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	JR Raphael: Android 4.2 and the ghost of 2.4 Think the hotly rumored Android 4.2 release is a sure thing? Think again. A look back at Android upgrade history shows us just how dangerous jumping to conclusions can be. Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware A Lower Entry Cost for Desktop Virtualization High entry costs and overall complexity have prevented many SMBs from taking advantage of the benefits of client virtualization. Now HP and VMware have teamed to bring desktop virtualization that delivers results right out of the box. Learn More In this Issue Richi Jennings: AMD Hondo Z-60 APU is 'perfect' for Windows 8 ... or not Preston Gralla: Microsoft promises to sell 400 million Windows 8 devices in 9 months. Is it just bluster? Darlene Storm: 4chan & Anonymous target director of Smiley Halloween horror movie Eric Berridge: Cloud ROI: Of the people, by the people, for the people Michael Horowitz: iPhone users get a lesson in Defensive Computing Preston Gralla: Microsoft: We're making no projections about Windows 8 sales Shark Tank: Because users love having the latest version WEBCAST: Oracle Optimizing Data Center Infrastructure IDC's proven ROI methodology makes the business case, with quantifiable financial benefits, to refresh data center systems infrastructure. Learn more Richi Jennings: AMD Hondo Z-60 APU is 'perfect' for Windows 8 ... or not AMD says its new Z-60 chip, codenamed Hondo, is a perfect fit for Windows 8 tablets and convertibles. The new accelerated processing unit (APU) claims lower power drain than an Intel Core i3 and better graphics. However, power economy doesn't compare well at the low end, where Intel offers its latest Atom parts. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers compare and contrast. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft promises to sell 400 million Windows 8 devices in 9 months. Is it just bluster? Microsoft recently said it would sell 400 million Windows 8 devices by July 1. On the face of it, such numbers sound impossible to reach. Can Microsoft really do it? Read More Darlene Storm: 4chan & Anonymous target director of Smiley Halloween horror movie Smiley, a low budget Halloween horror film, is about a college student who learns of an urban legend on 4chan's /b/ board involving a mysterious and masked serial killer named "Smiley" that can be summoned via the Internet. The power of social network sharing is part of the marketing, but now the 4chan and Anonymous collectives have targeted director Michael Gallagher, aka TotallySketch. Since the prerelease of the horror movie, Gallagher has been spammed with at least 40 harassing calls, texts, emails and voicemails every minute, including death threats. There have been so many threats, that the FBI is allegedly deciding whether or not to open an investigation into the 'bizarre, life-imitates-art situation.' Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! Eric Berridge: Cloud ROI: Of the people, by the people, for the people All else aside, maximizing ROI on your company's cloud investment really boils down to how well it works for your people. Read More Michael Horowitz: iPhone users get a lesson in Defensive Computing Beware new software. It's a tried and true pillar of Defensive Computing. With iOS version 6, iPhone users are learning this lesson the hard way. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft: We're making no projections about Windows 8 sales A top Microsoft executive said that the company will sell 400 million Windows 8 devices in its first nine months -- but Microsoft has officially disavowed that projection, saying that "we aren't making any predictions" about Windows 8 sales before launch. Read More Shark Tank: Because users love having the latest version This office has several remote users who connect from home to the actual physical PCs in their office, and they're pretty good about letting the IT support staff know about issues -- but they're not exactly computer savvy. Read More
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