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	AMD moves away from Intel rivalry, rethinks course After years of fighting Intel and not fairing so well, Advanced Micro Devices is no longer going to focus on its main chip rival. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Optimizing Inventory Investments Gary Cross (Global Supply Chain Optimization Leader, IBM Center for Business Optimization) discusses the integration of the IBM Dynamic Inventory Optimization solution with the IBM Maximo solution. Listen Now In this Issue Samsung ships test units of performance-boosting mobile chip Mobile industry rolls out gaming rating system HP LaserJet printers vulnerable to attacks, researchers warn Tablets to get faster with PCI Express 4.0 Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone 4S really satisfies as iPhone 5, iPad 3 loom Interest waning on Windows 8 tablet, Forrester says CIO Q&A: How Citrix supports more workers with lower IT budget Sharky: You'll never get promoted to shipping guy that way Cisco data center forecast very cloudy JR Raphael: Hands on: Asus Transformer Prime -- the world's first quad-core tablet IT Blogwatch: iPhone 5 release date nears as 4-inch IGZO screens ship Renesas plans upgrade for Japan chip production to handle major earthquakes IT's most wanted: Mainframe programmers WHITE PAPER: IBM Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning The term virtualization refers to the creation of virtual machines, virtual networks, and virtual disks, (logical images of physical resources) that can execute work and then be returned to a shared resource pool. Cloud computing makes use of virtualization, but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. Read Now Samsung ships test units of performance-boosting mobile chip Samsung on Wednesday said it has started shipping test units of its latest dual-core mobile chip based on ARM's new Cortex-A15 processor design, which could boost the performance of applications and graphics on smartphones and tablets. Read More Mobile industry rolls out gaming rating system Mobile telecom trade group CTIA and the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) will roll out a rating system for mobile applications similar to ratings on other electronic games, the groups announced Tuesday. Read More HP LaserJet printers vulnerable to attacks, researchers warn Millions of HP LaserJet printers contain a security weakness that could allow attackers to take control of the systems, steal data from them and issue commands that could cause them to overheat, according to two researchers from Columbia University. Read More Tablets to get faster with PCI Express 4.0 A speedy successor to PCI data transfer protocols used in PCs and interconnects like Intel's Thunderbolt is being designed with tablets in mind, a standards-setting organization said on Tuesday. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone 4S really satisfies as iPhone 5, iPad 3 loom 'Tis the season of the Apple iPhone 4S, which the latest surveys say is even more "satisfying" than the iPhone 4. The 'iCompany' isn't asleep, it has plans to pile even more pressure on Android next year when the LTE-equipped iPhone 5 and iPad 3 hit the streets. Read on... Read More Interest waning on Windows 8 tablet, Forrester says Interest in tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 is plummeting, Forrester Research said in a study released Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Meeting Network Video Delivery Requirements Businesses are increasingly relying on video to inform, educate and inspire, but video can overwhelm even the most robust networks. Video optimization ensures your infrastructure is able to support all multimedia demands by offloading media servers and delivering a high-quality user experience. Read now! CIO Q&A: How Citrix supports more workers with lower IT budget Citrix CIO Paul Martine is the poster child for everything that Citrix markets to other CIOs. Read More Sharky: You'll never get promoted to shipping guy that way This pilot fish is hired as a production assistant at an outfit that designs semiconductors, but his bosses learn he "knows about computers," and soon he's the IT guy -- but only for desktop computers, not the engineers' workstations. Read More Cisco data center forecast very cloudy Global cloud computing traffic will grow 12-fold from now to 2015, according to a newly released survey from Cisco. Read More JR Raphael: Hands on: Asus Transformer Prime -- the world's first quad-core tablet Asus's Transformer Prime is sleek, sexy, and more powerful than any other tablet to date. So what's it like to actually use? Here are my first impressions. Read More IT Blogwatch: iPhone 5 release date nears as 4-inch IGZO screens ship Apple is believed to be closer to an iPhone 5 release date. The pomaceous company (NASDAQ:AAPL) is rumored to be funding Hitachi and Sony in making 4-inch IGZO (indium, gallium, zinc) displays. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers recall the disappointment of the 4S announcement keynote. Read More Renesas plans upgrade for Japan chip production to handle major earthquakes Renesas Electronics will upgrade its Japanese factories so that they can be up and running within a month after a major quake like the one that struck Japan in March. Read More IT's most wanted: Mainframe programmers As students study other technologies, vendors try to develop new talent and offer tools to fill the gap for these critical systems Read More
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