Tuesday, August 21, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWorld) 21/08/2012





Judge dissatisfied with Google disclosures on commenter pay
The judge who oversaw Oracle's lawsuit against Google said Monday that the search giant "has failed to comply" with an Aug. 7 order to provide the names of parties whose commentary on the suit may have been influenced by money.

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Apple pushes iMessage after SMS spoof revealed, but tech under patent cloud
iMessage, the Apple messaging technology that the company has urged customers use to avoid an SMS spoofing bug, remains under a patent litigation cloud, with a trial slated for November.

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Nexus 7 sales could hit 8M by year's end, analyst says
Google could sell between six million and eight million of its $199 Nexus 7 tablets by year's end, according to a new estimate.

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Office 2013: Everything IT needs to know
With Office 2013, Microsoft sets the bar high. The reworked suite of applications runs on a range of devices, including new Windows tablets; it has a new look, which is fast and fluid, yet has familiar commands; it responds to touch and stylus, as well as keyboard and mouse; and everything's cloud-connected.

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Are social media e-discovery's next nightmare?
In many ways, the emergence of social media is a replay of the e-discovery challenges posed by email in the 1990s. This time, though, we have that precedent to learn from.

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Sony's new 'stacked' image sensors open door to smaller devices, more pixels
Sony, which makes the camera modules used in the latest smartphones from Apple and Samsung, said Monday it will begin sales of a new image chip that is nearly half the size of current models.

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NASA rover Curiosity blasts first Martian rock with laser
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity successfully tested its laser on Sunday, blasting a fist-size Martian rock and analyzing its makeup.

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The 'sealed-box' Mac: Cutting-edge design or planned obsolescence?
Apple's new top-of-the-line 15-in. MacBook Pro, with its ground-breaking Retina display, is drool-worthy, says columnist Richard Hoffman. But it comes with a cost: There are no user-replaceable parts whatsoever.

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