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	7 low-cost videoconferencing services: Which is best for your meeting? We look at 7 online videoconferencing services that help colleagues and friends keep in touch, share screens and collaborate on presentations. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS Operationalizing Analytics Discover the three main elements of operationalizing analytics and learn how to develop a scalable framework to quickly solve the problems that lead to more profitable decisions. Read Now In this Issue Google Maps snares 10M downloads on iOS App Store Is N.Y. wooing Apple for an upstate chip plant? NASA crashes two orbiters into moon mountain Judge denies retrial to Samsung in patent dispute with Apple Android botnet sends SMS spam through Android phones Despite the spectrum craze, Sprint's bid for Clearwire may be right on Preston Gralla: Consumer Reports: Windows Phone 8 devices are winners Sharon Machlis: My move to Windows 8: Day One Richi Jennings: New Iranian malware will wipe your data. PANIC? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial Google Maps snares 10M downloads on iOS App Store Google on Monday said that iOS users had downloaded more than 10 million copies of its revamped Maps app in the first two days of availability. Read More Is N.Y. wooing Apple for an upstate chip plant? Apple may be eying a site in upstate New York for a manufacturing plant that would allow it to wean itself from relying on Samsung for the A-series chips that power Apple's iOS devices. Read More NASA crashes two orbiters into moon mountain Nearly one year after beginning to orbit the moon and helping scientists learn more about the internal structure andcomposition of the moon, NASA's twin spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, crashed into the moon late Monday afternoon -- just as planned. Read More Judge denies retrial to Samsung in patent dispute with Apple A court in California has denied Samsung Electronics a retrial in a patent dispute with Apple, and also refused Apple a ban on the sale of some Samsung products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Socialtext 6 Ways to Achieve Business Goals from Social Software This practical guide shows you six different ways to achieve your business goals using social software. It will help you choose the best social software approach for your enterprise - with the right balance of risk and reward - so you can get the business results you're looking for. Read Now! Android botnet sends SMS spam through Android phones In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to victims. Read More Despite the spectrum craze, Sprint's bid for Clearwire may be right on An investor in Clearwire has stepped up its fight to get a better price for the mobile operator, but Clearwire's alternatives to a Sprint Nextel buyout may be limited due to the nature of its spectrum and its business. Read More Preston Gralla: Consumer Reports: Windows Phone 8 devices are winners The pros at Consumer Reports have confirmed what reviewers have been saying: The first batch of Windows Phone 8 devices are winners, rating highly in every category, and in just about a virtual tie with the iPhone 5. Based on my review of the HTC Windows Phone 8X, I have to agree. Read More Sharon Machlis: My move to Windows 8: Day One After vowing to buy a new desktop system with Windows 7, I ended up with a Windows 8 PC. Here's how it's working out so far. Read More Richi Jennings: New Iranian malware will wipe your data. PANIC? Batchwiper (a/k/a GrooveMonitor) deletes drives and desktop. The Iranian CERT is sounding the alarm over another bit of data-deleting malware it's discovered on PCs in the country. It's simple, but effective. And there's no obvious connection to Gauss, Flame, or Stuxnet. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get to the bottom of the nastiness. Read More
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