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	Microsoft's long-term Windows 8 app strategy may backfire, say analysts As the countdown clock ticks toward Windows 8's launch later this month, Microsoft has still not shown that there will be enough apps to drive users toward the new OS, said analyst Patrick Moorhead. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference Building a Case for Widescale Tablet Deployment Forbes called Long Island Univ. "the leader among universities in the U.S., and probably worldwide" when it deployed 6,000 iPads - an installation that nears 20K today. Larn more at Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) event October 10, 2012 in New York City. Complimentary registration. Click to continue In this Issue Could gas shortage pop WD's helium drive plans? Oracle CEO Ellison reveals more details about 'multitenant' 12c database Oracle girds MySQL for heavier Web usage Japan CEATEC: Ultra high-def TVs, an INSECT from Toyota, and smarter homes DARPA begins testing robotic mule for battlefields iPhone 5 update fixes Verizon cellular data drain New Acrobat version integrated with e-sign and online forms cloud apps HP's new ElitePad 900 tablet enables easy disassembly, self-support Ellison launches Exadata X3, takes swipe at SAP Oracle looks to take business from Amazon Web Services Killing time: Do more by ignoring the clock Apple's iOS 6 Maps mess in pictures LightSquared asks to share weather-balloon spectrum for its LTE network Tech think tank's website rejects browser do-not-track requests 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. Could gas shortage pop WD's helium drive plans? With worldwide demand and prices at an all-time high, Western Digital's plans to use helium in its drives may be ill-timed as the world's reserves are quickly drawing down. Read More Oracle CEO Ellison reveals more details about 'multitenant' 12c database The next version of Oracle's database will feature support for multitenancy as a critical feature, providing superior security, control and efficiency for software services delivered from the cloud, CEO Larry Ellison said Sunday during the OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Read More Oracle girds MySQL for heavier Web usage Oracle is updating its widely used open source MySQL database, and a range of associated products, in order to meet the increasing demands of Web users. Read More Japan CEATEC: Ultra high-def TVs, an INSECT from Toyota, and smarter homes At the CEATEC show that opens in Japan this week, the country's electronics manufacturers will show a host of products that are probably a few years from catching on, as well as a few design concepts that will need a bit longer than that. Read More DARPA begins testing robotic mule for battlefields It looks like a bull, trots at the speed of a wolf and carries equipment like a pack mule, but does it have a place on the battlefield of the future? Researchers are conducting a two-year study of a robot that promises to lighten the load that soldiers must carry and they gave it a high-profile demonstration in September. Read More iPhone 5 update fixes Verizon cellular data drain Apple released on Sunday an update that fixes a problem where the iPhone 5 draws data from the carrier Verizon despite being connected to a Wi-Fi network. Read More New Acrobat version integrated with e-sign and online forms cloud apps Adobe announced on Monday a new version of its Acrobat desktop application for creating and editing PDF documents that now features integration with other Adobe cloud services and with Microsoft PowerPoint. Read More WEBCAST: T-Systems Charting a Course for Realizing Business Value in the Cloud Cloud is not simply about delivering IT services. Rather it is about vesting the organization with the agility it must have to respond to challenges and opportunities at the speed of business. Tune into this live webcast - Thursday, October 18, 2012, 2:00 PM, EDT - to learn how to blaze your own pathway to enterprise applications in the cloud. Learn more. HP's new ElitePad 900 tablet enables easy disassembly, self-support Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced the new ElitePad 900 tablet, which has Windows 8, and which the company says can be easily disassembled to replace components in order to save hardware and support costs. Read More Ellison launches Exadata X3, takes swipe at SAP Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Sunday unveiled a souped-up version of its Exadata database machine that will allow customers to run all of their databases in-memory, providing what Ellison termed blazing performance. Read More Oracle looks to take business from Amazon Web Services Oracle is planning to roll out a new IaaS (infrastructure as a service) offering that will compete directly with Amazon Web Services, along with a service called Oracle Public Cloud that runs inside customers' facilities. Read More Killing time: Do more by ignoring the clock The industrial revolution made us slaves to the clock. New apps can set us free. It's about time, writes columnist Mike Elgan. Read More Apple's iOS 6 Maps mess in pictures Here's a look at some of the problematic 3D views of prominent locales you'll get in the Maps app in iOS 6. Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized for the troublesome app on Friday and suggested that users try alternatives until Apple can improve it. Read More LightSquared asks to share weather-balloon spectrum for its LTE network Embattled satellite carrier LightSquared proposed that the government let it share spectrum with federal uses such as weather balloons so it can get enough spectrum to launch its proposed national LTE mobile network. Read More Tech think tank's website rejects browser do-not-track requests The website for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation tells visitors it will not honor their browsers' do-not-track requests as a form of protest against the technology pushed by privacy groups and parts of the U.S. government. Read More
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