Addressing financial analysts at an annual company event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer declared that slate computers are "job one" for the company.

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• Microsoft Boasts Top Spot in Cloud Race
• DoJ Sues Oracle Claiming Contract Fraud
• Report Details Hottest IT Investments

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Networking vendor Aruba goes mesh to secure the Black Hat wireless network, pitting its cloud-based security service against a notoriously hostile crowd.

• Enterprise Wi-Fi users at Risk?
• Intel Testing Photonics for 1 Tbps Data Speed
• Riverbed Enters Virtual WAN Optimization Market
• Juniper Sees Lift From Carriers, Enterprise IT

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Privacy concerns over Google and the CIA; HP's enterprise slate; why online gaming might help your career and more.

• SAP Warming to Private Cloud
• Security Expert Details SAP Back Door Exploit
• All Eyes on Microsoft, Ballmer on Analyst Day
• USPTO Deals Microsoft Setback in i4i Patent Case

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Lawmakers introduce voluntary incentive auction act that they hope will achieve a compromise between dueling interests.

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• Google Plans for More Government Deals
• FDA, FCC Push For Wireless Health Technology
• Tripwire Enterprise 8.0 Automates Compliance

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With the iPad on its heels, Amazon cuts the price of its newest e-book reader and adds Wi-Fi support.

• Research Highlights iPhone 4 Antenna Woes
• Apple Checking Into iOS 4/iPhone 3G Complaints
• RIM Seen Unveiling New BlackBerry Next Week
• iPhone Tops Smartphone Sector in Satisfaction

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Looking to set the record straight, Yahoo highlights an irregularity in online metrics firm comScore that shortchanged its site traffic. Meanwhile, Google snags a search deal in Japan.

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• Microsoft Debuts Web Development Toolset

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Desktops get a speeds-and-feeds boost, plus they gain notebook touchpad technology.

• HP Sticks With Windows 7 for Enterprise Slates
• HP Intros Rapid Data Center Assembly Method
• Microsoft Broadens Ties With ARM
• IBM Reorg Points to Integrated Systems

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Pioneering search engine expanding trials of crowd-sourced search results, inviting users to "ask the community" in an effort to provide direct answers to queries, rather than the standard bank of links.

• Google, CIA Invest in Recorded Future
• Microsoft Begins Yahoo Search Integration
• Yahoo Scores High Profits As Sales Fall Short
• Google Redesigns Image Search Page

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