Microsoft's IE will drop under 50% share by mid-2012

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	Microsoft's IE will drop under 50% share by mid-2012 If the pace of Internet Explorer's decline over the last 12 months continues, IE will drop under the 50% mark in June 2012, according to Web metrics company Net Applications. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: GFI Software Is your AV solution a resource hog? 70% of McAfee, 50% of Symantec and 50% of Trend Micro users are unhappy with their antivirus performance. Get better performance now with GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business – the lightweight solution with superior protection, easy management and minimal performance impact. Try VIPRE free for 30 days! In this Issue Judge overturns Oracle's $1.3B award against SAP Apple rules phone, tablet browsing market Air Force awards $25K to inventor of insanely fast device that stops fleeing cars Experts: AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile may not be dead yet Lenovo heats up price war with $199 IdeaPad tablet Ruby on Rails 3.1 will make the apps run faster Qualcomm shows public face with pet-tracking service Salesforce.com gets into ERP with Infor, Workday Five cures for what ails IT Workplace conflict: How to diffuse battles with co-workers WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Focus Network Strategy On User Experience, Not App Delivery Free Forrester Report helps you understand why network design has to change and how to focus your network strategy on user experience. You'll get insight on business trends driving change and recommendations for maintaining the best user experience when centralizing services, such as virtual desktops. Compliments of Citrix. Read now Judge overturns Oracle's $1.3B award against SAP A federal judge has overturned the $1.3 billion judgment Oracle won against SAP in its corporate theft trial, according to a ruling made Thursday. Read More Apple rules phone, tablet browsing market Mobile browsing has more than doubled in the last year and now accounts for over 6% of all online activity. Read More Air Force awards $25K to inventor of insanely fast device that stops fleeing cars If you remember the Dirty Harry movie "Dead Pool," where a radio-controlled model Corvette containing a bomb chases Harry around the streets of San Francisco and eventually detonates under his car, then you have the general idea of the technology a retired 66-year-old mechanical engineer came up with to win a $25,000 prize from the Air Force Research Laboratory. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Map Critical Network Assets and Dependencies Learn how Riverbed provided the International Herald Tribune with an end-to-end view of application delivery paths – from servers to desktops, and how advanced traffic analysis ensured faster problem resolution and more effective WAN management. Read now! Experts: AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile may not be dead yet AT&T still has options after the U.S. DOJ filed a lawsuit in opposition to the company's planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Read More Lenovo heats up price war with $199 IdeaPad tablet Lenovo announced a new $199 IdeaPad tablet with a 7-inch screen and Google's Android OS in response to the surge in demand for inexpensive tablets. Read More Ruby on Rails 3.1 will make the apps run faster Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson has released version 3.1 of his open-source Web application development framework, adding new features that should speed the rendering of Web pages for users. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Moving to a Cloud-based Delivery Model Help Desk software as a service is attractive to many IT departments. It offers the same benefits of traditional IT help desk solutions, in addition to reducing capital expenses, accelerating implementation, and providing easier upgrades. This paper explores considerations for implementing IT service management in-house or as a service. Read Now! Qualcomm shows public face with pet-tracking service Qualcomm, which launches few consumer products, later this month will launch a pet-tracking service built using proprietary technology from its communications business. Read More Salesforce.com gets into ERP with Infor, Workday Salesforce.com is strengthening its hand in the ERP (enterprise resource planning) market, announcing on Thursday two new partnerships with Infor and Workday that will result in an intermingling of the companies' applications and technologies. Read More Five cures for what ails IT Your IT department may be armed with bright and ambitious employees, but that doesn't mean the group will be efficient. Read More Workplace conflict: How to diffuse battles with co-workers The longer workplace conflicts fester, the more stress and acrimony they create. Here are four tips for resolving conflicts with coworkers. Read More
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