Issue highlights 1. Microsoft and Nokia: the bare facts 2. Microsoft stock dips after Nokia deal announced 3. Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Microsoft/Nokia Edition 4. How the Nokia acquisition may hurt Microsoft's Windows Phone strategy 5. VMware: Win7 can cost more than twice as much on PCs as on virtual desktops 6. Syrian hackers attempt PsyOps campaign against U.S. Marine Corps 7. Kindle MatchBook: Final nail in the printed book's coffin? 8. Apple sends out invitations to September 10 iPhone event 9. With Microsoft-Nokia deal, Stephen Elop's sitting pretty 10. VMworld 2013: Gigamon's 'visibility-as-a-service' and the risk of virtual networks 11. Lenovo updates business notebooks pre-IFA |
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| Microsoft's surprise announcement over the long weekend that it's buying Nokia's mobile phone business for just over $7 billion has set off a flurry of analysis from all directions. Here's a quick look at just the facts. READ MORE |
| Investors are not reacting enthusiastically to this morning's news that Microsoft will shell out $7.2 billion to acquire Nokia's Devices and Services business. Shortly after 1 p.m., the company's stock price is down 6 percent, a level it's been hovering at for several hours. READ MORE |
| Memes are so popular you've probably tried making one yourself. While I'm sure yours was great, most are lame, so I have started publishing what I consider to be the better ones here once a week. Here is No. 11, which is about the news of the day. READ MORE |
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| The news late Monday that Microsoft had purchased the hardware assets of Nokia and acquired access to other IP for a total of $7.17 billion effectively marked the end of any potential third-party hardware makers entering the Windows Phone business. READ MORE |
| VMware says enterprises migrating to Microsoft Windows 7 can save a bundle by using virtual-desktop infrastructure technology rather than standalone PCs. READ MORE |
| The pro-Assad hacking group, the Syrian Electronic Army, redirected the Marine Corps recruitment website on Monday, in order to deliver a message attempting to convince Marines that the Syrian army are actually allies. READ MORE |
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| My transition from the printed page to e-book has been a very slow one, which is odd considering how actively I embrace new technologies. While other friends and family members voraciously adopted reading books on their Kindle devices (or iPads, etc.), I still preferred thumbing through a new hardcover book or paperback, especially when I was reading in bed or on a cross-country flight. READ MORE |
| As expected, Apple today made it official when it sent out invitations to a September 10 media event where the company is expected to introduce two brand new iPhone models -- an iPhone 5S and a lower cost iPhone 5C. The event will kick off at One Infinte Loop (so long, Moscone!) and will start at 10:00 am Pacific Standard Time. The blurb on the invite reads, "This should brighten everyone's day." ... READ MORE |
| Microsoft's $7.2 billion deal to buy Nokia, announced early today, makes Nokia CEO Stephen Elop the frontrunner to head up Microsoft after Steve Ballmer departs, analysts said. READ MORE |
| During last week's VMworld event, traffic visibility leader Gigamon debuted what it is calling "Visibility as a Service," or VaaS. Network visibility was a big theme at VMworld this year as VMware launched its NSX network virtualization product. During his keynote, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger stated that the network is the next IT domain to be impacted by virtualization and, in fact, it's the limitations... READ MORE |
| Lenovo has announced a new set of ThinkPad business notebooks as part of its announcements at the upcoming IFA show in Berlin. Going thinner and lighter, the new ThinkPad T440s, T440, and X240 notebooks feature Lenovo's new Power Bridge technology, which aims to extend battery life for users through a hot-swappable battery system. READ MORE |
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