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	Verizon to shut down app store by January Verizon Wireless is closing down its app store by January next year, it said in a notice on its developer community portal. The operator said it will start removing in January the Verizon Apps application from all compatible Android and Research In Motion devices. It anticipates completing the process by March 27. Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) Optimize Your Storage Volume for Better Performance Managing a windows network? This brief discusses 5 technical proof-points clearly showing how the Windows Built-in Disk Defragmenter is not adequate for the enterprise. New innovations in Diskeeper® and V-locity® meet today's demands for optimal storage and system performance. Read Now! In this Issue Linux Foundation welcomes new members as existing heavyweights up their commitments Mobile networks nearing normal coverage after Sandy IT jobs on the other side of the cloud Imagination buys MIPS to expand beyond graphics processors into smartphones Wisconsin judge dismisses Apple v. Motorola patent case WHITE PAPER: Accelrys Accelerate Science-Led Innovation for Competitive Advantage Companies adopting an approach that effectively connects the innovation cycle and commercialization cycle with high fidelity data that maintains the context as a project moves through discovery into manufacturing should experience greater operational visibility and improved decision making in all areas. Learn More Now! Linux Foundation welcomes new members as existing heavyweights up their commitments The Linux Foundation made several membership announcements over the weekend, welcoming new members Cloudsoft, Cloudscaling, CloudSigma, and DreamHost to the fold at LinuxCon Europe, currently being held in Barcelona. Read More Mobile networks nearing normal coverage after Sandy Cellular coverage for some carriers approached normal levels in the northeastern U.S. a week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, but some areas remained cut off from mobile service because of ongoing power and telecommunications outages. Read More IT jobs on the other side of the cloud As enterprises increasingly consider moving all or part of their computing infrastructure to the cloud, IT professionals wonder whether they should follow the migration. Read More Imagination buys MIPS to expand beyond graphics processors into smartphones British chip designer Imagination Technologies plans to acquire the operating business of processor maker MIPS Technologies, as well as some of its patents, in an effort to strengthen its position on smartphones. At the same time MIPS has also sold a majority of its patents to a group including ARM Holdings. Imagination may not be a household name but its graphic processor designs are used on Apple's latest iPads and the iPhone 5. Just like its compatriot and competitor ARM, the company licenses the technology necessary to build processors but doesn't build any on its own. Read More Wisconsin judge dismisses Apple v. Motorola patent case A highly anticipated patent infringement case between Apple and Motorola Mobility was dismissed by a Wisconsin district court Monday, hours before the trial was due to begin. The two companies were arguing over license rates for patents owned by Motorola that cover parts of the wireless UMTS, GPRS, GSM, and 802.11 standards. The patents are vital parts of the technologies and so Motorola Mobility is required to license them to competitors on "fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms," often referred to by the acronym FRAND. Read More
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