News from ZDNet | | | Apple to support reps: "Do not attempt to remove malware" A confidential internal Apple document tells the company's front-line support people how to handle customers who call about malware infections: Don't confirm or deny that an infection exists, and whatever you do, don't try to remove it. See for yourself. Read more | | Microsoft slams Intel's 'Loose Lips' Windows 8 talk Microsoft has slammed Intel's senior vice president Renee James over comments made about Windows 8. Read more | | Intel exec: Apple helps shape our roadmap It's obvious that there is a strong partnership between Apple and Intel, but is this business relationship a one-way street? Read more | | Microsoft sells 1.6 million Windows Phone 7 devices in Q1 Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 devices sold 1.6 million units to end users in the first quarter, according to Gartner. That tally isn't nearly enough to blunt Android's momentum. Read more | | Put on your new Red Hat Linux Red Hat's latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux, 6.1, is now shipping and its competitors are lagged ever farther behind. Read more | | Microsoft readies 'Austin,' an Azure-hosted event-processing service Microsoft is continuing to move some of its SQL Server capabilities to the cloud and turn them into services. The latest: Complex event processing, a capability that's codenamed "Austin." Read more | | LinkedIn shares top $90 at IPO, doubling their offering price LinkedIn's IPO tops $90 a share, more than doubling the evaluation when trading began today at 10AM EST on the New York Stock Exchange. Read more | | Study: Tablet ownership will double by 2012; seen as alternative to TV Tablet computing is not just a fad but definitely a rapidly growing trend among consumers, according to a new study about the proliferation of personal tablets and smartphones in North America. Read more | | The HTC Trophy, Verizon's first Windows Phone 7 phone, arrives next week. But will anyone care? While Verizon's first Windows Phone 7 phone is a big move for the company, the announcement is perhaps more significant for Microsoft, which has seen lackluster sales of phones running its mobile OS. Read more | | Kindle books now outsell print books Amazon has announced that Kindle ebooks sales have now surpassed sales of print books. Read more |
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