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	U.S. patent office rebuffs Apple's iPad Mini trademark request The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has provisionally denied Apple's trademark application for "iPad Mini" because the term is "merely descriptive" of the tablet's size. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc The Shape of Email Our "Shape of Email" research attempts, for the first time, to describe the content of a typical corporate inbox in terms of its importance and relevance to the user. Learn More In this Issue Jonny Evans: NAB: Apple's Final Cut push hints imminent new Mac Pro launch Leaked BlackBerry roadmap reveals two phablets, widescreen tablet in coming year Facebook phone rumors explode after Android event announced China lunches probe of Apple customer service problems Microsoft could rake in $1.25B first year from Office on iOS, Android, asserts analyst Google pledges not to sue open-source users or developers over specified patents WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Network-Attached Storage in the Public Cloud In this paper, after reviewing the key requirements for an enterprise-grade cloud storage system, we introduce Red Hat Storage Server and review the architectural characteristics that make it the storage system of choice for enterprise users. Learn More Jonny Evans: NAB: Apple's Final Cut push hints imminent new Mac Pro launch The Ishtar-inspired Easter festival is upon us and other than taking care there's no palm oil in those chocolate eggs, most folks are kicking back to relax -- with the possible exception of Apple's Final Cut team who are beginning a marketing blitz for NAB next week -- might this also include introduction of a new Mac Pro? Read More Leaked BlackBerry roadmap reveals two phablets, widescreen tablet in coming year BlackBerry plans to release a larger tablet and two phone-tablets, or phablets, over the next year, according to a leaked roadmap presentation slide. Read More Facebook phone rumors explode after Android event announced Talk that Facebook is developing its own smartphone is spreading again. Read More WHITE PAPER: Autonomy Address Today's Protection Challenges Managing important data and applications across a range of deployments requires you to consider a number of challenges. Find out how HP Data Protector, through a single pan of glass, allows you to fully leverage your data asset investment, minimize backup and recovery windows, and optimize business application performance. Read Now! China lunches probe of Apple customer service problems Chinese authorities are investigating Apple for violations in its customer service, after state-run media ran reports critical of the company's warranty policies in the country. Read More Microsoft could rake in $1.25B first year from Office on iOS, Android, asserts analyst Microsoft could rake in more than $1 billion in revenue in the first year after launching Office for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms, an analyst said today. Read More Google pledges not to sue open-source users or developers over specified patents Google will not sue any user, distributor or developer of open-source software on specified patents, unless first attacked, the company said on Thursday. Read More
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