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	Experts applaud Apple CEO Tim Cook's apology over Maps misstep Apple CEO Tim Cook today apologized to users for the substandard Apple Maps app in iOS 6, and steered them toward alternatives including Microsoft's Bing app and Google's online Maps. 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 With tablet chip, Intel tries to lessen its dependency on PCs Leaked video shows Qwerty, touchscreen RIM BlackBerry 10s Facebook Gifts could encourage users to expose more private information Apple apologizes for its mapping service on iOS 6 Tim Cook 'did not have to write' Apple's apology, argues analyst Oracle's OpenWorld 2012: What's in store Slideshow: Indie game developers break out at BostonFIG New Asus Transformer Pad combines LTE, quad-core processor Apple-Samsung case exasperates panel of Dutch judges Pirate Bay founder's detention extended amid tax hack probe Intel pitches its "Clover Trail" Atom processor at launch event FCC moves forward on incentive spectrum auctions Preston Gralla: Apple CEO Tim Cook: We blew it with iOS Maps, so try Bing Maps instead Jonny Evans: Apple opens up: Tim Cook says sorry for iPhone 5 Maps, promises world class improvement JR Raphael: A quick update on Android upgrades 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! With tablet chip, Intel tries to lessen its dependency on PCs With Intel unveiling a tablet processor this week, analysts say the chip maker may be on track to becoming less dependent on the struggling PC market. Read More Leaked video shows Qwerty, touchscreen RIM BlackBerry 10s A newly leaked video shows off two coming BlackBerry 10 smartphones from RIM, while also describing an elaborate marketing campaign designed to help launch the devices in the first quarter of 2013. Read More Facebook Gifts could encourage users to expose more private information Facebook Gifts, the new social gifting service launched by Facebook on Thursday, might encourage users to expose information like their home addresses, birth date, clothing or shoe size that could pose security and privacy risks, according to security experts. Read More Apple apologizes for its mapping service on iOS 6 Apple CEO Tim Cook is "extremely sorry" to customers for inaccuracies in its new mapping software included in iOS 6, and has pointed users to competing services in an open letter to customers released Friday. Read More Tim Cook 'did not have to write' Apple's apology, argues analyst Apple CEO Tim Cook's apology earlier today was unnecessary, Wall Street analyst Brian White said today. Even so, he called it 'the right decision' to protect Apple's brand. Read More Oracle's OpenWorld 2012: What's in store With each year, Oracle becomes a bigger company and in turn, so does its annual OpenWorld conference, which kicks off Sunday in San Francisco. Read More Slideshow: Indie game developers break out at BostonFIG The Boston Festival of Indie Games at MIT saw the debut of several small game development studios, led by programmers and designers who came to the industry indirectly. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. New Asus Transformer Pad combines LTE, quad-core processor Asustek Transformer Pad TF300TL has quad-core processor and LTE support along with a 10.1-inch screen, the company said Friday. Read More Apple-Samsung case exasperates panel of Dutch judges In the face of an Apple demand for a sales ban on its Android products, Samsung told a Dutch court on Friday that in fact it has already changed the products so they no longer infringe. But the South Korean company's failure to provide evidence of the change exasperated the judges. Read More Pirate Bay founder's detention extended amid tax hack probe Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg will remain in detention for at least two more weeks while Swedish prosecutors investigate his alleged involvement in the hacking of IT company Logica, a Swedish court ruled Friday. Read More Intel pitches its "Clover Trail" Atom processor at launch event PC makers and Intel came together to showcase new tablets with the Intel Atom chip inside, in San Francisco. Read More FCC moves forward on incentive spectrum auctions The U.S. Federal Communications Commission took the first step toward groundbreaking auctions of television spectrum to mobile carriers faced with skyrocketing bandwidth demands from their customers. Read More Preston Gralla: Apple CEO Tim Cook: We blew it with iOS Maps, so try Bing Maps instead They're likely celebrating at Microsoft today, because when Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized for the iOS Maps fiasco, his first recommendation for an alternative is Bing Maps. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple opens up: Tim Cook says sorry for iPhone 5 Maps, promises world class improvement Apple opened up today, responding to critics of its mapping services with a public statement from company CEO, Tim Cook. The statement, published on the Apple Website, offers an apology to customers along with the promise that the company won't stop improving Maps until that product becomes one of the best in the world. Read More JR Raphael: A quick update on Android upgrades It's been a busy week for Android upgrades, with several devices seeing Jelly Bean and several others getting green-lighted for rollouts. Here's a quick rundown of what's happening right now. Read More
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