive, and save countless dollars in the process. View the webcast and see for yourself. In this Issue Video: Google Nexus 7 tablet overview After dismal earnings, eyes are on Nokia World in September Nokia's Q2 smartphone sales fell 39%, as loss widens Nexus 7 holds up better than iPad in drop, water-dunk tests Internet Defense League looks to guard against bad laws Cybercriminals no longer control Grum botnet, researchers say Canonical equips Ubuntu with desktop Web apps Zoho links its office suite with Google Drive Russian Parliament's upper house approves Internet 'censorship' bill Microsoft closes Yammer acquisition Patrick Thibodeau: Will Stockton's IT department survive bankruptcy? Jonny Evans: Apple to appeal order it should publish 'Samsung no iPad copycat' spot Preston Gralla: Five reasons the Google Nexus beats the iPad RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant remote support with LogMeIn Rescue With LogMeIn Rescue, you can start a support session in just 60 seconds. Connect 24/7 to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets. You'll get in, solve the problem and save the day without ever leaving your desk. Try it free today. Video: Google Nexus 7 tablet overview Computerworld's Sharon Machlis gives an overview of the Google Nexus 7 tablet, which runs the Android Jelly Bean 4.1 operating system, and features Voice Search functionality. Read More After dismal earnings, eyes are on Nokia World in September Nokia's dismal earnings report announced Thursday has left smartphone industry observers looking for better news at the Nokia World conference Sept. 5-6 in Helsinki. Read More Nokia's Q2 smartphone sales fell 39%, as loss widens Nokia reported a 39% year-on-year drop in the number of smartphones it sold in the second quarter, to 10.2 million, while its net loss more than trebled. Read More Nexus 7 holds up better than iPad in drop, water-dunk tests Drop and dunk tests of both the new Apple iPad and the Google Nexus 7 show the Google device is more resilient, according to SquareTrade, which offers third-party warranties for electronic devices. Read More Internet Defense League looks to guard against bad laws A group of activists have banded together to protect the Internet from what they see as bad legislation, with a focus initially on copyright enforcement proposals. Read More Cybercriminals no longer control Grum botnet, researchers say Cybercriminals no longer control one of the world's largest spam botnets, Grum, because all of the servers the botnet relied on for receiving commands were shut down, according to researchers from security firm FireEye. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Canonical equips Ubuntu with desktop Web apps Canonical is adding a new feature to its Ubuntu operating system that will allow desktop users to access popular Internet services without opening a browser window. Instead, a Web page can be accessed as a desktop application. Read More Zoho links its office suite with Google Drive Zoho has integrated its cloud-hosted office productivity applications with the Google Drive online storage service, Zoho said in a blog post. Read More Russian Parliament's upper house approves Internet 'censorship' bill The upper house of the Russian Parliament passed a bill on Wednesday that the Russian IT industry believes has high potential to lead to Internet censorship. Read More Microsoft closes Yammer acquisition Microsoft's $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer has been finalized, less than a month after the companies announced the cash deal. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Will Stockton's IT department survive bankruptcy? Before bankruptcy, Stockton, Calif.'s IT department had its share of problems. Now that the city is officially insolvent, does it have a chance of fixing them? Stockton is the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy, but there's a long list of municipalities struggling with unfunded pensions, declining property tax revenue, high unemployment and surging levels of crime. In 2008, Stockton had 52 people in its IT department. It now has 36, according to its budget. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple to appeal order it should publish 'Samsung no iPad copycat' spot How embarrassing. A Judge in the UK has demanded Apple [AAPL] pay for a series of ads in which it claims Samsung did not "copy" the iPad design. That's strange, because in the US a second Judge has declared the two firm's tablets to be near identical. Naturally, Apple will appeal against the UK court order. Read More Preston Gralla: Five reasons the Google Nexus beats the iPad The iPad may be king of the tablets when it comes to sales, but for most uses, the Google Nexus tablet is a better choice. Here are five reasons the new Google Nexus beats the iPad. Read More
	PREMIER 100 -- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Seeking the very best IT leaders! Now's your chance to nominate a worthy CIO or other top IT executive for the 2013 Premier 100 IT Leaders awards. Computerworld has launched its annual search for technology professionals who have demonstrated leadership in their organizations through the use of information technology and have the strategic vision to align IT with business goals. Nominations are being collected now through August 29, 2012. SHARK TANK OF THE DAY Takin' care of business This IT pilot fish working for a big hotel chain gets a call and several emails from a new hotel one afternoon -- and no wonder, because the network has all but collapsed -- so guests can't be checked in and keys can't be made. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Why are smaller tablets likely to dominate the tablet market? COMPUTERWORLD'S IT SALARY SURVEY 2012 A majority of IT workers say they're under pressure to increase productivity and take on new tasks. But the vast majority are still happy they picked IT as their career. NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
	Get more IT peer perspective online: LinkedIn Group | Facebook | Twitter You are currently subscribed to computerworld_dailynews as jonsan98@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Computerworld, please send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Computerworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com. **