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	MacBook Pro 15-inch and 13-inch non-Retina models occupy the consumer space With all the exhilaration surrounding the debut of Apple's pioneering Retina MacBook Pros, it's easy to overlook that the company also upgraded the rest of its pro laptop lineup. In addition to the Retina MacBook Pro--the justifiable new standard against which Apple's other laptops (indeed all laptops) will now be judged--the company has also updated a pair of 13-inch and a pair of 15-inch non-Retina MacBook Pros. These new "regular" models offer a speed boost over their late-2011 predecessors thanks to brand new processors and video components, and feature updated technology, including USB 3. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue Samsung Galaxy S III review: A rock star phone, but does it deliver? JR Raphael: Samsung Galaxy S III: To buy or not to buy? By the numbers: Microsoft's Surface vs. Apple's iPad Jonny Evans: Apple partner Foxconn says Fall iPhone 5 will be the 'Samsung-killer' Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 rumors 'confirmed': Apple ditches dock connector Lucas Mearian: Apple copied Microsoft with iPad, not the other way around Jonny Evans: Collected: Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina Display torn down, 13-inch model looms Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) release date: NOW (ish) Jonny Evans: Le Web London: Even Google uses iPad at Apple app happy show Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: It's 2016, and Chrome OS is ascendant New group to promote corporate use of iPhones, iPads WHITE PAPER: HP A Framework for Securing Virtualized Data Centers Understand the real need for security solutions that can address the reality of expanding virtualization. You will also learn how HP TippingPoint's secure virtualization framework allows organizations to gain control of the virtual environment by introducing in-line security policy enforcement. Learn more. Samsung Galaxy S III review: A rock star phone, but does it deliver? Samsung's Galaxy S III is one of the most hotly anticipated Android phones ever. So does it actually live up to all the hype? Read More JR Raphael: Samsung Galaxy S III: To buy or not to buy? Samsung's Galaxy S III is getting a lot of attention right now, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the right phone for you. Read More By the numbers: Microsoft's Surface vs. Apple's iPad While there's much more to both Microsoft's new Surface tablet and Apple's iPad than pure specifications, the physical and technological differences between the two are likely to play a part in which one buyers like. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple partner Foxconn says Fall iPhone 5 will be the 'Samsung-killer' The smartphone wars take a new twist as Apple [AAPL] preps the Fall release of the iPhone 5, with Foxconn leader Terry Gou promising the coming smartphone will "put Samsung's Galaxy III to shame," when it ships. Read More Richi Jennings: iPhone 5 rumors 'confirmed': Apple ditches dock connector The iPhone 5 rumors are confirmed (perhaps 'triangulated' would be a better word). Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will ditch the classic 30-pin dock connector that it's used since the early days of iPods. Its replacement will be another proprietary port, again incompatible with anything else. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are either scandalized or can't wait to buy the next shiny. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Get the Strategic Partner Advantage Why are infrastructure and operations personnel embracing strategic business partnership models over those that offer cheaper wares? Learn why Forrester Research, Inc. found that dual-sourcing your network may result in a low-cost, low-value infrastructure. Read Report Lucas Mearian: Apple copied Microsoft with iPad, not the other way around   I'm guilty. When I read the reports of Microsoft's Surface tablets this week, I did a big internal eye roll and thought, "Microsoft copies Apple again." Then today, I saw a very funny post and it reminded me that Microsoft actually came out with the Tablet PC in 2002; it's just that no one cared at the time. Read More Jonny Evans: Collected: Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina Display torn down, 13-inch model looms With the Retina Display MacBook Pro, Apple [AAPL] has set a new standard in notebook achievement. In future all its notebooks will offer this high-res screen, with a 13-inch model set to ship in October, one analyst claims. Read More Richi Jennings: Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) release date: NOW (ish) The Samsung Galaxy S3 (OK then S III) is here. The release date is upon us. Not only that, but the reviews are in. And Samsung has added a surprise enterprisey feature: its SAFE software, integrating with Mobile Device Management (MDM) and adding various security features. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers avoid the boring phrase "iPhone killer." Read More Jonny Evans: Le Web London: Even Google uses iPad at Apple app happy show Le Web, London: The pervasive Apple [AAPL] effect is clear all across Le Web London today: from the massed ranks of MacBook models occupying the media zones to the iPad-toting Web execs marching across the venue halls to the dozens of start-ups earnestly explaining their particular brand of "fun, simple to use" app idea. Seems to me an observable fact that Cupertino's iDevices are defining the content overground. Read More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: It's 2016, and Chrome OS is ascendant The fat client desktop system has ruled computing for 30 years. Could Google Chrome OS and other cloud-based, thin-client systems dominate the next 30? Read More New group to promote corporate use of iPhones, iPads A new group to promote the use of iPhones and iPads in Japanese businesses launched in Tokyo on Thursday. Read More
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