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	FAQ: How to score an iPhone 5 on Friday If you're jonesing for an iPhone 5 and you didn't order in the middle of the night last week, here's a look at how you might still get on when they go on sale Friday. 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 U.S. tech workers by the numbers Nokia calls new HTC smartphones 'good news for Windows Phone' Judge refuses to order removal of anti-Islam video from YouTube Apple's iPhone 5 -- the global launch in real-time Chip manufacturing race between Intel, ARM tightens Apple goes against grain, extends support for Snow Leopard Android NFC hack enables travelers to ride subways for free, researchers say Samsung plans to drag iPhone 5 into patent suit against Apple Oracle sues to 'free' users from patent claims Indonesia advances world's most ambitious biometric-based national ID project Video: Ford showcases tech inside its 2013 model cars Preston Gralla: Microsoft as a one-percenter: Senate charges it legally evaded paying billions in taxes JR Raphael: What'll it take for Google to get in Apple's magical gates? Jonny Evans: iPhone 5, iOS 6: Is Apple Maps the new Ping? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! U.S. tech workers by the numbers Census Bureau data show a 2.8% increase in the median earnings for computer and math jobs, with women earning 85% of what men do in the field. Read More Nokia calls new HTC smartphones 'good news for Windows Phone' Nokia might not be the favored vendor du jour of a Windows Phone 8 smartphone, but the Finnish cell-phone maker nonetheless issued a diplomatically worded statement in response to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's praise for HTC's 8X and 8S devices announced Wednesday. Read More Judge refuses to order removal of anti-Islam video from YouTube A judge in California refused on Thursday to order YouTube to pull down a controversial anti-Islam movie trailer that has sparked violent protests at U.S. diplomatic missions in many Middle East countries, according a spokeswoman for the plaintiff's attorneys The Armenta Law Firm. Read More Apple's iPhone 5 -- the global launch in real-time Apple's iPhone 5 arrives Friday, and buyers lined up to purchase the smartphone before stories opened. 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 Chip manufacturing race between Intel, ARM tightens The race to manufacture the most power-efficient and fastest chips is gaining momentum, with contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries on Thursday announcing technology advances that analysts said could allow the company to catch up with Intel's chip-making capabilities by 2014. Read More Apple goes against grain, extends support for Snow Leopard Apple yesterday quietly released a security update for OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, effectively extending support for the three-year-old OS beyond the normal lifecycle. Read More Android NFC hack enables travelers to ride subways for free, researchers say Contactless fare cards in the New Jersey and San Francisco transit systems can be manipulated using an Android application, enabling travelers to reset their card balance and travel for free, researchers demonstrated at the EUSecWest security conference in Amsterdam. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software 2012 Software License Management Benchmark Survey The BMC Software and IAITAM survey results show that organizations clearly see the need for software license management. But it also revealed some interesting insights as well. Learn More! Samsung plans to drag iPhone 5 into patent suit against Apple Samsung Electronics intends to drag the iPhone 5 into an ongoing patent lawsuit with Apple, according to documents filed with a U.S. court on Wednesday. Apple, for its part, expects to extend its suit to include the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and the latest version of Android, Jelly Bean. Read More Oracle sues to 'free' users from patent claims Oracle has filed suit against Texas company Advanced Dynamic Interfaces, seeking to have an intellectual-property action it filed against 20 users of Oracle software tossed out of court. Read More Indonesia advances world's most ambitious biometric-based national ID project Indonesia, a country composed of more than 70,000 islands that has infrastructure issues in electricity and limited bandwidth, is rolling out the world's most ambitious biometrics-based national identity card project for its citizens. Read More Video: Ford showcases tech inside its 2013 model cars IDG News Service takes the Ford Fusion hybrid for a spin around San Francisco. The 2013 model car will be available sometime this Fall. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft as a one-percenter: Senate charges it legally evaded paying billions in taxes A U.S. Senate committee has charged that Microsoft used legal off-shore tax maneuvers to avoid paying billions in taxes for the last three years. The company apparently did nothing illegal, but this certainly won't endear it to consumers, many of whom are still struggling in a tough economy. Read More JR Raphael: What'll it take for Google to get in Apple's magical gates? Apple's now been preventing its users from accessing Google's latest innovation for a full seven weeks. Things could soon get very interesting. Read More Jonny Evans: iPhone 5, iOS 6: Is Apple Maps the new Ping? The first attempts are always the most dangerous. Any time you take a new path you'll find critics to pull you down: sometimes you've only got your instincts as a guide, and, for a little while at least, that looks like what you'll have to rely on when using Apple Maps on iOS 6 on your iPhone, with critics already lampooning the company's attempt to replace Google's mapping services. Read More
	SHARK TANK OF THE DAY Just like the instructions said Employee who works in a remote office has his company iPhone replaced at the local store for the mobile carrier, then calls this IT pilot fish at HQ with a problem: The new phone won't accept his password. CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Apple's iPhone 5 smartphone will feature a larger screen, 4G LTE network and iOS update. Is the iPhone 5 likely to shake up the smartphone market? COMPUTERWORLD'S IT SALARY SURVEY 2012 A majority of IT workers say they're under pressure to increase productivity and take on new tasks. But the vast majority are still happy they picked IT as their career. NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.
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