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Apple CEO Steve Jobs Goes on Indefinite Medical Leave
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Jan. 17 in an e-mail to Apple employees that he’ll be taking another medical leave of absence to focus on his health. Jobs didn’t offer any details about his health, or how long he plans to be on his board-sanctioned leave, but he wrote that he’ll continue to act as…
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Businesses Will Buy 10 Million Tablets in 2011: Deloitte
Companies will buy more than 10 million tablet computers this year, consultancy Deloitte said on Tuesday supporting recent research from Gartner which sees the global market for Apple’s iPad, rising to 55 million devices this year from 19.5 million in 2010. "Although some commentators view tablets as underpowered media-consumption toys suitable only for consumers… in…
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Two Charged in iPad Hacking Scheme
U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against two people accused of stealing the email addresses and other personal data of about 120,000 users of Apple Inc’s iPad tablet computer. Daniel Spitler and Andrew Auernheimer were each charged with one count of fraud and one count of conspiracy to access a computer without authorization, prosecutors said. The…
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EMC Unveils VNX Unified Storage Platform
EMC, a provider of information infrastructure solutions, announced the release of a family of unified storage systems—EMC VNX. The new storage solutions consolidate the features and functionality of EMC CLARiiON and EMC Celerra into a single family of unified storage arrays that scale from entry-level to data center-class systems. The VNXe (for entry) series is…
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Verizon iPhone Could Cause ATT Exodus
In more bad news for AT&T, a Jan. 13 study from ChangeWave is the latest to suggest that the original Apple iPhone provider may suffer a customer exodus once Verizon begins selling its own long-awaited iPhone Feb. 10. Days before Verizon’s big Jan. 11 announcement — “We are pleased to introduce millions of wireless users…
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DOJ May Halt Google’s Bid for ITA Software
Google’s $700 million acquisition of ITA Software may be halted by the U.S. Justice Department, which is reportedly preparing for a possible antitrust lawsuit to put the kibosh on the deal. ITA’s software helps airlines, search engines and online travel companies organize flight information, including flight times, availability and prices. Sources familiar with the matter…