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17th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

iPad Mini, priced at $299, would 'crush' rivals, says analyst

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Computerworld Wrap-Up: February 17, 2012 =============================================================== iPad Mini, priced at $299, would 'crush' tablet rivals, says analyst Apple could price an 8-in. iPad as low as $299, an analyst said today, as part of a strategy to "crush the competition." http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552485/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization: 1. Updated KVM hypervisor; 2. Industry-leading performance and scalability levels; 3. A power-user portal that lets you provision virtual machines, define templates, and administer your environments; 4.New multi-level administrative capabilities, improving product functionality for very large deployments http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/547735/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Hands on: Samsung's Galaxy Note engages, perplexes http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552486/0/ 2. Slow smartphone? It's not the network, it's NAND flash http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552487/0/ 3. Uncle Sam wants iPads, and maybe Androids http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552488/0/ 4. WSJ: Google disregarded iPhone privacy settings http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552489/0/ 5. Microsoft slams Google over iPhone, Mac privacy boner http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552490/0/ 6. Google's tracking of Safari users could lead to FTC probe http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552491/0/ 7. From CIO.com: Security Experts Ask House for Light a Regulatory Touch http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552492/0/ 8. MIT researchers build wireless 'pharmacy on a chip' http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552493/0/ 9. Twitter finally completes redesign rollout for all users http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552494/0/ 10. Oracle drops one Java patent claim against Google http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552495/0/ 11. Smartphone vendors have a lot to prove in Barcelona http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552496/0/ 12. Acer upgrades Iconia Tab tablets to Android 4.0 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552497/0/ 13. Auditor: State's HR software system has series of 'material weaknesses' http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552498/0/ 14. Salesforce.com: 'Cloud Computing Debate Is Over' in Washington http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552499/0/ 15. The Byte - Chrome OS update, SSD's bleak outlook, tablet race results, Android 5.0 Jelly Bean http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552500/0/ 16. Wall Street Beat: Tech reaps rewards of market surge http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552501/0/ 17. Jonny Evans: Apple beats Motorola over iPhone patent in Android http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552502/0/ 18. Preston Gralla: Whitewash of the investigation of Apple's Chinese suppliers would hurt Microsoft, too http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552503/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/548195/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hands on: Samsung's Galaxy Note engages, perplexes Samsung's latest device, the Galaxy Note, offers a bright 5.3-in. display and a digital pen, making it an interesting cross between a tablet and a smartphone. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552486/0/ Slow smartphone? It's not the network, it's NAND flash Bad performance can be blamed on flash memory rather than CPU or network bandwidth, a team of researchers have found. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552487/0/ Uncle Sam wants iPads, and maybe Androids The U.S. Air Force is planning to buy as many as 18, 000 tablet computers to serve as 'electronic flight bags, ' that will replace the paper manuals and documents that air crews use today. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552488/0/ WSJ: Google disregarded iPhone privacy settings The Wall Street Journal has charged that Google, along with a number of other advertising agencies, have planted code on millions of iPhones that allows the companies to track user behavior. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552489/0/ Microsoft slams Google over iPhone, Mac privacy boner Microsoft today used the latest privacy flap involving Google to again blast its rival's behavior. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552490/0/ Google's tracking of Safari users could lead to FTC probe Google's alleged circumvention of do-not-track controls on Apple's Safari browser could lead to big fines from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission if the agency determines Google has violated a privacy settlement the company agreed to in March, some privacy advocates said Friday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552491/0/ From CIO.com: Security Experts Ask House for Light a Regulatory Touch Technology industry representatives -- looking to prevent an additional set of compliance requirements -- urge House subcommittee to avoid new cybersecurity regulations to shore up the nation's digital defenses. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552492/0/ MIT researchers build wireless 'pharmacy on a chip' Researchers at MIT have developed a wirelessly controlled and programmable microchip that can be implanted into the human body to deliver medicine http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552493/0/ Twitter finally completes redesign rollout for all users Twitter this week finally wrapped up the rollout of a Twitter.com redesign first announced in December. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552494/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Citrix~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scale capacity on demand? Not with F5. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Shift up to the cloud. Get investment protection and elasticity for your network with NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. Simple, software-based licensing. The capacity you need, when you need it. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/549338/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oracle drops one Java patent claim against Google Oracle has decided to give up on one of the patent claims it brought against Google in its lawsuit over alleged Java intellectual property violations in the Android mobile OS. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552495/0/ Smartphone vendors have a lot to prove in Barcelona The pressure is on HTC and LG Electronics to show they can compete with Apple and Samsung Electronics in the smartphone market by showing off impressive products at Mobile World Congress, which starts in Barcelona later this month. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552496/0/ Acer upgrades Iconia Tab tablets to Android 4.0 Acer is upgrading all of its Iconia Tab tablets to Google's latest Android 4.0 OS, with updates due to be completed by the end of April, the company said on Friday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552497/0/ Auditor: State's HR software system has series of 'material weaknesses' An SAP-based human resources software system implemented last year by Kentucky's government suffered from a series of "material weaknesses" that could result in significant financial misstatements, according to a report released this week by the state's auditor. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552498/0/ Salesforce.com: 'Cloud Computing Debate Is Over' in Washington With the federal government climbing on board with the cloud revolution, the important questions for service and application providers turn to issues surrounding security, architecture. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552499/0/ The Byte - Chrome OS update, SSD's bleak outlook, tablet race results, Android 5.0 Jelly Bean Amazon's Kindle Fire is catching up to Apple's iPad. Google hopes to fixed dropped WiFi on its Chromebooks. Researchers think that SSDs have a bleak outlook. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552500/0/ Wall Street Beat: Tech reaps rewards of market surge Tech companies, coming off a strong earnings season, were big winners Thursday as markets rose to multiyear highs on reports of a strengthening economy. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552501/0/ Jonny Evans: Apple beats Motorola over iPhone patent in Android The smartphone wars take another twist, with Apple prevailing in an important patent dispute with Motorola Mobility. Meanwhile the clock is ticking until a third player enters the room, Microsoft, a company which seems equally determined to 'Nuke' Android. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552502/0/ Preston Gralla: Whitewash of the investigation of Apple's Chinese suppliers would hurt Microsoft, too Before the investigation of working conditions at Apple's Chinese suppliers has even begun, the head of the group doing the work has praised the biggest and most controversial factory. This potential whitewash will hurt Microsoft as well as Apple, because the same company turns out Microsoft hardware, the Xbox. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860759/869152226/552503/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? 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