Israel, Palestine take fight to social networks

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	Israel, Palestine take fight to social networks As Israeli and Hamas forces continue to clash, firing rockets on each other, they've also launched a war of hashtags, English-language tweets and videos on sites like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Flickr. 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 Nook HD review: A faster, brighter and better e-reader/tablet Enterprise interest in Windows 8 half that for Windows 7 in '09 AT&T's LTE service expands to 103 cities, ahead of schedule Xtreme RAT cyberespionage targeted U.S., U.K. governments Judge accepts $22.5M Google fine in Safari privacy case Broadband can save users $8,400 a year, study says SAP certifies Business Suite for production use on Amazon Web Services World's most powerful big data machines charted on Graph 500 Parents not liable for son's illegal music sharing, German court rules Dell buys automation software provider Gale Technologies Jonny Evans: Rumor: Apple television 'imminent', but will it turn on and tune in, or drop out? Preston Gralla: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: Microsoft may now be more innovative than Apple WEBCAST: LogiXML Enhance Transparency in Private Equity & Alternatives Learn how Neuberger Berman met growing customer demand by enhancing reporting. Using agile BI technology, the company was able to quickly build an on-demand portal enabling investors to view real-time indicators such as Net Asset Value, diversification, and geographic performance. Learn More. Nook HD review: A faster, brighter and better e-reader/tablet Barnes & Noble's new Nook HD and Nook HD+ ereader/tablets have great displays, improved software and a new video service -- worthy competitors for Amazon's Kindle Fire. Read More Enterprise interest in Windows 8 half that for Windows 7 in '09 Enterprise IT decision makers are about half as enthusiastic about the new Windows 8 as they were three years ago about the then-just-released Windows 7, an analyst said today. Read More AT&T's LTE service expands to 103 cities, ahead of schedule AT&T said it is ahead of schedule for 4G LTE network deployments and has now reached 103 cities in the U.S. Read More Xtreme RAT cyberespionage targeted U.S., U.K. governments The hacker group that recently infected Israeli police computers with the Xtreme RAT malware has also targeted government institutions from the U.S., U.K. and other countries, according to researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro. Read More Judge accepts $22.5M Google fine in Safari privacy case A U.S. judge has indicated she will accept the terms of a settlement deal between Google and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, in which Google will pay a $22.5 million fine for circumventing privacy protections in Apple's Safari browser. Read More Broadband can save users $8,400 a year, study says U.S. residents can save nearly $8,400 a year in entertainment, clothing, food and other expenses by subscribing to broadband, according to a study released Friday. Read More WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Strategies for Managing Distributed IT Environments Protecting your network architecture continues to be extremely critical. Distributed networking and computing spaces often times go unmanaged. Learn more about the importance of managing these distributed IT spaces including strategies for maintaining availability and energy cost savings opportunities. Learn more. SAP certifies Business Suite for production use on Amazon Web Services SAP Business Suite customers can now run the software in production form on Amazon Web Services, the companies announced this week during the Sapphire and Tech Ed conferences in Madrid. Read More World's most powerful big data machines charted on Graph 500 The Top500 is no longer the only ranking game in town: make way for the Graph 500, which tracks how well supercomputers handle big-data-styled workloads. Read More Parents not liable for son's illegal music sharing, German court rules A German couple are not liable for the filesharing activities of their 13-year old son because they told him unauthorized downloading and sharing of copyrighted material was illegal, and they were unaware the boy violated this prohibition, the German Federal Court of Justice ruled. Read More Dell buys automation software provider Gale Technologies In a move aimed at strengthening its ability to offer converged systems, Dell has acquired infrastructure automation software provider Gale Technologies. Read More Jonny Evans: Rumor: Apple television 'imminent', but will it turn on and tune in, or drop out? "'Tis the season," well, it isn't yet but we're heading that way and it seems inevitable that with pine trees across the planet shivering as they hear the approach of the woodsman's axe another shiny Apple product rumor hits the airwaves, this time claiming the company's unicorn-like "will they, won't they" Apple television launch is "imminent", whatever that may mean. Read More Preston Gralla: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: Microsoft may now be more innovative than Apple When most people think innovation, they think Apple, not Microsoft. But Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says that he worries that Microsoft has become more innovative than Apple, and that Apple has fallen into the habit of just churning out new generations of existing products. Read More
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