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	Sharon Machlis: Nexus 7 tablet: Video and first impressions Computerworld's Sharon Machlis offers a video review of her new Google Nexus 7, which arrived on Tuesday. Among her early impressions: It's light, it's sleek, and it's fast. 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 U.S. appeals court refuses to allow Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales Age bias and IT: The reality behind the rumors Harvard scientists to build Iron Man-like suit for military Anti-outsourcing bill fails in Congress Update: Microsoft posts loss, slight revenue increase in Q4 Motorola boosts Google revenue Researcher releases smart meter hacking tool Does anyone know how much Marissa Mayer is making? Phishing websites reach all-time high Dell pins software hopes on the midmarket iOS remains more lucrative than Android, study finds Twitter will appeal order to turn over protester's messages iPad launch in Beijing is orderly with new reservation system California to get tough on online privacy FCC: Broadband providers getting close to advertised speeds Epicor CEO Pervez Qureshi talks company's renewal, SaaS and growth plans Russian man arrested on cyberattack charges North America set to allow IPv4 address transfers to Asia Richi Jennings: hi1.4xlarge: AWS SSD EC2 High I/O Quadruple Extra Large (and a Dr Pepper) RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: 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 > U.S. appeals court refuses to allow Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales A U.S. appeals court denied Samsung on Thursday a stay on a preliminary injunction by a District Court on the sale of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, in a patent dispute with Apple. Read More Age bias and IT: The reality behind the rumors Age bias: Some consider it IT's dirty little secret, or even IT's big open secret. Most high-tech employers would likely deny that age discrimination is an issue at their company. But many IT workers over 50 beg to differ, saying they have experienced age bias or know someone who has. Read More Harvard scientists to build Iron Man-like suit for military Harvard University scientists are working on an Iron Man-like smart suit that could improve soldiers' endurance in war zones. Read More Anti-outsourcing bill fails in Congress The latest effort to produce legislation intended to encourage firms to repatriate jobs back to the U.S. failed today on a 56-to-42 vote in the Senate. The bill needed 60 votes to move forward. Read More Update: Microsoft posts loss, slight revenue increase in Q4 Microsoft revenue rose slightly but due to several one-time items, it posted a net loss during its fourth fiscal quarter, when the Windows division's sales fell 13 percent. Read More Motorola boosts Google revenue Google has reported a profit of $2.79 billion in the quarter ended June 30, up 11% over the same period of last year, in the company's first financial statement since it finalized its acquisition of Motorola in May. Read More Researcher releases smart meter hacking tool Security consulting firm SecureState today released a new open source hacking tool that it claims will let security researchers and penetration testers verify the security of electric utility smart meters being installed in millions of homes around the country. Read More Does anyone know how much Marissa Mayer is making? The appointment of former Google executive Marissa Mayer as CEO of Yahoo had tech industry tongues wagging Monday when the surprise announcement was made. Today, there's just as much talk about how much she stands to earn at Yahoo, but what people are saying depends on where they are getting their news. Read More Phishing websites reach all-time high The number of phishing websites detected reached an all-time high earlier this year, a sign that making fake websites spoofing real ones is still a lucrative trade for cybercriminals. Read More 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. Dell pins software hopes on the midmarket Dell has laid out a plan to dramatically grow its software business by targeting mid-sized companies that it says are under-served by rivals such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Oracle. Read More iOS remains more lucrative than Android, study finds Apple's iOS continued to deliver more revenue per advertising impression to content publishers than any other mobile operating system in the quarter that ended in June, according to an Opera Software report. Read More Twitter will appeal order to turn over protester's messages Twitter plans to appeal a ruling to turn over the once-public tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester charged with disorderly conduct, a case the company says threatens the First Amendment rights of its users. Read More iPad launch in Beijing is orderly with new reservation system Apple's new iPad went on sale in China on Friday morning with a sparse, but orderly, line of people at one of its stores in Beijing, as the company used a new reservation system to sell the next version of its iconic tablet, to avoid the skirmishes that hit some earlier product launches. Read More California to get tough on online privacy California's top legal official has put the tech industry on notice that she intends to get tough on digital privacy. Read More FCC: Broadband providers getting close to advertised speeds U.S. broadband providers are delivering close to their advertised speeds, according to a U.S. Federal Communications Commission report, but not everyone trusts the numbers. Read More Epicor CEO Pervez Qureshi talks company's renewal, SaaS and growth plans Following last year's merger with Activant Solutions, ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Epicor is closing in on US$1 billion in revenue, a figure that belies the vendor's relatively low profile compared to giants such as Oracle and SAP. Read More Russian man arrested on cyberattack charges A Russian man has been arrested in Cyprus on charges that he launched denial-of-service attacks on Amazon.com and eBay in 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. Read More North America set to allow IPv4 address transfers to Asia The Internet address registry for North America expects to start allowing transfers of IPv4 addresses to qualified users in Asia by the end of this month, possibly providing an escape valve for pent-up demand in that region. Read More Richi Jennings: hi1.4xlarge: AWS SSD EC2 High I/O Quadruple Extra Large (and a Dr Pepper) Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is crowing about its super-fast, SSD-backed, hi1.4xlarge AWS EC2 instance type. Its full name is quite a mouthful: High I/O Quadruple Extra Large, but Amazon claims it can achieve 120,000 IOPS. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers scrape together $3.10 to try it for an hour. Read More
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