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	Microsoft gives Mac users cold shoulder with Office 365 deals Microsoft yesterday clarified that Mac users will not be able to download and install a copy of Office for Mac 2011 as one of the five licenses allowed by the new Office 365 subscription plans. 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 Preston Gralla: Five reasons the Google Nexus beats the iPad Jonny Evans: Apple to appeal order it should publish 'Samsung no iPad copycat' spot JR Raphael: Why I'm ditching the Verizon Galaxy Nexus Jonny Evans: Will OS X Mountain Lion be one of the last desktop operating systems Apple ships? Richi Jennings: iPhone '5' release date clearer; 'thin' feature rumors of new Apple BYOD toy HTC files counterclaims against Apple with two acquired patents Apple kerfuffle prompts EPEAT to review thin laptops Motorola's Xoom tablet doesn't infringe on Apple's designs, German court rules 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 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 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 JR Raphael: Why I'm ditching the Verizon Galaxy Nexus Once upon a time, Verizon's Galaxy Nexus seemed like the holy grail of mobile technology. For me, the fairy tale has ended. Read More Jonny Evans: Will OS X Mountain Lion be one of the last desktop operating systems Apple ships? Let's think about OS X Mountain Lion and Apple's readiness to disrupt its own business models and consider this: "Will Mountain Lion be one of the last desktop operating systems Apple ships?" In a sense, I think it will. That's because I believe operating systems are heading inexorably into the cloud and here's why: Read More WEBCAST: IBM Accelerate Document Processing and Wow Your Customers Learn how intelligent imaging and BPM solutions, coupled with pragmatic best practices and methodology, can improve productivity, lower cost, increase accuracy, reduce cycle times and lower overall risk. Learn 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 (NASDAQ:AAPL). In IT Blogwatch, bloggers fall over themselves to blog every last detail, as if their lives depended on it. 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 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 Motorola's Xoom tablet doesn't infringe on Apple's designs, German court rules Motorola's Xoom tablet does not infringe on some of Apple's community designs, the regional court of DA1/4sseldorf ruled on Tuesday. Apple wanted a Europe-wide ban on the Motorola tablet, a court spokesman said. Read More
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