Reports of CNBC say that as a consequence, medical software developers are now rushing to develop applications for the iPad. The iPad is not the only tablet to draw attention and therefore applications are also expected to come to Android tablets as well as to Research in Motion’s PlayBook. The iPad is however supposed to concentrate the medical application development, at least for the near future.

Apart from electronic records, another major direction for the iPad’s use would be to explain illnesses to patients. Its portability and media support make the tablet easy to be carried into a patient’s room and be used to illustrate a condition in a graphical manner. Older medical computers are considered more difficult to handle.

Research in Motion’s share has mainly been affected. For example, the BlackBerry dropped 4.1 percent and reached 33.5 percent, at striking distance of Google and Apple as well. Windows Phone 7 did not succeed to offset its predecessor’s decline and Microsoft’s share dropped 1.8 percent, hitting nine percent sharp.

For the first time, RIM’s deficit was enough for the company to decrease in its overall phone share and not only smartphones. it dropped about two tenths and hit 8.8 percent. With the only exception of Samsung, the market leader, the other four companies of the top five phone producers declined simultaneously. Most of them were traditional phone manufacturers or have been weak in the United States, like Nokia.

It is not certain whether the outlook of the next three months will be like the current one. As Verizon is expected to launch the iPhone during the next weeks, the security Google enjoys now in selling through a carrier that has not access to the iPhone should be reduced.

The current lawsuit involves AT&T and a couple from California who filed a complaint after being forced to pay $30 as sales tax on free handsets. The practice being widespread across the large base of customers of AT&T, the Californian couple sought class-action status in order to represent all customers who were affected.

AT&T’s practice of drafting its contracts with the clause blocking class-action filings in favor of arbitration is not specific to this company, many others adopting the same model. In this case, customers are forced to pursue complaints through private arbitrators, with negotiations handled in a confidential mode.

There are critics of arbitration clauses who believe that sometimes companies are privileged by private arbitrators. According to a report in Wall Street Journal, confidentiality agreements are keeping other customers unacquainted with possible fraud. Some of the companies respond that class-action lawyers would be the only winners were arbitration clauses are invalidated.

A final ruling in this case against AT&T is expected to be announced by the Supreme Court.

Koller credited a wide range of gaming software often connected with motion controllers, including 24 games, some of them “serious” or family games. Microsoft’s impending Kinect will be centered on casual games, because its camera-only system is sometimes not as precise as it is needed for shooting games or similar ones.

The win would be a very important event for Sony. The PS3 sales numbers of the company are unknown because the NPD has preferred to mask the information, with the exception of corporate customers, but the situation has been improving slowly, as far as higher capacities and better prices have joined the lineup. Nintendo, with its Wii successful, has seen its sales dropping even after game bundles and price cuts.

The SDN (Starbucks Digital Network) and its content have been optimized for mobile devices and laptops and is built and supported by Yahoo. There will be six channels of options which will include, besides a personalized Starbucks channel, content related to business, careers, entertainment, health and wellness as well as local listings. Among the expected providers, users will find New York Times, LinkedIn and Zagat, together with health magazine content.

Options for social networking will not miss and it will not be necessary to leave the portal in order to use them. Tracking users’ habits will help to improve offerings. Only a limited number of ads will be presented by Yahoo. Over thirty million Starbucks customers logged into the free internet service last month. It was offered at stores and was revamped in July. The service does not require a Starbucks loyalty card anymore.

The entire Starbucks Digital Network will use HTML5 to display its content and video will be included.

The Tellme speech technology of Microsoft enables users to access any function of the infotainment system by simply talking to it and reply via text messages composed through speech, in a remarkable hands-free experience. Microsoft’s software will recognize UK and US English, Canadian French and Continental French, German, Korean, Mexican Spanish and Continental Spanish.

Fiat, Ford, Kia, Nissan, Alpine and Paccar are partners of Microsoft to receive the new Windows Embedded Automotive 7 software for the cars they produce.

Most recent concerns focus on new information that applications transmit identification numbers of users and their friends to internet tracking and advertising companies. The letter asked in strong terms that Facebook and its creator Mark Zuckerberg give details of how many users might be affected and what are the intentions of Facebook to solve the problem. The company has received a deadline to respond by the 27th of October. An executive of the company has commented informally that incriminated data transmissions, although not according to Facebook’s guidelines, may have been unintentional.

USA Today has confirmed the development of a Galaxy Tab application, helped by the presence of the newspaper in the Reader Hub at CTIA. The hub is combining three common applications in a unique place. It includes Kobo for traditional books, Zinio for magazines and PressDisplay for one-for-one recreations of newspapers.

The diversification would include content on the BlackBerry PlayBook. Besides the Amazon Kindle and Kobo eReader, Wall Street Journal parent News Corp. is looking discounted subscriptions on RIM’s slate.

There are broad reasons for the expansion and both technical and financial decisions are included. There are hardware designers who have enticed periodicals to the prospect of a native application deal by promising advertising in these areas. Other periodicals have been attracted by the support offered for background downloading and subscription models which are not necessarily options on the iPad.

Publishers have written for the iPad both because it was the first mainstream mobile tablet present on the market and also for expectations for strong sales (3.27 million in the spring and much more expected in the summer). However, it currently has neither an automatic way to download new issues nor a business model to be able to support subscriptions. All these may change since an official newsstand application may be in work. If this is accurate, a background for downloads would be offered and probably a better deal would be available for publishers looking for more competitive issue prices.

Renowned software engineer Sebastian Thrun said that the cars proved to be as safe as they had details about the road in advance. The route and road conditions are mapped out by a regular car which gives the automated vehicle information about what to expect. The automated cars can adapt to fast-changing traffic as well as unexpected situations that might occur. Every robot car has had a human in the passenger’s seat to supervise the tests and be able to override the robot if something went wrong. According to Thrun, police was aware of the tests.

Although unusual for Google, the project is meant to create “highway trains” aiming to cut the number of deadly accidents in half. Robots have the advantage of much faster reflexes than human beings. They also have a complete awareness that human drivers lack. Not only is the number of avoidable accidents expected to be reduced, but also the fuel efficiency is expected to improve. Free drivers are supposed to utilize the 52-minute average commute time for some better purposes.

The automated cars are still considered experimental and do not yet lead to the production of series cars, but there are hopes at Google to obtain more practical cars.

The auto maker uses a custom system on iPad, MB Advantage, to speed up operations like credit applications, checks on marketing campaigns or inspections of lease turn-ins. The company has received extremely positive feedback and now intends to push iPads out to all its US dealers. It also intends to upgrade MB Advantage to make it capable of allowing some documents to be signed on-screen. This feature should be operational by the end of this month.