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	A U.S. Apple factory may be robot city Apple's planned investment of $100 million next year in a U.S. manufacturing facility is relatively small, but still important. Apple has the money, talent and resources to build a highly automated factory that turns out products that are potentially cost competitive with those it now makes in China. 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 iPads top tablet battery tests by U.S., U.K. consumer watchdogs Verizon patent application for TV snooping tech rejected U.S. mobile providers commit to emergency texting service Tor network used to command Skynet botnet Android update brings Notes problems that IBM will fix next week Wall Street Beat: Chips, mobile devices in spotlight as tech slumps Facebook sued over App Center data sharing in Germany Jonny Evans: Apple v. Samsung: Why peace can't happen in the patent war JR Raphael: Top 3 Android phones on AT&T [December 2012] Preston Gralla: Some good news for Microsoft's Surface tablet -- it may finally sell at retailers WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level By viewing this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. View Now iPads top tablet battery tests by U.S., U.K. consumer watchdogs Apple's iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S. and the U.K. Read More Verizon patent application for TV snooping tech rejected The U.S. Patent Office has delivered a "non-final" rejection of a Verizon patent application for a controversial technology that would have served targeted ads to TV viewers based on what they might be doing or saying in front of their sets. Read More U.S. mobile providers commit to emergency texting service The four largest mobile carriers in the U.S. -- AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile -- have agreed to accelerate the availability of emergency texting, or text-to-911. Read More Tor network used to command Skynet botnet Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team from vulnerability assessment and penetration testing firm Rapid7. Read More Android update brings Notes problems that IBM will fix next week IBM plans to issue fixes early next week for glitches that have hit Notes users who upgraded to the latest version of Google's Android OS. Read More WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right View this on-demand webcast to learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. Wall Street Beat: Chips, mobile devices in spotlight as tech slumps Even though sales of some mobile devices are booming, overall confidence in the tech sector continues to erode as economic weakness puts downward pressure on the computer market. Read More Facebook sued over App Center data sharing in Germany German consumer organizations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple v. Samsung: Why peace can't happen in the patent war It's not often a US Judge, fully conversant of all the details of a case agrees with a tech blogger, but that's what's happening in the interminable Apple versus Samsung drama under Judge Lucy Koh, who, like me, says the two litigants should quit quarrelling and give peace a chance. Read More JR Raphael: Top 3 Android phones on AT&T [December 2012] AT&T has some excellent Android devices available this holiday season -- so which should you get? Read on for the Android Power recommendations. Read More Preston Gralla: Some good news for Microsoft's Surface tablet -- it may finally sell at retailers Most reports say that Microsoft's Surface tablet has had sluggish sales since its launch, possibly partly due to poor distrubution -- only through Microsoft. But now a report says that the RT-based tablet may be for sale in retailers beyond Microsoft's own brick-and-mortar and online stores. If so, that could help the struggling tablet gain some serious sales. Read More
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