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The night Steve Jobs returned to Apple
Steve Jobs returned to Apple on December 20, 1996, more than 11 years after he was ousted from the company he helped co-found with Steve Wozniak back in 1976. That night, Apple evangelist Tim Holmes was in the crowd and captured Jobs' return with his less-than-stellar QuickTake camera - you'll note that many of the photos depict blacks as purples. Read More

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WHITE PAPER: ReadSoft

Taking BPO to the next level - 6 questions to consider
Stay ahead of increasing competition in today's Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) market by boosting efficiency and service delivery with the right technology solution. Download this white paper for detailed insights that will guide you to stay efficient, flexible, and customer-focused. Learn More

10 Geeky and Foolish Ways to Celebrate April Fools' Day
The Web is the epicenter of foolishness these days, but there are also ways to celebrate April 1 offline Read More

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Mar. 29
The iOSphere wheezed this week, trying to breathe new life into limp rumors. It pretty much failed. Read More

Microsoft at work designing "cool" future Surface devices
Despite shaky sales of its Windows 8 Surface tablets Microsoft is working on the next generation of the devices that it hopes will attract customer attention. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc.

Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT
This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More.

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Google Apps broker exploits enterprise concerns about Microsoft's Office changes
A cloud service broker is pitching Google Apps to enterprises by playing on their fears about recent changes Microsoft's made to Office. Insider (registration required) Read More

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 26
In the iOSphere one doesn't need sources for rumors. Just unhinge one's imagination, propose a couple of untenable hypotheses, and deduce. Read More

Facebook phone rumors explode after Android event announced
Talk that Facebook is developing its own smartphone is spreading again. Read More

WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

Easing the Online Overload
Many transaction processing systems have reached their capacity limits, so the time is right to consider the potential for running tier 1 mission-critical workloads on opens standards. This white paper highlights the key components of a properly structured and highly optmized SQL Server OLTP reference architecture. Read Now!

Dirty smartphones: Devices keep traces of files sent to the cloud
When smartphone users upload files to cloud-based services, remnants of those files often remain on their handheld device, even if the data is meant to be stored only in the cloud, researchers have found. Read More

T-Mobile's "radical" changes double-down on flat-rate data plan
In a profane, foul-mouthed, ad-libbed presentation, T-Mobile CEO John Legere Tuesday trumpeted his company's previously announced "unlimited" data plans, scrapped its cellular contracts, launched its belated LTE network, and revealed that T-Mobile, finally, would offer the iPhone. Read More

Does Nokia have a solar-powered phone in the works?
Windows Phone is finally gaining some interest, and with Samsung out of the picture, it looks like Nokia will have to lead the charge. If current hints and teases prove true, then Nokia is about to get a major new weapon in its fight. Read More

Forrester Research calls mobile-device management 'heavy-handed approach'
Forrester Research predicts that with the "bring your own device" (BYOD) trend expected to increasingly include laptops in addition to smartphones and tablets, the approach to managing those devices is in for some big changes. Read More

Report: Samsung grabs about one-third of market with 70M-plus Q1 smartphone sales
Samsung's total worldwide smartphone sales have likely totaled more than 70 million units in the first quarter of 2013, or roughly a third of the overall market, according to a new report from Counterpoint Research. Read More

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