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	Microsoft acknowledges Surface may trigger OEM hostility Microsoft yesterday confirmed what most analysts and company watchers had concluded last month when the firm unveiled its own tablet, that it risks alienating the computer makers which account for the bulk of Windows sales. 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 IT's Olympic challenge: Live streaming employees Olympics shine spotlight on social networks Shipping delays mount for Google's Nexus 7 16GB tablet Apple security guru lays out iPad, iPhone crypto architecture at Black Hat Twitter blames two-hour failure on dual data-center crashes Samsung accuses Apple of 'ambush litigation' in 3G patent trial Consumer tech market will hit $2.1 trillion in 2012, says Gartner Samsung's Q2 smartphone shipments nearly twice those of Apple, say research firms Microsoft wins sales ban against infringing Motorola devices in Germany Global Payments: data breach cost a whopping $84.4 million Angry Mac owners raise Twitter ruckus over missing OS X upgrade codes Update: Facebook reports $157M loss as sales rise 32% Facebook says mobile ads successful; analysts say challenges remain Richi Jennings: Microsoft Surface tablet price NOT $1000: Bloggers wipe egg from faces 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 > IT's Olympic challenge: Live streaming employees IT managers in businesses and governments are taking steps to ensure that the Summer Olympics do not bust networks or budgets. The opportunity for problems is there. Read More Olympics shine spotlight on social networks As Olympic athletes take to a global stage in London this week, participants, coaches and fans are expected to take to their favorite social networks in record numbers. Read More Shipping delays mount for Google's Nexus 7 16GB tablet Delays are plaguing Google's Nexus 7 tablet with 16GB of storage as some stores have stopped taking orders or delayed shipments of the product. Read More Apple security guru lays out iPad, iPhone crypto architecture at Black Hat A top Apple security guru Thursday presented an in-depth view into the security architecture for iOS, the basis of iPhones and iPad tablets, underscoring the complex certificate-based encryption framework Apple has adopted. Read More Twitter blames two-hour failure on dual data-center crashes A Twitter outage on Thursday that lasted as long as two hours for some users was caused by separate data centers failing at nearly the same time, the company said in an apologetic blog post. Read More Samsung accuses Apple of 'ambush litigation' in 3G patent trial Samsung accused Apple of "ambush litigation" on Friday in Federal Court in Sydney by suddenly raising new defenses against the South Korean company's 3G patent infringement allegations. Read More Consumer tech market will hit $2.1 trillion in 2012, says Gartner Consumers will spend $114 billion more in 2012 than they did in 2011 on digital products and that spending will grow at a faster rate than in the past, at around $130 billion a year, to reach $2.7 trillion by the end of 2016, according to Gartner. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Cooling Strategies for IT Wiring Closets and Small Rooms Cooling for IT wiring closets is rarely planned and typically only implemented after failures or overheating occur. This paper describes the science and practical application of an improved method for the specification of cooling for wiring closets. Read now. Samsung's Q2 smartphone shipments nearly twice those of Apple, say research firms Samsung shipped nearly twice the number of smartphones as Apple during the second quarter, as potential buyers of Apple's phones and operators hold off purchases in anticipation of a rumored new iPhone 5 by October, research firm Strategy Analytics said late Thursday. Read More Microsoft wins sales ban against infringing Motorola devices in Germany The sale of Motorola's Android devices that infringe on a Microsoft patent was banned in Germany on Friday after a ruling of the lower regional Mannheim court, a court spokesman said. Read More Global Payments: data breach cost a whopping $84.4 million Global Payments, which back in the spring reported a data breach in which information associated with an estimated 1.4 million payment cards was stolen, has revealed that expenses associated with investigations, fines and remediation has hit $84.4 million. Read More Angry Mac owners raise Twitter ruckus over missing OS X upgrade codes New Mac owners took their frustration with Apple onto Twitter today as they groused that they have not received redemption codes for the free copy of OS X Mountain Lion they were promised. Read More Update: Facebook reports $157M loss as sales rise 32% Facebook boosted revenue by 32% in its first earnings report as a public company, bringing in $1.18 billion and slightly topping analyst expectations. Read More Facebook says mobile ads successful; analysts say challenges remain Facebook seemed to answer at least one burning question about its mobile business on Thursday -- it doesn't plan to build its own smartphone -- but it's still not entirely clear how it will capitalize on its rapidly expanding base of mobile users. Read More Richi Jennings: Microsoft Surface tablet price NOT $1000: Bloggers wipe egg from faces Contrary to idiotic reports, the Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Surface price hasn't been set starting at $1000. Some bloggers were careful to include weasel-words such as "if" and "maybe" -- but others run headlong into a silly-season trap of their own making. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers accuse other bloggers of click-whoring -- or worse. Read More
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