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	Blow it up, Ballmer: Give away the Surface for free CEO Steve Ballmer has been breaking all the rules, from ending reliance on the traditional PC makers to push Windows 8 via the Surface tablet to the radically different Windows 8 UI -- and it's about time. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Amazon EC2 Get up to 312 hours of free Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) on-demand instances on Amazon EC2. Leverage the cost effectiveness, scalability, and flexibility of Amazon Web Services (AWS), with the proven reliability of RHEL and the backing of AWS premium support. Try now. In this Issue Google offers developers a peek at Glass HP reports 'higher than expected' failures of some desktop PC motherboards Urban tech: From Masdar to Main Street? WHITE PAPER: Oracle Lower IT Costs with Oracle Database 11g Release 2 Learn how you can transform your business, budgets, and service levels with Oracle Database 11g Release 2. You'll discover how its new options and features can help you reduce server and storage costs, improve query performance, and ensure availability during database application upgrades. Learn More! Google offers developers a peek at Glass Attendees of the Google I/O developer conference in San Francisco this week saw a demo of the search giant's Glass wearable computing technology and were even promised the opportunity to take the headsets for a whirl themselves. Read More HP reports 'higher than expected' failures of some desktop PC motherboards Hewlett-Packard has identified a high rate of logic board failures in its popular Pavilion line of desktop PCs, and has offered customers a one-year warranty extension to cover possible repairs. Read More Urban tech: From Masdar to Main Street? Residents of Masdar City in the Middle East have smart appliances, use electricity from a solar power plant and get around by robotaxi. When will you do the same? Read More
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