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Ballmer Disses iPad; Nick Carr's Book Reviewed


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TOP STORY: Ballmer's iPad Diss: 'It's Just Another PC'

MORE NEWS: Book Review: Nicholas Carr's 'The Shallows'

ANALYTIC REPORT: Private Clouds: Powerful Convergence or False Promise?

WHITEPAPER: RFID Guide

BLOG: How Bad And Why HP Wanted Palm

WEBCAST: Business Intelligence For The Midsize Business

RESOURCES: Virtual Event: Creating And Leveraging The Private Cloud

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 Monday, June 7, 2010 

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QUOTE OF THE DAY...
"Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."
-- Benjamin Franklin 
 


TODAY'S TOP STORY

Ballmer's iPad Diss: 'It's Just Another PC'


The big difference between Apple's new tablet and general purpose computers is that the iPad can't do as much, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says.

RELATED INSIGHTS

Microsoft Not Phone Deaf, Ballmer Insists

Microsoft Shakeup Ballmer's Last Chance?

Asus, MSI Unveil Apple iPad Rivals

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Book Review: Nicholas Carr's'The Shallows'


The 'IT Doesn't Matter' author is at it again -- this time arguing that the Internet is making us shallow.

Apple Blocks Competing Browsers While Promoting 'Standards'

The company's new HTML5 Showcase shows a company hobbling the competition to promote its technology.

HHS Awards $83.9 Million For EHR

Funds are meant to accelerate the adoption of electronic health records among health centers serving low-income individuals.

Panda Intros Cloud Antivirus Service

The majority of Panda's virus, worm, malware, and Trojan signatures are stored in the cloud, reducing PC processing requirements.

FTC Settles With Spyware Firm

CyberSpy is barred from advertising that its kelogger can be installed on a PC without the owner's knowledge.

Google Sharing WiFi Data With Authorities

The company's plan to trash the accidentally gathered data gives way to the reality of regulatory demands.

Sprint Debuts HTC EVO 4G Smartphone

The first 3G/4G phone to hit the market features free two-way video chat, built-in mobile Wi-Fi hotspot, and the Android 2.1 operating system.

Oil Spill Solutions Sought Online

Suggestions posted on the Web site range from executive bashing to professional solutions for stopping the stream of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

NYC To Hire Social Media Expert

Chief digital officer will work with New York City agencies to streamline communications through social networks, mobile, and other Web 2.0 technologies.

  InformationWeek Digital Supplement -- June 7, 2010    

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ANALYTIC REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS

FEATURED REPORTS

Private Clouds: Powerful Convergence or False Promise?

Is the private cloud's promise of a more automated and scalable internal data center, using highly virtualized server and storage resources, all that revolutionary? We sweep away that haziness and illuminate the critical issues around private clouds. Make no mistake: The "private cloud" is a new and powerful data center strategy.

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WAN Optimization: Adoption Holds Steady

Converged services, distributed workforces, and private clouds and data center consolidation are stressing many WANs. Are optimization appliances -- physical and virtual -- the answer? Nearly 600 business technology professionals weigh in.

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TODAY AT THE BLOG


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Featured BloggerHow Bad And Why HP Wanted Palm


By Ed Hansberry

It was assumed that when Palm went on the market, it would be a good start in the smartphone business for the company that acquired it. There were a number of interested parties and we now know that HP won the bidding war. Is the smartphone business even on their radar though?

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Still Room For Surprises At Apple's WWDC


By Eric Zeman

Even though the next-generation iPhone has leaked all over the place, been photographed, video'd, and dissected, there's still plenty of things we don't know about it. Apple CEO Steve Jobs is prepared to address the developer faithful June 7 at its Worldwide Developer Conference. Jobs insists we "won't be disappointed."

No iPad-iPhone Tethering, AT&T Mulling Data Options

By Eric Zeman


In case you were hoping to tether your iPhone to your iPad, get ready to toss that thought right out of your head. It ain't happening. Also, AT&T is trying to figure out what to do to appease iPad owners crying fowl about the new data plans.

Avaak Offers An Easy Vue To Video

By Jim Rapoza


For a while now, people have been using Internet-connected video cameras to keep a remote eye on businesses, vacation homes, pets, and kids. But setting up these online video systems is often complex and time consuming. That's where Avaak Vue comes in.

Bugs Plague Sprint's EVO 4G On Launch Day?

By Eric Zeman


Sprint and HTC are today offering the EVO 4G for sale, what they claim to be the first 4G handset in the U.S. The device costs $200 (depending on where you get it), and comes with what some are calling some serious security flaws.


WEBCASTS

Business Intelligence For The Midsize Business


Join Intelligent Enterprise editor-in-chief Doug Henschen for a Webcast as he shares insight on the latest trends in BI as well as in-depth research on priorities within midsize companies.

Date: Tuesday, June 22. Time: 9:00 a.m. PT/12:00 p.m. ET

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RESOURCES AND EVENTS


Virtual Event: Creating And Leveraging The Private Cloud


Join us for this virtual event, as InformationWeek editors gather the leading thinkers on the topic of private cloud computing to answer your questions and provide expert insight in creating and leveraging the private cloud.

It happens June 23

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Take Our Analytics Application Consolidation Survey -- You Could Win An iPod Touch!


InformationWeek Analytics is conducting a survey to investigate the extent to which companies are consolidating applications. The results of this survey will appear in an upcoming issue of InformationWeek as well as an in-depth InformationWeek Analytics report. This survey will take under 10 minutes to complete.

Upon completion, you will be eligible to enter a drawing to receive one Apple 32-GB iPod touch valued at $299 from TechWeb.

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Attend Black Hat USA 2010


InformationWeek Analytics is conducting a survey to investigate the extent to which organizations are consolidating applications. The results of this survey will appear in an upcoming issue of InformationWeek as well as an in-depth InformationWeek Analytics report.

This survey will take under 10 minutes to complete. Upon completion, you will be eligible to enter a drawing to receive one Apple 32GB iPod touch valued at $299 from TechWeb.

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The Definitive Guide to Application Performance Management


You don't deliver applications in a vacuum. Network Computing's new End to End Application Performance Management (APM) Tech Center delivers best practices, emerging trends, new products and strategies to help you delivery applications effectively.


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