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• Microsoft's first Window 8 tablet app spotted - Register
• 'Space Junk' Not a Threat to International Space Station, NASA Says - PC Magazine
• Survey: AT&T iPhone dropped call rate twice Verizon iPhone - Macworld
• SpaceX Says New Rocket Will Challenge Boeing, Lockheed in Space - Bloomberg
• What CEO Larry Page Should Do to Improve Google - eWeek
• Mobile apps come under fire - CNET
• Android 'Test Market' Leak Hints at Google Music Cloud Player - PC Magazine
• Seagate shows world's thinnest portable drive - Macworld
• Lawson Introduces New Healthcare Analytics Tool - NewsFactor Network
• VMware assimilates Mozy backup service - ZDNet (blog)

Microsoft's first Window 8 tablet app spotted - Register Posted: 05 Apr 2011 12:46 PM PDT Reuters Microsoft's first Window 8 tablet app spotted Register Bloggers have uncovered an application for Windows 8 that blurs the line between Windows, the web, and mobile using a new architecture from Microsoft. The application is called Modern Reader, Microsoft's own version of PDF Reader. ... Windows 8 Possible Features: Ribbon, History Vault, PDF ReadereWeek Windows 8 screenshots reveal ribbon interfaceCNET How to Update Windows Phone 7 to Get Copy-Paste and MoreTIME New York Times -InformationWeek -PCWorld all 324 news articles »

'Space Junk' Not a Threat to International Space Station, NASA Says - PC Magazine Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:17 PM PDT Reuters 'Space Junk' Not a Threat to International Space Station, NASA Says PC Magazine A "space junk" crisis was averted this afternoon after NASA ruled that a piece of orbital debris making its way through the universe will not get close enough to the International Space Station to warrant concern. ... International Space Station scared – but not threatened by space junkLos Angeles Times Chinese Space Junk Won't Hit Space Station, NASA SaysSpace.com Space junk safely passes space station; crew OKDanbury News Times The Associated Press -Fox News -msnbc.com all 1,174 news articles »

Survey: AT&T iPhone dropped call rate twice Verizon iPhone - Macworld Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:10 PM PDT USA Today Survey: AT&T iPhone dropped call rate twice Verizon iPhone Macworld Now that the Verizon iPhone 4 has been in the wild for almost two months, how does it stack up to its AT&T counterpart? According to the latest survey out of market research firm ChangeWave Research, pretty favorably—and in some ways, it even tops its ... Verizon iPhone 4 Owners Have Fewer Dropped Calls than ATandTeWeek AT&T iPhone drops calls three times that of Verizon, study saysBetaNews AT&T iPhone 4 Drops More Calls Than Verizon, Report SaysPC Magazine Computerworld -USA Today -CNN International all 220 news articles »

SpaceX Says New Rocket Will Challenge Boeing, Lockheed in Space - Bloomberg Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:20 PM PDT BBC News SpaceX Says New Rocket Will Challenge Boeing, Lockheed in Space Bloomberg Space Exploration Technologies Inc. plans to challenge Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) and Boeing Co. (BA) with a new rocket called the Falcon Heavy, second in size only to the Apollo-era Saturn V, ... SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket: Shortcut to Mars?Discovery News Company planning biggest rocket since man on moonThe Associated Press With new rocket, SpaceX is poised to make a giant leapStandardNet Wired News -Space.com -Los Angeles Times all 302 news articles »

What CEO Larry Page Should Do to Improve Google - eWeek Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:22 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk What CEO Larry Page Should Do to Improve Google eWeek On April 4, Google Co-Founder Larry Page reclaimed the helm as the search engine's CEO from Eric Schmidt, who had led the company since assuming the top role from Page in 2001. Schmidt, who announced the change in January ... Larry Page set to take over as Google CEO starting MondaySan Jose Mercury News New Book on Google Shows Gaffes in ChinaNew York Times Google Head of Product Development to Step DownWall Street Journal CNET -The Guardian -Mashable all 720 news articles »

Mobile apps come under fire - CNET Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:46 PM PDT New York Daily News Mobile apps come under fire CNET I am a smartphone user and an app-aholic. I love apps that can help me navigate a foreign country, find a local restaurant, check up on baseball scores, and tweak a photo. And don't even get me started on solitaire apps; I've tried them ... Feds Probe Mobile App PrivacyInformationWeek Pandora subpoenaed in federal investigation into smartphone applicationsNew York Daily News Pandora subpoenaed in information-sharing inquiryThe Associated Press CNN -Financial Times -The Atlantic all 353 news articles »

Android 'Test Market' Leak Hints at Google Music Cloud Player - PC Magazine Posted: 05 Apr 2011 03:02 PM PDT The Business Insider Android 'Test Market' Leak Hints at Google Music Cloud Player PC Magazine A possible leak of a test version of the Android Market may have inadvertently confirmed the suspected coming release of Google Music. Although Google has since removed the "Test Market" from the device, others have posted some of the ... Google Music: Coming Soon, Kinda-Sorta-MaybePCWorld Apparent Google music app leaks to WebCNET Hands - on: New Android Music player leaked - brings more Honeycomb alongIntoMobile San Francisco Chronicle -San Jose Mercury News -Apple Insider all 132 news articles »

Seagate shows world's thinnest portable drive - Macworld Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:23 PM PDT DailyTech Seagate shows world's thinnest portable drive Macworld Storage giant Seagate has announced that it will sell what it claims is the world slimmest ever portable hard drive, and the hyperbole stands up to scrutiny—the new GoFlex Slim drive is only 9 millimeters thick. ... Seagate Launches Thin External Hard DriveInformationWeek Seagate Ships GoFlex Slim Portable Hard DriveStorageReview.com Seagate Ships Pencil-Thin Portable HDDeWeek PC Magazine -Digitaltrends.com -CNET all 48 news articles »

Lawson Introduces New Healthcare Analytics Tool - NewsFactor Network Posted: 05 Apr 2011 02:10 PM PDT Government Technology Lawson Introduces New Healthcare Analytics Tool NewsFactor Network Business intelligence for healthcare providers is offered in Lawson Software's new Analytics for Healthcare. The Lawson analytics software extracts data from both Lawson and non-Lawson software for decision-making. ... Lawson rolling out analytics app for health careNetwork World Lawson Offers Analytics Tools For Healthcare OrganizationsInformationWeek Lawson Aims Customers Toward the Amazon CloudPCWorld EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) -IT Jungle -Government Technology all 120 news articles »

VMware assimilates Mozy backup service - ZDNet (blog) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 01:45 PM PDT eWEEK Europe UK VMware assimilates Mozy backup service ZDNet (blog) VMware, best know for its virtualization software, is taking over Mozy enterprice/consumer data backup service, further cementing the company's cloud aspirations. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an ... VMware Takes Over Mozy Cloud Storage from EMCeWeek VMware 'buys' Mozy for its cloudy goodnessRegister VMware Buys Mozy Cloud Storage Service from EMCGigaOm TechFlash -Switched -techrockies.com all 25 news articles »

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