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	Apple's $60M trademark deal opens way for iPad Mini in China, says analyst The $60 million that Apple paid to a little-known firm in China for the iPad trademark will let the Cupertino, Calif., company not only start selling its newest tablet there, but also will lay the groundwork for an expected smaller iPad this fall, a financial analyst said. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid Disk Backup Vendor Comparison This Info-Tech report highlights an independent evaluation of the top six disk-backup vendors: Dell, EMC (Data Domain), ExaGrid, FalconStor, HP and Quantum. Their products appear similar, but an in-depth look into features reveals their differences. See their strengths and weakness and pick the one that works best for you. Learn more. In this Issue Kai design keeps Google's Nexus 7 tablet fast and priced at $199 Iconia Tab A700 review: Acer's terrific 10.1-in. tablet Micron to buy struggling Elpida Memory for $2.5B Windows 7 to pass XP in usage share this month Google offers concessions to EU antitrust regulators Droid Incredible hits Verizon shelves Thursday for $150 after rebate Dell to buy Quest for $2.4 billion JR Raphael: Google I/O 2012: 3 lingering questions Preston Gralla: Windows 7: King of operating systems, even when Windows 8 ships Leap second bedevils Web systems over weekend Employees work extra hours on mobile email, calls Web attack toolkit exploits unpatched Microsoft XML flaw U.S. patent office to launch Silicon Valley operation Jonny Evans: Advantage Apple: iPhone users love to use their phones RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: 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 Kai design keeps Google's Nexus 7 tablet fast and priced at $199 Google's new $199 Nexus 7 tablet takes advantage of Nvidia's Kai reference design, a proprietary technology that allows for a cheaper display and memory components that work in concert with a high-performance quad-core Tegra 3 processor. Read More Iconia Tab A700 review: Acer's terrific 10.1-in. tablet Acer's Iconia Tab A700 tablet offers a bright 10.1-in. display and fast performance; it is definitely one to consider. Read More Micron to buy struggling Elpida Memory for $2.5B Micron announced it's purchasing one of the world's top producers of mobile DRAM chips, Elpida Memory, which filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. Read More Windows 7 to pass XP in usage share this month Nearly three years after its launch, Windows 7 is poised to replace Windows XP as Microsoft's most popular operating system, a Web analytics company said. Read More Google offers concessions to EU antitrust regulators Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt wrote to Europe's top antitrust authorities with proposals aimed at avoiding a fine for anti-competitive behavior and abuse of its dominant market position. Read More Droid Incredible hits Verizon shelves Thursday for $150 after rebate Verizon Wireless said the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE smartphone will be on its store shelves exclusively on Thursday for $149.99 after rebate and with a new two-year agreement. Read More Dell to buy Quest for $2.4 billion Dell announced Monday that it is buying Quest Software for $2.4 billion, following weeks of speculation over its interest in the infrastructure software vendor. The deal is expected to close later this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft® SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS. Deploy SharePoint quickly at lower total cost on AWS Cloud. Learn how JR Raphael: Google I/O 2012: 3 lingering questions Google I/O 2012 left us with plenty of news to chew on -- but for all its announcements, the event left some important things unsaid. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 7: King of operating systems, even when Windows 8 ships It's nearly official: Windows 7 this month will become the world's most popular operating system, surpassing Windows XP. And don't expect Windows 8 to take away the crown, because it's not at all likely. Read More Leap second bedevils Web systems over weekend Despite precautions by system providers, an extra second added to the official timekeeping record Saturday triggered several popular Internet services to crash over the weekend, including LinkedIn, Reddit and Quantas airline's reservation system. Read More Employees work extra hours on mobile email, calls A survey of 1,000 U.S. workers found an average of seven extra hours a week -- almost another full day of work -- are spent answering calls and email on a mobile device outside of the regular work week. Read More Web attack toolkit exploits unpatched Microsoft XML flaw An exploit for an unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services has been incorporated into Blackhole, one of the most widely used Web attack toolkits, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Sophos. Read More U.S. patent office to launch Silicon Valley operation The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will open satellite offices in Silicon Valley, Texas and Colorado in an effort to bolster its recruitment of patent examiners and other employees and better serve local businesses, the office announced Monday. Read More Jonny Evans: Advantage Apple: iPhone users love to use their phones When it comes to people's using their devices, there's no doubt at all that Apple is winning the smartphone wars -- just look at the evidence, for app sales, Web browsing, OS upgrades and more, the iPhone is King of the Hill. Read More
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