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	Japan's Softbank offers to buy 70% of Sprint for $20 billion Japan's Softbank said Monday it has reached a deal to acquire a 70% stake in U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel for $20 billion, forming one of the world's largest telecom operators. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Big Data, Big Storage Demands Unstructured data in the enterprise is growing faster than ever. With this surge in growth comes the need for new approaches to managing such data. What's needed is scale-out storage and analytics tools that offer improved data availability, performance and scalability – all which derive valuable insight and a competitive edge. Learn more. In this Issue INSIDER Getting the most from IaaS Facebook reflects swings in presidential campaigns Consumers dismiss Apple Maps uproar; plan to buy iPhone 5 in record numbers Tech bets on Obama with campaign donations Why I blog on Google+ (And how) Leigh Jasper: It's time for robust data handling 10 PC products that look like science fiction Asus' dual-screen Taichi tablet-laptop hybrid on sale for $1299 Force-sensing touchpad to reach ultrabooks next year 5 key forces driving open source today Michael Horowitz: How to install Flash Player updates on Android devices Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 rejected by consumers post-Mapgate... Survey says? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here INSIDER Getting the most from IaaS Infrastructure-as-a-service lets users take advantage of the benefits of the cloud without locking down to a particular cloud provider. But becoming "cloud-agnostic" requires new tools and mindsets. Insider (registration required) Read More Facebook reflects swings in presidential campaigns Social networking has become so critical to the 2012 presidential campaign that one analyst said Facebook is accurately predicting swings in the election polls. Read More Consumers dismiss Apple Maps uproar; plan to buy iPhone 5 in record numbers The brouhaha over Apple replacing Google Maps in iOS 6 with its own mapping technology has not changed customers' minds about the iPhone 5, according to a ChangeWave Research survey. Read More Tech bets on Obama with campaign donations The tech industry's 2012 campaign donations show a clear preference for President Barack Obama, and industry executives believe he will win reelection, according to a new survey. Read More Why I blog on Google+ (And how) The best blogging platform isn't a blogging platform, but a social network, writes columnist Mike Elgan. He explains how and why he uses Google+ for blogging. Read More Leigh Jasper: It's time for robust data handling When we discuss collaboration systems, we typically focus on the flow of the right data to the right people, and how they access and share the information...but it's just as important to consider how the data is handled on the back end. Read More WHITE PAPER: Websense, Inc. A 3-Step Plan for Mobile Security Mobility is here, and it brings with it new productivity opportunities - and associated security risks. This paper identifies specific countermeasures and management controls that you can use to establish a mobile security strategy that encompasses both corporate and personal devices. Read Now! 10 PC products that look like science fiction Think of them as PC peripherals on the cutting edge of industrial design. Read More Asus' dual-screen Taichi tablet-laptop hybrid on sale for $1299 Asustek's innovative laptop-tablet hybrid called Taichi is now on sale in the U.S. starting at $1,299. Read More Force-sensing touchpad to reach ultrabooks next year Researchers at the User Interface Software Technology conference this week demonstrated unique projects that took advantage of a new, pressure-sensitive "forcepad" that could debut in ultrabooks as soon as next year. Read More 5 key forces driving open source today From the rise of foundations to emerging revenue models, the open source movement is primed for even greater impact on tomorrow's technologies. Read More Michael Horowitz: How to install Flash Player updates on Android devices Previously, I wrote that updates to the Flash Player on Android 2.x and 4.0 were missing in action. Thanks to a reader comment, we now know the rest of the story. The updates are available, you just need to know how to install them. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 rejected by consumers post-Mapgate... Survey says? The iPhone 5/iOS 6 Maps features are terrible, say pundit after pundit. So it must be affecting sales, right? Not according to a new survey; it seems Apple can't make the shiny things fast enough. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers run the numbers from ChangeWave/451's survey. Read More
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