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Sure the Apple iPad looks unique, but viewed from the inside out, it represents a more “radical departure” from traditional electronics design  than might be expected, said iSuppli in an April 7 report. During a recent teardown of the iPad, iSuppli not only discovered that the device likely costs more to make than iSuppli originally […]

Microsoft plans on releasing the beta of its Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1 in June, bringing a number of changes to user interface, integrated archiving and other areas. >> Click here to read the rest of the story at eWEEK.com

Qwest Communications is the latest company to offer a hosted UC (unified communications) platform. Qwest on April 7 unveiled its iQ HUCS (Hosted Unified Communications Service) to help businesses bring together the various pieces of their communications infrastructure—from voice and video to email, instant messaging and presence—under a single, hosted umbrella. UC offers businesses the […]

Lenovo introduced two new consumer PCs on April 7, the IdeaPad S10-3s netbook and the C200 all-in-one desktop, designed with families in mind. The 2.43-pound IdeaPad features a 10.1-inch display, a chiclet-style keyboard that’s 98 percent of a full-size one, an Intel Atom N470 processor and a choice of Microsoft Windows 7 operating systems.  >> […]

NetApp revealed April 7 that it will acquire Bycast, a privately held storage  software maker, in an all-cash transaction. Other details of the deal were not made available. Bycast, based in Vancouver, B.C., develops object-based storage software that manages petabyte-scale, globally distributed repositories of images, video and records for enterprises. >> Click here to read […]

Adobe Systems is recommending that concerned users reconfigure the settings in Adobe Reader to thwart an attack that allows embedded executables in PDF files to launch. >> Click here to read the rest of the story at eWEEK.com

Dell grew its Latitude family by three, with the introduction of the E6410, E6510 and E6410 ATG. While the Dell Latitude E6410 ATG is a semi-rugged laptop, all three notebooks offers Intel’s Core i5 and i7 processors, high-speed DDR3 memory and energy-saving features. The Dell laptops are also equipped with either Windows Vista or Windows […]

An internal CA memo announces the elimination of 1,000 jobs. The infrastructure-focused software company has been busy restructuring its business strategy around cloud products and has been in rapid-acquisition mode, having purchased three companies in 2010 already. Enterprise software company CA announced it will be slashing 1,000 jobs from its workforce at the end of […]

Oracle unveiled Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management 8, designed to assist organizations in project portfolio management from conception through execution, on April 6. This is just one of several Oracle product announcements over the past few weeks, as the company seems to be stepping up its effort to provide systems solutions to the enterprise.  >>Click here […]

Western Digital, which wants to be known as WD,  on April 5 started shipping the fastest, most capacious 2.5-inch SATA hard disk drive it has ever made. At 600GB, the VelociRaptor VR200M doubles the capacity of the original version, which was released in 2008. A 450GB model is also available.  >> Click here to read […]

Microsoft’s recent decision to end support for Intel’s Itanium chip in its server architecture, along with the elimination of its Essential Business Server (EBS) development, suggests that the company is trying to reposition to take advantage of several developing business IT trends, including virtualization and cloud computing. That paradigm shift is also mirrored on the […]

Skype released a free iPhone app with iPad compatibility on April 6, although the updated software still does not include support for 3G-enabled Skype calls. Termed Version 1.3.1, the Skype app includes boosted stability when switching between tabs, as well as handling unread chats and incoming calls. >> Click here to read the rest of […]