Monday, April 04, 2011

Android's Market Share Surges | MS: Competition 'Inflated' App Numbers

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Monday, April 4, 2011

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TOP STORY
- Android Steals Market Share From RIM, Microsoft, Palm

ALSO SEE
- Microsoft Says Apple, Google 'Inflate' App Numbers

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- Data Center Consolidation

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- LizaMoon SQL Injection Attack Hits Websites

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

- Android Steals Market Share From RIM, Microsoft, Palm
RIM is the biggest loser as Android continues its unrelenting march to the top of the smartphone market, according to Comscore's latest numbers.
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- Microsoft Says Apple, Google 'Inflate' App Numbers
Software maker says Windows Phone 7 now has more than 11,000 applications and that rivals' figures are bogus.
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- Microsoft Touts Windows Phone 7 Marketplace Success
The WP7 app store is an unparalleled hit, Microsoft says, but it still won't say how many handsets it has sold.
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- FuzeBox Brings iPad 2, Android 3.0 Tablets Into Video Meetings
The latest version of Fuze Meeting now supports Honeycomb and iPad 2 tablets as full video participants that can provide as well as receive video within full conferencing experiences. Let the productivity begin!
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- Windows Phone 7 Predicted To Beat Apple iPhone
Google's Android will be in first place, but Microsoft's WP 7 platform will come in second with 20% of the worldwide smartphone market by 2015, according to IDC.
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- IE9, Multitasking Coming To Windows Phone 7
"Mango" update for Microsoft's mobile OS is next in line after "NoDo" copy & paste patch is fully released.
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- Data Center Consolidation
We outline what we see as the five most common big-picture problems CIOs are likely to face -- from WAN and storage bottlenecks to a step function increase in management complexity -- and outline promising solutions for each. Armed with the right information and planning discipline, consolidating infrastructure and staff is a great way for organizations to reach unprecedented levels of efficiency, reliability and security.
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- LizaMoon SQL Injection Attack Hits Websites
The scareware sends users to a bogus Web page warning them that their PCs are infected with malware and tries to sell them an anti-virus application.
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- Google: 'We Took A Shortcut' With Honeycomb
Andy Rubin, the head of Google's Android group, admitted in an interview that Honeycomb was rushed to meet the initial batch of shipping deadlines.
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If your job involves being in federal courthouses, there could be changes that affect whether or not you will be able to keep your phone on you.
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- Windows Phone 7 NoDo Update Trickling Out
By Ed Hansberry
People started getting the NoDo update for Windows Phone 7 this week. This is the biggie people have been waiting on as it adds copy and paste plus other features. It isn't hitting everyone at once though. It will take days, weeks or longer to make it to everyone's phone.
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