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	Apple's Maps app blunder ranks with 'Antennagate,' say experts Apple's stumble with its new mapping app is a debacle right up there with 2010's "Antennagate," analysts said today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?    Using VMware NIC Teaming?    Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)    Get this essential FREE white paper now     11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff     Click to continue In this Issue Microsoft hustles, patches IE to ward off increasing attacks Facebook starts to charge for Offers, woos Wall Street Early buyers of the iPhone 5 don't mind lack of NFC, Lightning port adapter RIM CEO apologizes for short messaging disruption Friday in Europe and Africa Apple's iPhone 5 -- today's global release in real-time NYC Apple stores get crowds for iPhone 5 launch 802.11ac will be faster, but how much faster really? Starbucks to support Passbook in iOS 6 by end of September Lawmakers: FCC may have rushed LightSquared decision Facebook to delete all European facial recognition data Salesforce.com links up with Facebook for targeted ad delivery European online counter-terrorism group considering widespread surveillance Samsung and Motorola don't infringe on Apple's multitouch patent, says German court Eastern European cybercriminals trump Asian counterparts, researchers say Preston Gralla: Microsoft launches Google-is-evil campaign targeted at Safari users JR Raphael: Hallelujah! Verizon Galaxy Nexus finally gets Jelly Bean Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone 5 launch: Queues go global as Samsung offends millions Patrick Thibodeau: Tech industry bets on Republicans and loses Aaron Davis: Translation as fuel: How government translation memory will evolve RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Drobo Drobo SAN for Business Live Demo Daily! We want you to learn from the very best–Drobo experts–available every day. 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Read More Early buyers of the iPhone 5 don't mind lack of NFC, Lightning port adapter Long lines formed for days outside of Apple stores in major cities to buy the iPhone 5 today, but smaller crowds also gathered in college towns like Harrisonburg, Va., where the longest wait was overnight in front of the AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores. Read More RIM CEO apologizes for short messaging disruption Friday in Europe and Africa RIM CEO Thorsten Heins said that as many as 6% of BlackBerry customers in Europe and Africa may have seen delays in getting and sending messages early Friday. Read More Apple's iPhone 5 -- today's global release in real-time Apple's iPhone 5 has arrived. Here's a real-time look at what's happening worldwide by IDG News Service reporters in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Germany, the U.K. and the U.S. Read More NYC Apple stores get crowds for iPhone 5 launch With every iPhone launch comes fans waiting outside Apple stores in New York, and it was no different for the iPhone 5, which went on sale Friday. Read More 802.11ac will be faster, but how much faster really? Six months from now, enterprise IT groups will be facing a big change for their Wi-Fi networks, the shift to 802.11ac, which promises wireless data rates that start at 433Mbps. Read More Starbucks to support Passbook in iOS 6 by end of September Starbucks said Friday it will update Passbook in iOS 6 at the end of September, presumably meaning it will integrate its existing Starbucks digital payment card into the new app for users to pay for coffee. Read More Lawmakers: FCC may have rushed LightSquared decision The U.S. Federal Communications Commission rushed to judgment in giving permission in early 2011 for startup LightSquared to offer LTE service in a band of wireless spectrum next to a band used by GPS devices, several U.S. lawmakers said Friday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! Facebook to delete all European facial recognition data Facebook has complied with most, but not all, of the recommendations that the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) set last year, the agency said Friday. Read More Salesforce.com links up with Facebook for targeted ad delivery Salesforce.com customers interested in using the vendor's emerging family of marketing software could benefit from a new partnership it has formed with Facebook for targeted ad delivery. Read More European online counter-terrorism group considering widespread surveillance A leaked document from a project set up by the European Commission to fight terrorism online, reveals suggestions for wide-ranging surveillance. Read More Samsung and Motorola don't infringe on Apple's multitouch patent, says German court Samsung Electronics and Motorola Mobility don't infringe on an Apple patent for technology that prevents smartphone users from pushing two buttons at the same time on a touch screen, the lower regional court in Mannheim ruled on Friday, a court spokesman said. Read More Eastern European cybercriminals trump Asian counterparts, researchers say Despite an increasing number of successful cyberattacks launched by East Asian hackers against companies and government institutions around the world, Eastern European cybercriminals remain a more sophisticated threat to the global Internet, security researchers say. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft launches Google-is-evil campaign targeted at Safari users Microsoft is launching an attack-ad campaign, warning Safari users that Google might have tracked them without their permission, and promising that Bing won't do the same. It's not clear how widespread the campaign is, but it's certainly an attention-grabber. Read More JR Raphael: Hallelujah! Verizon Galaxy Nexus finally gets Jelly Bean Verizon Galaxy Nexus users, rejoice: Big Red has finally started rolling out the Android 4.1 upgrade for your device, more than two months after you should have received it. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone 5 launch: Queues go global as Samsung offends millions It's Friday morning in America and retailers across the nation are staring enviously across at the Apple retail store across their street at the queues forming there as thousands stomp and cheer their way inside to pick up an iPhone 5. "Why don't we sell products like these?" they ask themselves. Yes, it's the season once again, the season to grab yourself the smart smartphone. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Tech industry bets on Republicans and loses What happens when the tech industry decides to turn partisan. Read More Aaron Davis: Translation as fuel: How government translation memory will evolve But there are petabytes of data on the Internet to sift through and translate. The government doesn't have the time or budget to hire an army of human translators for every job. Read More
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