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	How it works: The technology of touch screens Take a look at the technology of mobile touch screen displays -- resistive vs. capacitive, single-touch vs. multitouch and how companies are working to reduce weight while improving quality. 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. In this Issue Twitter lights up as presidential debate turns to China, immigration Intel must fend off trouble from sluggish PC market U.S. 'disappointed' over U.K. refusal to extradite hacker Gary McKinnon PCs with Intel's Haswell chips coming in first half of next year Qualcomm to open 2013 CES in place of Microsoft INSIDER Andrew Litt: Getting personal with healthcare LinkedIn revamps Profile, seeks higher engagement Sharon Machlis: Infogr.am offers quick Web charts IBM reports sluggish quarter Intel revenue drops on weak economy, poor sales Ahead of Apple event, Sharp reveals 7-inch tablet with IGZO display Google CEO Larry Page speaks in public again Pacemaker hack can deliver deadly 830-volt jolt Who is tweeting from the NSA's parking lot? SAP unveils HANA-powered cloud development platform Richi Jennings: iPad Mini: Price, features, release date -- rumor roundup 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! Twitter lights up as presidential debate turns to China, immigration Several topics raised in Tuesday night's presidential debate caused such a stir on Twitter that the site was briefly overwhelmed. Read More Intel must fend off trouble from sluggish PC market With Intel reporting a year-over-year drop in revenue and profit for its third quarter, industry analysts say the company isn't in trouble but it needs to ward it off -- and now. Read More U.S. 'disappointed' over U.K. refusal to extradite hacker Gary McKinnon U.S. officials expressed dismay over the U.K. government's refusal to extradite British hacker Gary McKinnon, but insisted the broader extradition relationship between the two countries remains strong. Read More PCs with Intel's Haswell chips coming in first half of next year Laptops and desktops with Intel's next-generation Core processor, code-named Haswell, will be available in the first half of next year, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said during a financial conference call on Tuesday. Read More Qualcomm to open 2013 CES in place of Microsoft Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs will give the opening keynote at the giant Consumer Electronics Show in January, a logical choice for an event whose focus is increasingly mobile, but one that might not garner the attention of a Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer appearance. Read More INSIDER Andrew Litt: Getting personal with healthcare From mHealth applications to genomics, the concept of personalized health is allowing individuals – long before they become patients – to make better, more informed health decisions. Insider (free registration required). Read More LinkedIn revamps Profile, seeks higher engagement LinkedIn has redesigned the Profile page of its members' accounts, tweaking the layout and adding features in order to simplify viewing and editing as well as increase engagement among users. Read More Sharon Machlis: Infogr.am offers quick Web charts This European startup aims to help users create professional-looking graphics in a couple of minutes. Just be aware that ease of use comes at the cost of flexibility and customization. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Modernize Your Network and Advance Your Business If your enterprise is looking for ways to thrive in the new business world order, this paper will give you five great reasons to modernize your network now. It will explain how HP, with its advanced networking technologies, can help you break free from your legacy network. Read Now! IBM reports sluggish quarter For its most recent financial quarter, IBM experienced declining revenue and flat income, though it still managed to deliver increased earnings per share. Read More Intel revenue drops on weak economy, poor sales Intel on Tuesday said its revenue and profit dropped during the third quarter of fiscal 2012 compared to the same period a year earlier, and blamed a tough economy for poor sales of its products. Read More Ahead of Apple event, Sharp reveals 7-inch tablet with IGZO display Japan's Sharp said it will soon launch a 7-inch tablet with its new IGZO displays, a week ahead of an Apple press event that is widely expected to reveal a mini tablet also linked to the new power-saving technology. Read More Google CEO Larry Page speaks in public again Google's CEO Larry Page spoke for the first time in public in months, addressing the company's annual Zeitgeist conference in Paradise Valley, Ariz., on Tuesday, a spokesman confirmed. Read More Pacemaker hack can deliver deadly 830-volt jolt Pacemakers from several manufacturers can be commanded to deliver a deadly, 830-volt shock from someone on a laptop up to 50 feet away, the result of poor software programming by medical device companies. Read More Who is tweeting from the NSA's parking lot? From Google Maps, the U.S. National Security Agency's parking lot has a larger footprint than the building itself. And for the high secrecy surrounding what goes on inside, there is plenty of information flowing just outside. Read More SAP unveils HANA-powered cloud development platform SAP laid out broad details of a new cloud-based application development platform powered by the HANA in-memory database during the Tech Ed conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Read More Richi Jennings: iPad Mini: Price, features, release date -- rumor roundup Here comes the 7.85-inch Apple iPad Mini; time for Richi's rumor roundup. Price, features, and release date all triangulated within, despite Apple ''doubling-down on secrecy.'' In IT Blogwatch, bloggers have figured it all out well before Tuesday's Cooknote. Read More
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