Barnes & Noble blows the lid off Microsoft's Android patent squeeze

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	Barnes & Noble blows the lid off Microsoft's Android patent squeeze Alan Shimel: Last week Network World's Julie Bort wrote about some of what Microsoft is up to. But now the picture is much clearer thanks to more exhibits and claims put out by Barnes & Noble. They claim these license agreements go far beyond just paying to use some "trivial' patents. They claim Microsoft is trying to control future Android development and actually control Android itself. Make no mistake about it, there is a war going on in the mobile OS market and the weapons are patents. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. "Big 10" University Optimizes 802.11n Performance See how Cisco customers enhance their wireless infrastructure and decreased wireless interference mitigation from hours to minutes, reduced routine access point maintenance to one-fifth of the time, and reduced cost per access point by 25%. 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Gartner: Android market share tops 50% worldwide Android's well-documented fragmentation issues apparently aren't deterring consumers from snatching up Android phones. Read More "There Would Be No Cloud Without Open Source" - Simon Crosby I first became aware of cloud security issues listening to Simon Crosby, fresh off of taking in millions and millions of Citrix dollars when they bought XenSource, speak with my friend Chris Hoff at several conferences, podcasts and blog posts. In many ways Crosby and Hoff brought cloud security and even cloud computing itself to the forefront in many peoples minds. Read More HP unveils its first business ultrabook Hewlett-Packard introduced Wednesday its first business ultrabook, offering nine hours of battery life, a solid-state drive, and a security chip that protects data in email and information on the hard drive. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Three Steps to Effective Cloud Planning & Design Before you build your cloud, there are many considerations. Are there security requirements? Compliance rules? Will you use public cloud resources as well? Learn more about how to plan a cloud effectively – from defining requirements to identifying the costs - in this compelling white paper from BMC Software. Learn More! Busted! DOJ says you might be a felon if you clicked a link or opened email We may be doomed and you are probably a felon if you ever used a fake name online, used a bogus birthday to register on a site, or fibbed about your height or weight on an online dating profile, named a different town or city in a profile, or basically didn't tell the exact truth anywhere online. Never done that? Read More VMware and Google on an acquisition frenzy in 2011 While the world has been distracted by HP's baffling $10.2 billion purchase of Autonomy and Microsoft's surprising $9 billion buy of Skype, EMC/VMware and Google have been snapping up dozens of software companies throughout 2011. Read More How to get IPv6 addresses from ARIN Now that IPv6 is imminent, you'll need some IPv6 address space. Working with ARIN to request IPv6 differs from IPv4 procedures. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM A Smarter Approach to CRM With instant access to information, customers expect a purchase experience that matches the ease and speed of the information-gathering experience. Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers' terms. Read Now Aruba expands 'instant' Wi-Fi offerings to small, midsize businesses New high-end 11n Wi-Fi access points boost performance for Aruba's quick-deploying "Instant" WLAN products. Read More Microsoft to streamline Windows 8's patch process Microsoft will reduce the number of distracting restarts for updates to Windows 8, part of its plan to simplify how people interact with the upcoming OS, a company manager said today. Read More Do smaller businesses think they're immune to security threats? Do small to midsize businesses (SMB) think they're somehow immune to security threats? Read More Facebook Updates News Feed; Tests New Buttons Facebook users will soon be able to revert to the old News Feed design, which shows most recent stories first instead of top stories. In addition, users may notice new "Read" and "Listen" buttons appearing in the Ticker. Here's what you need to know about both developments. Read More
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