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	Oracle pulls Java 6 plug, but Apple likely to keep patching OS X Snow Leopard Apple on Monday patched Java 6 for OS X, following Oracle's lead and quashing a browser plug-in vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cloud Security: Who do you trust? Cloud computing changes the way we use computing with the promise of significant economic and efficiency benefits. But significant security issues are presented with this new approach to computing. This white paper explains why trust, reliability and security decisions are central to choosing the right model. Read Now In this Issue Wind turbine repair techs use iPod Touches from precarious perches U.S. Mac sales make small rebound Apple slashes iMac shipping delays to 1-3 days Apple, Samsung and Google under fire at Mobile World Congress Microsoft exec refuses to be drawn out on Office for iPad Video -- MWC2013: iPhone 5, Macbooks get wireless charging Federal judge orders Apple to pay $363K daily to patent-holding firm VirnetX Top tech companies plug into renewable power Prominent Apple fellow goes to work for Motorola Tablet Wars: Microsoft Surface RT v. Apple iPad Judge lowers Apple's $1B Samsung award, orders partial retrial MWC: Dropbox CEO criticises Apple cloud lock-in Twitter pulls plug on TweetDeck for Android, iPhone Jonny Evans: Is our children learning? The Apple effect Preston Gralla: Want to be a billionaire? Work for Microsoft, Google, Facebook, or Wal-Mart but not Apple Jonny Evans: UK judge who questioned Apple's integrity gets a job with Samsung Preston Gralla: Microsoft, Apple, and Google agree: The federal ban against gay marriage must go Jonny Evans: Opinion: Google Glass won't match the hype Jonny Evans: Apple plans August iPhone 5S and 'low-cost' iPhone releases, reports claim WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 4 Ways WAN Optimization Can Benefit Your Organization WAN optimization has evolved into a complete system that optimizes traffic across a broad range of most popular applications while providing deep visibility into performance. Read Now Wind turbine repair techs use iPod Touches from precarious perches Off-the-shelf consumer handheld computers are showing up in some of the most precarious of workplaces. Read More U.S. Mac sales make small rebound Apple's U.S. retail Mac sales were up for the first month of the quarter, but not to the extent recently claimed by a Wall Street analyst, the NPD Group said today. Read More Apple slashes iMac shipping delays to 1-3 days Over the weekend, Apple improved supplies of its new iMacs in the U.S. and several other markets. Read More Apple, Samsung and Google under fire at Mobile World Congress Mobile World Congress showed that Apple, Samsung and Google are still the smartphone industry leaders, but upstart and would-be has-been companies are fighting back. Read More Microsoft exec refuses to be drawn out on Office for iPad Microsoft's top Office executive, Kurt DelBene, yesterday dodged questions about plans to bring its lucrative suite to Apple's iPad. Read More Video -- MWC2013: iPhone 5, Macbooks get wireless charging Duracell Powermat introduced wireless charging options for the iPhone 5, Macbook and Samsung Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More Federal judge orders Apple to pay $363K daily to patent-holding firm VirnetX A Texas federal judge denied Apple's move to reduce last year's $368 million jury verdict in a patent infringement case it lost, and ordered the Cupertino, Calif. company to pay more than $363,000 daily in interest and damages until a final judgment is awarded, the plaintiff said today. Read More Top tech companies plug into renewable power Leading tech companies like Microsoft, Google and Apple are making huge inroads in the use of renewable energy for corporate facilities and data centers, but cost and delivery challenges remain. Read More Prominent Apple fellow goes to work for Motorola Guy Kawasaki, venture capitalist and former Apple chief evangelist, announced this week that he has taken on advisory work for Motorola Mobility - which is owned by rival Google. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. In-the-Cloud Email Service Replaces Three Point Products Read this case study for more information on a comprehensive in-the-cloud email service to help replace three point products. Learn More. Tablet Wars: Microsoft Surface RT v. Apple iPad The Microsoft Surface running Windows RT is just about everything you'd want in a tablet, but how does it stack up against the market leader, the Apple iPad? Read More Judge lowers Apple's $1B Samsung award, orders partial retrial A judge has ordered a partial retrial in Apple's patent lawsuit against Samsung in California, and has cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the $1 billion in damages that Apple was awarded last summer. Read More MWC: Dropbox CEO criticises Apple cloud lock-in Dropbox CEO Drew Houston has warned against buying into cloud services offered by mobile device manufacturers and network operators, claiming that consumers and businesses can easily become locked in. Read More Twitter pulls plug on TweetDeck for Android, iPhone Twitter will end support for TweetDeck on the iPhone and Android in order to focus solely on browser-based versions for those platforms. And it is also apparently dumping Facebook. Read More Jonny Evans: Is our children learning? The Apple effect How children are educated, enabled and empowered to understand what's around helps determine the future of any nation. Investment in education is investment in the seeds of future prosperity, and technology is playing an active part in this, with Apple solutions leading the way. Read More Preston Gralla: Want to be a billionaire? Work for Microsoft, Google, Facebook, or Wal-Mart but not Apple If your goal in life is to be a billionaire, start making out your job application to Microsoft, Google, Facebook, or Wal-Mart. In the most recent list of billionaires compiled by Forbes, six are are associated with Google, five with Wal-Mart, four with Facebook, and three Microsoft.As for Apple, there's only a single billionaire, Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs' widow. Read More Jonny Evans: UK judge who questioned Apple's integrity gets a job with Samsung One of the UK Judges who got global attention when he declared Apple [AAPL] should publish a UK press ad and website page saying Samsung did not copy its products has found himself a new job -- working for Samsung, FOSS Patents reports. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft, Apple, and Google agree: The federal ban against gay marriage must go Microsoft, Apple, Google, and other tech giants rarely agree on anything. But they all agree on this: The Supreme Court should rule that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which for federal purposes defines marriage as only being between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional. Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: Google Glass won't match the hype Read the gushing Google Glass praise and you might believe there's enough people who care. Look at the slight excitement surrounding the speculated Apple iWatch and it seems pundits prefer Google's goggles, but will the public agree? I don't think so. There's just too much that's wrong with Google's idea. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple plans August iPhone 5S and 'low-cost' iPhone releases, reports claim Apple intends introducing the iPhone 5S and "low-cost" iPhone this summer with next-gen iPads scheduled to ship sooner, reports claim. The company is preparing to introduce the iPhone 5S (most likely) in August. Read More
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