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	Google launches Nexus 4 smartphone, Nexus 10 tablet Google on Monday announced a Nexus 4 smartphone, an updated Nexus 7 tablet with a fast cellular connection and a Nexus 10 tablet. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 As Hurricane Sandy hits, social nets light up JR Raphael: Android 4.2, Jelly Bean: The complete FAQ Windows Phone 8 to support popular apps and new features Yahoo to ignore Microsoft's 'Do Not Track' signal from IE10 Consumers unaware of Windows 8, unimpressed with Surface RT NYC shuts parts of lower Manhattan, other areas due to hurricane 17 Starbucks stores get wireless charging in Boston Intel announces faster SSD 335 with 240GB of storage CommVault highlights app snapshots with standalone IntelliSnap software Mining your organization for ideas Supreme Court justices question surveillance secrecy Jonny Evans: Pride: Apple's biggest weakness gives Amazon Kindle easy fire in the iPad mini war Darlene Storm: Blackhat SEO poisoning: Halloween tricks and holiday malware interview Stuart Kippelman: Tablet vs. PC: Let your data decide Patrick Thibodeau: Sandy's IT and climate change benefit RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. Microsoft launches Windows Phone 8 Windows Phone 8, Microsoft's new operating system for cellphones, was launched on Monday and with it the software company's hopes of reclaiming a portion of the fast-growing smartphone market. Read More As Hurricane Sandy hits, social nets light up As Hurricane Sandy roars up the East Coast, residents, news organizations and government agencies are using social networks to get their messages out. Read More JR Raphael: Android 4.2, Jelly Bean: The complete FAQ What's new in Google's Android 4.2 Jelly Bean release, and what'll it mean for you? Here are answers to all of your most pressing questions. Read More Windows Phone 8 to support popular apps and new features Windows Phone 8 smartphones, which officially launched Monday and will ship in November on three U.S. carriers, will support 46 of the top 50 most popular smartphone apps with a Data Sense app for more efficient data usage that will first be supported by Verizon Wireless. Read More Yahoo to ignore Microsoft's 'Do Not Track' signal from IE10 Yahoo plans to ignore "Do Not Track" privacy requests sent by Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE10) browser, calling its ally's unilateral decision "signal abuse" and pointing to a possible rift between the search partners. Read More Consumers unaware of Windows 8, unimpressed with Surface RT Fewer than half of U.S. consumers have heard of Windows 8, hinting that Microsoft faces a tough task convincing buyers that they need to jump on the bandwagon. Read More NYC shuts parts of lower Manhattan, other areas due to hurricane Parts of New York City received mandatory evacuation notices from the governor's office as Hurricane Sandy came ashore Monday. Along with other businesses in the city's financial district, the New York Stock Exchange voluntarily shut down. Read More 17 Starbucks stores get wireless charging in Boston Seventeen Starbucks stores in the Boston area are taking part in a wireless charging pilot program that will allow customers to recharge their phones by placing them on the charging surfaces of tables. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Measuring the Business Value of CI in the Data Center In this IDC research paper, we explore how HP provides a complete portfolio of hardware, software, and services for enabling greater/faster deployment of converged infrastructure solutions in data center environments. Read Now! Intel announces faster SSD 335 with 240GB of storage Intel on Monday announced its latest SSD 335 solid-state drive, which is being pitched as a hard-drive replacement for laptops. Read More CommVault highlights app snapshots with standalone IntelliSnap software In a bid to help large businesses create and manage snapshots of application data across sprawling enterprise environments, CommVault is releasing the snapshot component of its Simpana suite as a standalone product. Read More Mining your organization for ideas Idea management can help your organization stay competitive. Here are 10 best practices for getting the most from it. Read More Supreme Court justices question surveillance secrecy U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned the legitimacy of a law allowing a secretive government surveillance program and the assertion by a government lawyer that some groups couldn't challenge the law in court because they don't know if they've been spied on. Read More Jonny Evans: Pride: Apple's biggest weakness gives Amazon Kindle easy fire in the iPad mini war Amazon [AMZN] is taking the fight to Apple [AAPL], comparing the iPad mini to the Kindle Fire HD and claiming to offer a superior product. The move reflects the critical nature of the post-PC battle to stake a claim in the future of IT. Read More Darlene Storm: Blackhat SEO poisoning: Halloween tricks and holiday malware interview Halloween, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a few of the targeted holiday campaigns that cybercriminals run to spread malware by tainting links shared in social media such Facebook and Twitter, or by poisoning online search results with blackhat SEO methods. Running a search for special events, celebrity deaths, popular news stories, holidays, hot new products and gaming cheat codes can all end up infecting users' computers or mobile devices. This interview with GFI's Jovi Umawing looks at these online Halloween scams, malware trends, and gives tips on how to best protect yourself. Read More Stuart Kippelman: Tablet vs. PC: Let your data decide Will tablets replace the PC? Will the Microsoft Surface tablet cut into iPad market share? Will the broader mobile computing space replace what we know of a desktop and notebook computer? These are questions I'm asked many times a day, and there isn't a clear answer. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Sandy's IT and climate change benefit Sandy is forcing a lot of people to work at home today, and that's a good thing for cutting greenhouse gases. Having fewer cars idling away in traffic must help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Read More
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