News from ZDNet | | | Intel touts 'ultrabooks'; Highlights Android Honeycomb Atom-based tablet Intel touted "ultrabooks," tablet and laptop tweeners that would resemble MacBook Airs, and said these lightweight devices will account for 40 percent of the laptop market by the end of 2012. Read more | | Intel unveils new class of PC - 'Ultrabooks' Intel has used Computex as the opportunity to introduce to the world a whole new class of PC - the 'Ultrabookââ¢.' Read more | | Nokia: 2011 going from bad to worse; Windows Phone 7 device in Q4 Nokia cut its second quarter and 2011 outlook as it struggles to fend off competition and is watching average selling prices for its devices tank. Read more | | Samsung, Nvidia move to front of Google's Android tablet army Samsung is talking about Android for the long-haul and Nvidia is demonstrating what a quad-core chip can do for tablet gaming. With Android tablets, there's always a next wave. Read more | | China's Blue Army: When nations harness hacktivists for information warfare The methodology used in offensive cyber warfare is fairly simple -- if you're attacking us we reserve the right to strike back at you. That methodology is just plain wrong. Read more | | Malware sneaks by Google's Android Market gatekeepers again Twenty-six apps containing malware moved onto the Android Market over the weekend, according to Lookout Mobile Security. Read more | | Acer: Microsoft hardware rules 'very troublesome' Microsoft is placing 'troublesome' restrictions on OEMs manufacturing the next-generation Windows-based tablets, according to Acer CEO J.T. Wang. Read more | | Apple fesses up to MacDefender malware; ships removal tool Faced with the embarrassment of an aggressive scareware (fake antivirus) campaign against Mac users, Apple today shipped a definition update to its File Quarantine feature to block the MacDefender... Read more | | The mystery of Windows 8's new 'Protogon' file system Here's a Windows 8 feature about which I haven't heard before: A possible new file system known as "Protogon." Read more | | VMware buys Socialcast; Fills out collaboration portfolio VMware acquired Socialcast, a collaboration company, for an undisclosed sum. Couple Socialcast with other recent acquisitions and VMware is clearly aiming to be a desktop collaboration player. Read more | | Oracle on Amazon? Think again Colleagues at one of the world's largest SIs have been testing the Amazon Oracle Relational Database Service - aka RDS (and not to be confused with SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions also aka RDS.)... Read more | | Android gets a lot less open as Google takes down game console emulators The wild west formerly known as Android Market is getting some bottom-down taming from Google as the company removes a set of popular gaming apps. Read more | | Google Maps: Five reasons that Apple, others shouldn't even try to compete The rumor mill once again hints that Apple could be gearing up to roll out a Maps product - a silly move, considering the reasons that beating Google would be more work than it's worth. Read more | | The Zune that never was, developed by members of the former Microsoft Courier team Here's a nice find by patent sleuth Manan Kakkar. A group of Softies filed a patent application in 2009 for a media player that Microsoft never ended up launching. Read more |
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