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	JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 7 tablet: Hands-on impressions Google's Nexus 7 tablet is here. JR Raphael takes a hands-on look at the new Android tablet and what it's really like to use. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Small and Medium Business Threat Awareness Report How aware are small businesses about cyber threats that impact them? Do they consider the right type of defense against hackers? Find out in the Small and Medium Business Threat Awareness Report. Read Now! In this Issue Preston Gralla: Google's Nexus 7 tablet may force a Windows 8-powered NOOK Google's Nexus 7 could force Apple's hand on 'iPad Mini' Nexus 7 kills Kindle Fire, but isn't up to iPad, analysts say Jonny Evans: Life in the iPhone factories: Apple suppliers still breaking labor laws, report Richi Jennings: Revealed: Nexus 7 tablet specs, reviews, release date: Pre-order now! Jonny Evans: Why Apple beats 'unfair' Samsung Galaxy design in US court Ultimate MacBook Air 2012 models put to the test Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone 5 will be the NFC 'iWallet' rumor claims Apple steals from Windows Update playbook for OS X Mountain Lion Google Now advances search, aims for Apple's Siri Google to give all I/O attendees a tablet, phone and Q cloud streaming device Will the Nexus Q be Google's key to developers' hearts? Google announces Nexus Q to compete with Apple TV Google says new 'Jelly Bean' version of Android coming in July Does Google's $199 tablet target $499 iPad or Kindle Fire? WHITE PAPER: F5 Improve VDI with Scalable Infrastructure Learn how to unburden your VDI infrastructure and gain added security, network performance improvements, and optimizations, while improving the architecture for non-VDI application specific systems. Learn More! Preston Gralla: Google's Nexus 7 tablet may force a Windows 8-powered NOOK Google's new Nexus 7 tablet appears to be a remarkable piece of hardware for its $199 pricetag, so much so that if Microsoft wants to survive in the consumer tablet market, it may need to build a similarly priced Windows 8-NOOK combination tablet. Read More Google's Nexus 7 could force Apple's hand on 'iPad Mini' Google's new Nexus 7 tablet may be aimed more at Amazon and its Kindle Fire than Apple and its iPad, but Apple will not be able to ignore the low-end of the tablet market dominated by 7-in. devices, analysts said today. Read More Nexus 7 kills Kindle Fire, but isn't up to iPad, analysts say Google's $199 Nexus 7 tablet is a device that's more than a competitor to Amazon's Kindle Fire, but not on the same scale as the Apple iPad cohort -- yet, analysts said Wednesday. Read More Jonny Evans: Life in the iPhone factories: Apple suppliers still breaking labor laws, report Treatment of workers across the Apple [AAPL] supply chain returns to the spotlight today following release last night of a highly critical China Labor Watch report. Among other claims the report tells us some workers at Apple suppliers are toiling through up to 150 additional hours of overtime each month. Read More Richi Jennings: Revealed: Nexus 7 tablet specs, reviews, release date: Pre-order now! After the Nexus 7 tablet reveal come the specs, the reviews, and the release date. If you're yelling SUATMM, you can pre-order it now. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is proud to show off its 7-inch baby, running Android 4.1 'Jelly Bean'. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers gorge themselves on the new shiny Asus. Read More Jonny Evans: Why Apple beats 'unfair' Samsung Galaxy design in US court Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction forbidding sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US. The ban is unlikely to impact Samsung's tablet business too much as it only extends to the first-generation Galaxy Tab, but remains a moral victory for Apple, justifying its argument the competing firm copied the iPad design. Read More Ultimate MacBook Air 2012 models put to the test We've posted benchmark results and a full review of the 2012 MacBook Airs, but the work in the lab has not stopped. Apple usually offers optional upgrades that allow you to tailor a standard-configuration system to best suit your individual needs. Macworld Lab ran performance benchmarks on two MacBook Air build-to-order (BTO) models, and the results show that while both custom systems were faster than the high-end stock MacBook Airs, the upgrades to the 11-inch gives a bigger performance bang for the buck. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Capitalizing on the Power of the Smarter Consumer Our survey of more than 30,000 consumers in 13 countries tell us that consumers want to be heard, known and empowered. Savvy retailers will listen to today's smarter, connected consumer and leverage what they learn to empower their customers to shop when and how they want. Learn More. Jonny Evans: Apple iPhone 5 will be the NFC 'iWallet' rumor claims With Google set to reveal Google Wallet 2.0 at Google I/O, no surprise the latest rumors claim NFC (Near Field Communications) might indeed be on its way within iPhone 5. It's time to review the many, many hints and huge quantities of evidence suggesting NFC is indeed on the way to Apple devices. Read More Apple steals from Windows Update playbook for OS X Mountain Lion Apple will boost the frequency of security updates in OS X Mountain Lion and automatically install required patches for users, steps that bring it into line with Microsoft's practices. Read More Google Now advances search, aims for Apple's Siri With its new Google Now smart assistant, Google hopes to take search to another level -- and take on Apple's Siri. Read More Google to give all I/O attendees a tablet, phone and Q cloud streaming device It's hard to one-up skydivers flying into a tech conference while being live-streamed through Google's computerized glasses. But Google's Vic Gundotra might have done that when he told developers that they would be leaving Google I/O with the just-announced Nexus 7 tablet and Nexus Q home streaming device, as well as a Galaxy Nexus 3 smartphone. Read More Will the Nexus Q be Google's key to developers' hearts? Google announced a consumer media-streaming device it calls the Nexus Q at its I/O conference, taking the fight to Apple, which has largely dominated the landscape of music- and video-friendly consumer devices with items including the iPad and Apple TV. Read More Google announces Nexus Q to compete with Apple TV Google announced the Nexus Q streaming device, which will streaming movies and music from the cloud and will compete with direct Apple TV. Read More Google says new 'Jelly Bean' version of Android coming in July Google has taken the wraps off the next version of its Android operating system, known as Jelly Bean, which adds improvements to search, voice typing and notifications. Read More Does Google's $199 tablet target $499 iPad or Kindle Fire? As Google prepares to unveil a highly-anticipated 7-in. tablet for $199 at Google I/O today, a big question lingers: Is the new Nexus 7 intended to take on the $199 Kindle Fire, or the highly popular $499 iPad? Read More
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