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Microsoft Targets Motorola, Google in EU Complaint
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsMicrosoft has filed a formal complaint against Motorola Mobility and Google, arguing the latter broke a promise related to standard-essential patents.
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Nokia Prepping Low-Price Windows Phones: Report
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsNokia is reportedly prepping a line of low-price, entry-level Windows Phones for unveiling at Mobile World Congress, according to reports. – Nokia is apparently gearing up to present some lower-price smartphones at this years Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, according to a new Bloomberg report.
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Amazon Appstore Challenging Android Market in Paid Apps
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsGoogle’s Android Market still dwarfs Amazon’s Appstore in the number of available applications for Android phones, but Amazon is proving to be efficient in its app sales, said Distimo. – When Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) launched its Appstore for Android applications last March, the assumption was that the portal would challenge Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android Market as a welcome alternative for consumers to download free and paid applications for smartphones.
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BYOD Wins Over 85 Percent of Health Care IT Pros: Aruba
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsAn Aruba survey reveals that 85 percent of hospitals are providing access to personal mobile devices. The company also unveiled its ClearPass BYOD mobile access-management platform. – Personal mobile devices are becoming a fixture in health care as 85 percent of hospital IT departments allow doctors and staff to use personal devices at work, according to a new survey of health care IT professionals by Aruba Networks, a manufacturer of mobile networking infrastructure
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Java Death Debunked: 10 Reasons It’s Still Hot
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsIt seems one of the best ways to draw attention to a post or commentary on Java and programming is to use the words “Java” and some variation of “dead” in the headline. For instance, Mark Little, senior director of engineering at Red Hat, recently wrote a blog post entitled: “JBoss polyglot death of Java?” And although the headline suggests that Red Hats JBoss unit is pushing a polyglot programming strategy of using several languages for different projects, the gist of the post is that the company is not trying to move away from Java
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New RTI Connext Middleware Unifies Patient Data
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsReal Time Innovations’ new Connext middleware applications allow hospitals to connect health-monitoring data with electronic health records. – Real Time Innovations (RTI), a developer of service-oriented architecture (SOA) middleware for the aerospace and defense industries, is branching out into health care with its new Connext software suite.
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Verizon 4G LTE Outage Widespread, Being Investigated
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsVerizon experienced two outages to 3G and 4G service in December. A new problem started early on Feb.
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Google Sued Over Safari Privacy Snafu
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsComputer users in Missouri and Illinois havesued Google over the search engine placement of online ad cookies in Apple’s Safari Web browser. The move circumvented Apple’s privacy protection for Safari.
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Sprint, LightSquared LTE Network Development Halted
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsNEWS ANALYSIS: LightSquared and Sprint agree to pull back on expenses and stop deployment of LightSquared terrestrial network. – Sprint has quietly put plans to deploy LightSquared’s terrestrial Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network on hold until the Reston, Va., company finds a way to work past a series of regulatory roadblocks. Originally, Sprint agreed to provide tower space or to build new infrastructure in support of Lig..
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Ubuntu For Android Smartphones Coming For MWC
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 No commentsCanonical is preparing to show off Ubuntu for Android at Mobile World Congress next week. The Linux OS package will dock to a desktop and sync with the Android phones contacts and services. – Linux software distributor Canonical Feb
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