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In this Issue Microsoft ignored tip that it botched browser choice in Windows 7 SP1 New York leads in H-1B demand Yahoo reports lackluster sales as Mayer takes reins New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer skips earnings call EMC confirms CEO change at VMware Intel downgrades full-year business outlook Mayer could pull off 'epic turnaround' at Yahoo Oracle announces its first scalable, entry-level tape library Motorola says smartphones will be available in US despite ban Apple kerfuffle prompts EPEAT to review thin laptops Mahdi cyberespionage malware infects computers in Iran, Israel, other Middle Eastern countries Dropbox brings in outside team to investigate spam run Bank of America tops 23 banks as best in online experience HTC files counterclaims against Apple with two acquired patents Richi Jennings: iPhone '5' release date clearer; 'thin' feature rumors of new Apple BYOD toy 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 Microsoft ignored tip that it botched browser choice in Windows 7 SP1 Microsoft could have escaped the wrath of European Union antitrust regulators and the risk of potential fines in the billions if it had paid attention to an exchange on its own support site more than a year ago. Read More New York leads in H-1B demand The New York metropolitan area has the highest demand for H-1B workers in the U.S., according to a new study that examines regional use of the work visa. Read More Yahoo reports lackluster sales as Mayer takes reins Marissa Mayer has her work cut out for her at Yahoo. The fading Internet company reported its second-quarter financial results Tuesday, in which revenue and profit both dipped slightly from a year earlier. Read More New Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer skips earnings call Yahoo's new CEO, Marissa Mayer, was absent from the company's quarterly earnings call Tuesday, disappointing any analysts who might have been hoping for an early clue about the direction she will chart for the company. Read More EMC confirms CEO change at VMware Paul Maritz will step down from his role as CEO of VMware, to be replaced by EMC Chief Operating Officer Pat Gelsinger, EMC confirmed on Tuesday. Read More Intel downgrades full-year business outlook Intel warned that it expects to see lower-than-anticipated growth for 2012. The news came as the company posted mixed results for the second quarter of the year. Read More Mayer could pull off 'epic turnaround' at Yahoo On Marissa Mayer's first day as CEO at Yahoo, she has to figure out which problem to tackle first to right a company that has been buffeted by scandal, financial trouble and, possibly worst of all, growing market invisibility. 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Read More Apple kerfuffle prompts EPEAT to review thin laptops EPEAT has launched a review of ultra-thin and light laptops carrying its environmental ratings after Apple withdrew from and rejoined the organization last week. Read More Mahdi cyberespionage malware infects computers in Iran, Israel, other Middle Eastern countries A piece of malware called Mahdi or Madi has been used to spy on hundreds of targets from Iran, Israel and a few other Middle Eastern countries during the past eight months, according to researchers from security vendors Seculert and Kaspersky Lab. Read More Dropbox brings in outside team to investigate spam run Dropbox is investigating reports that some European users are receiving spam to email addresses associated with their accounts, the company said Tuesday. Read More Bank of America tops 23 banks as best in online experience Keynote Competitive Research placed Bank of America first among 23 banks that it analyzed on the basis of online customer experience, saying it leads in functionality, ease of use, privacy, security, quality and availability. Read More HTC files counterclaims against Apple with two acquired patents HTC filed a counterclaim before a court in Florida stating that Apple infringed on two of its patents originally assigned to Hewlett-Packard and Electronic Data Systems, a company that HP acquired in 2008. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone '5' release date clearer; 'thin' feature rumors of new Apple BYOD toy The iPhone 5 release date is now clearer, amid strengthening evidence of true manufacturing. The rumors that it'll use a 'thin' in-cell touchscreen feature are also getting a boost. Apple. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers fall over themselves to blog every last detail, as if their lives depended on it. Read More
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