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	Linus Torvalds marks 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message It was 22 years ago on Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup posting that he was creating a free operating system, a message he echoed in his announcement Sunday of the latest Linux kernel release candidate. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Symantec What to Look for in Data Protection Efficient backup and quick recovery of virtual systems and the host systems they run on is essential to maintaining business productivity and cost savings that server virtualization delivers. Read this white paper to discover the 'must-have' features to ensure the best backup recovery solutions. Read now! In this Issue Scot Finnie: Is Apple OK? Ballmer forced out after $900M Surface RT debacle IBM to license Power chip design to Google, others Icahn to press Apple CEO Tim Cook on stock buyback over dinner Apple buys Embark, yet another mapping app Requiem for the Ubuntu Edge: The phone is dead, but dream lives on Apple quietly launches iWork for iCloud public beta Samsung won't get a retrial in 'overscroll bounce' patent fight with Apple WHITE PAPER: Symantec Key Factors in Modernizing Backup and Recovery No two companies have precisely the same needs or requirements for backup and recovery solutions. However, NetBackup appliances meet the core requirements and solve the challenges associated with traditional backup and recovery approaches. They enable fast, reliable, storage, and bandwidth-efficient backups and recovery of data. Read now! Scot Finnie: Is Apple OK? It has stumbled under Tim Cook, and 2013 has been mighty thin in terms of product launches. Can it still do amazing things? Read More   Ballmer forced out after $900M Surface RT debacle Steve Ballmer was forced out of as CEO by Microsoft's board of directors because of a $900 million write-off the company took to account for an oversupply of Surface RT tablets. Read More   IBM to license Power chip design to Google, others IBM will license designs of the Power microprocessor architecture to other companies including Google, in an effort to expand use of the platform in servers and reverse declines in its hardware business. Read More   Icahn to press Apple CEO Tim Cook on stock buyback over dinner Carl Icahn, the billionaire activist investor, and Apple CEO Tim Cook will dine together next month, when they will discuss Icahn's proposal to boost the company's stock buyback program. Read More   WEBCAST: Workday, Inc. The Business Value of Human Capital Management for Finance See how a lack of integration between finance and HR can impede progress in reaching business and financial goals. View now >> Apple buys Embark, yet another mapping app Apple is reportedly acquiring mapping app developer Embark, in a move that could lend more real-time navigation features for public transit to Apple's own Maps app. Read More   Requiem for the Ubuntu Edge: The phone is dead, but dream lives on We are gathered here today to mourn the death of the Ubuntu Edge. This ambitious project blurred the line between smartphone and PC, and while it burned but only briefly, it burned brightly enough that its legacy will live on in the hearts of future generation of phones. Read More   Apple quietly launches iWork for iCloud public beta Apple today quietly opened the free beta of iWork for iCloud to everyone with iCloud log-on credentials. Read More   Samsung won't get a retrial in 'overscroll bounce' patent fight with Apple Samsung Electronics was denied Thursday a retrial over the "overscroll bounce" patent in its dispute with Apple in a federal court in California. Read More
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