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	Analysts praise Apple's exec overhaul, see hints of future sea changes Apple's executive shake-up earlier this week is a sign that design is the "tip of the spear" for the company, but the reorganization won't disrupt the firm's product delivery and may produce some groundbreaking moves, analysts predicted today. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware Forrester: Business Value of Virtualization Forrester interviewed individuals responsible for the IT infrastructure and architecture and asked executives to rate the benefits received from consolidating servers, performing business continuity/disaster recovery, reclaiming data center capacity, and executing similar initiatives. Read Now! In this Issue JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 10: Hands-on impressions Hurricane Sandy: Power, wireless outages linger in lower Manhattan Microsoft's browser ballot screw-up cost Firefox 9M downloads Stolen cellphone databases switched on in U.S. Microsoft sued over use of live tiles in Windows NASA video shows life of Hurricane Sandy QuickPoll: Is data mining by candidates and political groups a serious privacy concern? SAP goes after Salesforce.com with new social software products, strategy Cross-platform development tools boost Windows Phone 8 LG introduces 23-in. touch monitor for Windows 8 Panasonic to halt smartphone sales in Europe CA updates Clarity PPM software Softbank reports profit as Sprint deal unfolds US delegation to UN: Embrace open telecom markets Preston Gralla: Microsoft says Metro apps are now 'Windows 8 Store apps' -- is this a branding mistake? Jonny Evans: Apple delays iTunes 11: blame software or music streaming services for the delay? 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Read More Microsoft's browser ballot screw-up cost Firefox 9M downloads Microsoft's 16-month browser ballot screw-up in the European Union cost Mozilla an estimated 8.8 million downloads of its Firefox browser, the open-source vendor's head lawyer said. Read More Stolen cellphone databases switched on in U.S. U.S. cellphone carriers took a major step on Wednesday toward curbing the rising number of smartphone thefts with the introduction of databases that will block stolen phones from being used on domestic networks. Read More Microsoft sued over use of live tiles in Windows Microsoft has been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit over its use of dynamic "live" tile icons in Windows, including in the newly launched Windows 8 OS for PCs and tablets and in the Windows Phone 8 OS for smartphones. Read More NASA video shows life of Hurricane Sandy NASA has released a time-lapsed video of Hurricane Sandy, showing the storm move from its birth in the Caribbean to when it made landfall on the East Coast of the U.S. Read More QuickPoll: Is data mining by candidates and political groups a serious privacy concern? Big data, analytics and mobile apps are enabling smaller political campaigns and advocacy groups to be more effective when it comes to winning over voters and raising money. Is data mining by candidates a privacy concern? Read More SAP goes after Salesforce.com with new social software products, strategy SAP on Wednesday made a series of announcements meant to define itself as a major player in the enterprise social software market with a superior approach to rivals such as Salesforce.com. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Corporation Smarter Business Requires Intelligent Systems This paper discusses the growing adoption of intelligent systems and the role Microsoft, through its Windows Embedded, Windows Azure, and other technologies, can play in developing these systems. Read Now. Cross-platform development tools boost Windows Phone 8 Cross-platform development frameworks such as Apache Cordova, Sencha Touch and Xamarin.Mobile are all compatible with Windows Phone 8, making it easier to create apps for the new OS while at the same time developing apps for other platforms. Read More LG introduces 23-in. touch monitor for Windows 8 For users who want a regular monitor, but still want to control Windows 8 using touch gestures, LG Electronics has introduced the Touch 10 monitor. Read More Panasonic to halt smartphone sales in Europe Panasonic Wednesday announced that it will end its brief return to the European smartphone market, pulling out less than a year after launching its first handset outside of Japan since 2005. Read More CA updates Clarity PPM software CA Technologies has updated its Clarity project and portfolio management software to accommodate more comprehensive long-term planning. Read More Softbank reports profit as Sprint deal unfolds Softbank, which announced a $20 billion deal to acquire U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel earlier this month, said it booked a record operating profit in its fiscal first half. Read More US delegation to UN: Embrace open telecom markets The U.N.'s International Telecommunications Union should embrace free and open broadband markets and allow individual countries to reform their telecommunications regulations instead of attempting to centrally regulate the industry, the U.S. delegation to an upcoming ITU meeting will say in proposals to be filed Wednesday. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft says Metro apps are now 'Windows 8 Store apps' -- is this a branding mistake? It's official: The apps once called Metro apps are now formally called "Windows 8 Store apps" by Microsoft. Along with being one of the worst branding moves of all time, the new name is misleading. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple delays iTunes 11: blame software or music streaming services for the delay? Apple is proud of something else this morning: making the decision not to ship iTunes 11 because it isn't ready yet -- but is the delay in order to launch music streaming services in time for the Holiday Season as recent reports reveal negotiations with music labels are "intensifying" in November? Read More
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