Customer satisfaction with federal e-government efforts continues to slip, though the losses are incremental, and researchers note the variations by category.

• Google Plans for More Government Deals
• FDA, FCC Push For Wireless Health Technology
• Tripwire Enterprise 8.0 Automates Compliance
• Google Debuts First Secure Cloud Apps for Gov't

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Even after shelling out $1.2 billion for Palm and its webOS, HP said it still plans to use Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system for its line of business-centric slates.

• Apple Updates Desktop Mac Product Lines
• HP Intros Rapid Data Center Assembly Method
• Microsoft Broadens Ties With ARM
• IBM Reorg Points to Integrated Systems

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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office upholds Canadian firm i4i's patent for a custom XML editor, further narrowing Microsoft's options in a $290 million infringement case.

• SUSE Gallery Site Showcases Linux Appliances
• Oracle Debuts Drug-Tracking App for Big Pharma
• SaaS to Continue Enterprise Surge: Gartner
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Adobe Systems, a leader in the online document-management space, has shelled out $240 million to acquire Day Software, a Swiss firm specializing in Web-based ECM software.

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• FTC Mulls Browser-Based Block for Online Ads
• Cyberattacks Hit Businesses With Big Bills
• SAP Profits Disappoint; SaaS Apps Coming Soon

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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.

• Microsoft Begins Yahoo Search Integration
• Yahoo Scores High Profits As Sales Fall Short
• Google Redesigns Image Search Page
• Google Snaps Up Metaweb in Semantic Web Play

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With copper wire nearing its physical limits for data transmission speeds, Intel's CTO announces the company's research push in photonics to drive 1 Tbps network speeds.

• Riverbed Enters Virtual WAN Optimization Market
• Juniper Sees Lift From Carriers, Enterprise IT
• IBM's IPS Update Improves Security Features
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According to a new survey by the Yankee Group, Apple's iPhone beat out rival smartphones in customer satisfaction, and continues to gain market share, though recent antenna issues raise uncertainty.

• DMCA Ruling Allows iPhone Jailbreaks
• White iPhone 4 Faces More Delays
• Say What? The Week's Top Five IT Quotes
• T-Mobile Could Get Next iPhone Contract: Report

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Flash is faster, cooler and uses less power, but there's one little problem that keeps it from ever really replacing spinning disks.

• Startup Offers Third-Party Google Apps Backup
• EMC Buys Greenplum in Data Warehousing Play
• EMC Updates Change Management Software
• Solid Growth Seen for Health Care IT Sector

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Already the pace setter in stable updates in the browser space, Google is planning to begin releasing new versions of Chrome twice as quickly.

• The Open Source Software That Runs Facebook
• Microsoft Visual Studio Power Tools Get Update
• Microsoft Ramping Up Windows Phone 7 Rollout
• Puppet System Configuration Gets Bumped to 2.6

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