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Windows Phone 7 Gets $400 Million Boost
Microsoft is pulling out all the stops when it comes to marketing its forthcoming smartphone platform.
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• Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Revealed
• Microsoft Readies Windows Phone 7 Marketplace
• BlackBerry's Threat From Windows Phone 7?
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A Case For Virtualization: Roswell Park Cancer Research Institute
The following case study is the second of our five-part series on the gains and pains of server virtualization.
Paul Allen Sues Google, Apple, Others Over Patents
AOL, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo and YouTube are also named in the patent infringement lawsuit filed by the Microsoft co-founder's firm, Interval Licensing LLC.
HP Raises 3Par Bid To $2 Billion
After Dell matched its $27 a share offer, HP increased upped the bid to $30, positioning 3PAR stockholders to reap more than a 200% premium.
Global CIO: Dell Trumps HP For 3Par, Saves Know-Nothing Columnist
Give up, Dell: HP will never let you win the fight for 3Par, I was about to write. Then, proving I'm a fool, Dell won the jackpot. Or did it?
Icahn Increases Stake In Motorola
Buying another $86 million in stock has increased financier Carl Icahn's holdings to 10.4% of the company, according to a SEC filing.
Top Military Official Outlines Pentagon's Cyber Strategy
As cyber threats to government mount, the Department of Defense is developing a comprehensive strategy to deal with them.
FTC Settles Fake iTunes Reviews Case
The deal calls for the removal of the fake iTunes app reviews created by Reverb Communications.
Google Fixes Gmail Bug That Kept Sending Emails
Emails were being dispatched to the same recipients, sometimes multiple times per day, even when deleted from Gmail, resulting in spam warnings and blacklisting.
Canon Intros DSLR Camera With Adjustable LCD
EOS 60D adds features for the advanced amateur, including a "vari-angle" screen, full HD video, and in-camera RAW image processing.
25% Of Malware Spread Via USB Drives
Email and peer-to-peer networks also rank as significant venues for malware attacks, which have increased slightly in the U.S. but declined in Europe, according to Panda Security.
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Buy Storage From A Storage Vendor
By George Crump
As a company gets larger it becomes increasingly difficult for it to innovate and storage is a market that thrives on innovation. It has not become commoditized like the server market despite multiple predictions to the contrary. Server vendors have repeatedly bought their way into storage attracted by the higher margins. My recommendation is to resist and buy your storage from a storage only, or at least mostly, vendor.
Finding Your Company's Social Data
By Jim Rapoza
So you've decided that some form of enterprise social networking application would be a good fit in your business and help keep employees connected and improve collaboration? Great, but once you've done this, you should make sure that you have some view into how well your employees are embracing social networking.
Windows Phone 7 Gets $500 Million In Support
By Ed Hansberry
After Windows Vista, Microsoft had a bit of a rebirth with Windows 7. That momentum is carrying forward into Windows Phone 7. Microsoft has committed over half a billion dollars to help launch the platform this fall. The funds are spread across marketing, developers, handset makers and likely carriers to ensure the platform gets the largest smartphone platform launch in history. Will that translate into sales for the platform?
Good Ideas Make Good Products
By Dave Methvin
In a recent blog entry, Om Malik argues that Apple's success comes from the fact that it doesn't target markets, but instead makes products with people in mind. I don't think it's the targeting that makes the products successful, but the ideas they embody and the insight of the people who built them.
Server Field Becoming An SMB Market
By Lamont Wood
The latest figures indicate that the server market is rapidly turning into an SMB market. Long-term, that's good news for SMB users.
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