Amazon 3D smartphone incoming, frags Android again

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	Richi Jennings: Told you so! Amazon 3D smartphone incoming, frags Android again Rumor confirmed! (Or at least, triangulated.) Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is expected to release its 'Duke' 3D smartphone in the summer. The rumors are rife, reaching us from many sources. All agree there are four tracking cameras that permit a "true" parallax effect, without glasses or the cruddy lenticular nonsense of a Nintendo 3DS. However, there's some debate whether the "3D" is done by eye-tracking or head-tracking. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers drop several F-words, including FireOS and Fragmentation. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software The Perfect Combo: ITIL, ITSM and Social Media BMC explores how best-in-class organizations are leveraging these to drive user satisfaction and organizational success. Learn More In this Issue Preston Gralla: Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign bites the dust. Or does it? Jonny Evans: Apple's anti-Android Holy War gets real JR Raphael: Samsung's real challenge: developing a sense of focus, taste, and restraint Sharky: Now aren't you glad you went to all that effort? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Help Desk Technology Corporation Drive Down Help Desk Costs by using Collaborative Workflow Collaborative workflow is a hybrid system that combines service management (workflow) software with social software (such as chat, instant messaging, and document collaboration). The synergy between the two provides project structure and measureable goals, while facilitating communications and interactions typical of social software. Discover rich functionality including help desk, ITIL, document management, calendaring, built-in projects, remote screen sharing, business rules, dashboards, asset management, chargeback, custom data designer, encryption, and more. Preston Gralla: Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign bites the dust. Or does it? Microsoft's controversial anti-Google "Scroogled" campaign finally seems to be at an end, with a Microsoft corporate vice president saying the company is "done with the campaign." But not so fast -- the Scroogled site still lives, and Microsoft has left itself wiggle room. Is Scroogled really done? Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's anti-Android Holy War gets real You don't get plans like these by "benchmarking" competitors. You get them by ignoring them. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Making the Move to a Cloud-Based ITSM Platform Today's mature cloud-based ITSM solutions can give you the flexibility and agility you need—without sacrificing security, stability or performance. Learn More JR Raphael: Samsung's real challenge: developing a sense of focus, taste, and restraint Samsung's Android devices may sell well, but commercial success and optimal user experience don't automatically go hand in hand. Read More Sharky: Now aren't you glad you went to all that effort? This IT consultant really likes his job, including the opportunity to go to conferences and training. To make the most of that, he makes a list of the conferences that will be most valuable -- and to his surprise, they're mostly approved. Read More
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