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	Kindle Fire sold out in less than a year The Kindle Fire has been snuffed out -- in a good way. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services Become a Cloud expert at AWS re: Invent Amazon Web Services invites you to AWS re:Invent, our first global customer and partner conference. Hear how companies are migrating their IT applications to the Cloud. Learn best practices for managing security, monitoring your resources, optimizing performance, and cutting costs. Get your questions answered by AWS experts to help you get started. Register today for AWS re: Invent, the largest gathering ever of the AWS community. In this Issue Raw video: Lenovo exec on Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet WD: New Thunderbolt desktop hard drive is faster than SSD Slimmer iPhone 5 display could boost battery capacity 40%, says analyst Best new ultrabooks Patrick Thibodeau: Innovation is the most abused word in tech Lenovo targets Google Nexus 7 with $299 Android tablet Jonny Evans: Apple, Samsung tablet war could be good for consumers HP announces Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with Windows 8 IFA 2012: Dell unveils Windows RT tablet, hybrid laptop HTC launches entry-level Android smartphone with Dropbox Barbara Krasnoff: Procrastinators are us: Do you need a to-do app? IFA 2012: Sony shows new tablet PC, smartphones Best BYOD management: Containment is your friend 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. Raw video: Lenovo exec on Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet The recent move by Microsoft to compete against its computer-maker customers and launch its own tablet PC is a good thing for the market, a senior executive of Lenovo said Thursday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. Read More WD: New Thunderbolt desktop hard drive is faster than SSD Western Digital today released two new external hard drives, one of which it says has the performance of a solid-state drive at less than half the cost. Read More Slimmer iPhone 5 display could boost battery capacity 40%, says analyst If Apple uses a new, thinner display in its next iPhone, the battery could pack as much as 40% more capacity than the current 4S, said Shawn Lee, a research director at DisplaySearch. Read More Best new ultrabooks A wave of ultrabooks -- light, thin laptops that have more capabilities and fewer compromises than ever -- is hitting the market. Here's a look at some of the current crop Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Innovation is the most abused word in tech The iPad is about as innovative as the toaster. You can still read books without an iPad, and you can still toast bread without a toaster. True innovation radically alters the way we interact with the world. But true innovation may be in danger, a new paper argues. Read More Lenovo targets Google Nexus 7 with $299 Android tablet Lenovo is challenging Google's Nexus 7 tablet with a new range of affordable IdeaTab tablets, which start at $299 and have the Android 4.0 OS. Read More WHITE PAPER: M*Modal Meaningful Use, ICD-10, RAC & ACOs This white paper describes the risks associated with the lack of a core HIT strategy; identifies HIT strategies that can help manage the complex clinical documentation challenges associated with ICD-10, RAC and ACOs; and provides an overview of existing and emerging technologies that have significant impact on addressing these challenges. Learn More Jonny Evans: Apple, Samsung tablet war could be good for consumers The news for consumers isn't that Apple has stopped innovation. It has merely moved to prevent imitation. That's great news for because it suggests tablet and smartphone manufacturers will now begin to explore different sizes, shapes and capabilities for their hopefully uniquely-designed devices. This means it is possible consumers will benefit from even more choice within device categories as a result.  Read More HP announces Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with Windows 8 Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced an Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid device with the Windows 8 OS, signaling the company's re-entry into the consumer tablet market, which it abandoned after the highly publicized failure of its TouchPad product. Read More IFA 2012: Dell unveils Windows RT tablet, hybrid laptop Dell unveiled the XPS 10 tablet computer and XPS Duo 12 hybrid computer at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Read More HTC launches entry-level Android smartphone with Dropbox HTC has launched the Desire X, which has integrated cloud storage and a camera that can shoot video and take pictures at the same time, the company said on Thursday. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Procrastinators are us: Do you need a to-do app? If you're like me, and can't seem to cut down on your list of things to-do, you may want to try a to-do app. Read More IFA 2012: Sony shows new tablet PC, smartphones Sony unveiled a new tablet PC, the Xperia Tab, and three new cell phones at the IFA Berlin show Read More Best BYOD management: Containment is your friend New containerization technologies can help BYOD initiatives succeed by creating separate spaces on smartphones for work and personal use. Read More
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