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	Apple CEO wonders what those other guys' tablets are used for Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday let loose another salvo at rival tablets, audaciously dismissing them as devices that no one uses. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Mobile Application Monitoring Breeds Business Possibilities Mobile applications are radically altering the way businesses operate and how they interact with their employees and customers. Ensuring performance of these mobile apps is critical, yet performance is difficult to monitor. Read Now! In this Issue Icahn in control after Dell ups offer to take company private Microsoft ships Office 2010 SP2, starts upgrade clock Feds want cars to talk to each other Google Chromecast controls TV from smartphones, tablets, laptops Slideshow: Google Chromecast brings Google into your living room Video: Google releases Chromecast, a streaming Internet device for TVs Next-gen Nexus 7 on pre-order at Best Buy for $229.99 before Google's official unveiling Video: Everything you need to know about the new Nexus 7 Microsoft to offer Java as a service Nvidia brings high-end graphics core technology to Tegra 5 Snowden cleared to leave airport, enter Russia Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Viber support website Citadel malware active on 20,000 PCs in Japan JR Raphael: 10 interesting things about Google's new Chromecast media streamer Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom Preston Gralla: Windows tablets tank, account for only 1 percent of Web tablet traffic WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Backup Game Plan Learn the 3 steps you can take now to implement the right disk platform, ensure quick recoveries, identify the biggest backup pain points, and add a range of value-added services across the organization. Learn more. Icahn in control after Dell ups offer to take company private Michael Dell and Silver Lake's decision to raise the offer to take Dell private is a concession that rival Carl Icahn and affiliate parties may have an upper hand in the wrangling to take over the company, observers of the deal said. Read More Microsoft ships Office 2010 SP2, starts upgrade clock Microsoft yesterday released Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2), a cumulative update that includes previously-released bug fixes as well as several performance, reliability and stability improvements. Read More Feds want cars to talk to each other The National Transportation Safety Board this week called for all U.S. vehicles to come equipped with technology that would allow them to communicate with each other to help avoid accidents. Read More Google Chromecast controls TV from smartphones, tablets, laptops Google on Wednesday launched a small $35 device, called Chromecast, that lets users send videos and music from smartphones, tablets and laptops to high definition TV sets. Read More Slideshow: Google Chromecast brings Google into your living room Google on Wednesday announced the Google Chromecast, a small device that lets you stream online content and sync your phone, tablet or laptop with your TV. Read More Video: Google releases Chromecast, a streaming Internet device for TVs Google released Chromecast in San Francisco on Wednesday, July 24. The streaming Internet device plugs into a TV's HDMI-port and allows any other device-- smartphones, tablets or computers-- to stream content to the TV. Read More Next-gen Nexus 7 on pre-order at Best Buy for $229.99 before Google's official unveiling Google's next-generation Nexus 7 tablet is already on online pre-order at Best Buy starting at $229.99 for a 16 GB version, ahead of its official launch by Google later today. Read More Video: Everything you need to know about the new Nexus 7 All the specs and highlights from Google's Nexus 7 launch in San Francisco on July 24, 2013. Read More QuickPoll: Do IT pros ever really get a summer vacation? A recent survey found that 67% of senior IT professionals are expected to be available during their vacations, but in reality it seems like everyone does at least some work while away. Do IT pros every really get a summer vacation? Read More Microsoft to offer Java as a service Adding to a growing portfolio of enterprise software it offers as hosted services, Microsoft plans to add Java to its Windows Azure cloud service. Read More Nvidia brings high-end graphics core technology to Tegra 5 Augmented reality, image recognition and other multimedia features could be standard in future smartphones and tablets, and Nvidia's upcoming Tegra 5 mobile chip will have features to handle such demanding graphics capabilities. Read More Snowden cleared to leave airport, enter Russia Edward Snowden, who leaked documents revealing U.S. National Security Agency surveillance programs, has received a document that allows him to leave Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, according to news reports. Read More Syrian Electronic Army hacks into Viber support website The hacker group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) broke into the customer support website for Viber, an instant messaging and Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) application available for both mobile and desktop operating systems. Read More Citadel malware active on 20,000 PCs in Japan Citadel malware is installed on over 20,000 PCs in Japan and actively sending financial information it harvests to servers abroad, according to security software vendor Trend Micro. Read More JR Raphael: 10 interesting things about Google's new Chromecast media streamer For a simple little device, there's a lot to say about Google's new $35 Chromecast media streamer. Here are 10 interesting things you might not know about the product. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's R&D spend reaches record high; execs excited as new products loom Read between the lines of last night's Apple fiscal call (and take a look at its financial statements) and it's crystal clear new products are coming as Apple's r&d spend so far this year already dwarfs what it spent in the year before iPhone. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows tablets tank, account for only 1 percent of Web tablet traffic If you judge market share by Web usage, Windows tablets have failed. A new report by the online ad network Chitika finds that they account for one percent of all Web tablet traffic, compared to 84.3 percent for iPads. Worse yet, the numbers haven't budged for months. Read More
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