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	Apple: No new iMacs for you Although Apple on Tuesday unveiled redesigned iMac desktop computers, it has none to sell, nor is it taking pre-orders for the slimmer, higher-priced all-in-one. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Virtualize Your ADI: Are You Ready to Unbox? Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss the benefits of an updated ADC. Learn more. In this Issue Verizon to ship Galaxy Note II in November Non-volatile memory's future is in software Apple announces hybrid drive technology in Macs The human costs of the iPad Mini: Chemical smells, unpaid overtime, constant work iPad mini first look: Tiny, light but not perfect Surface RT review: Microsoft's bid for a thing of its own AMD says more Windows 8 tablets with its chips coming Microsoft to webcast Windows 8 launch event Thursday Apple struts iPad Mini, goes premium with $329 price HP CEO tells users what she's going to do -- and what she isn't Raw video: Apple intros iPad mini at event in San Jose Samsung Galaxy Note II review: Is bigger really better? Kanji Kindle: Amazon e-reader comes to Japan late, but priced to move RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Verizon to ship Galaxy Note II in November Verizon Wireless, like AT&T, will start shipping the Samsung Galaxy Note II in November, but its subscribers will have to wait a bit longer than users on competing networks. Read More Non-volatile memory's future is in software Specification efforts by the bigiwgs of the server, storage and software industry will soon allow OSes and applications to recognize and take full advantage of new non-volatile memory. Read More Apple announces hybrid drive technology in Macs Apple announced it will be including hybrid drive technology in its new iMac and Mac mini desktops, which will offer flash-like performance with up to 3TB of hard drive capacity. Read More The human costs of the iPad Mini: Chemical smells, unpaid overtime, constant work As Apple prepares to start selling its new iPad Mini, workers at a Chinese factory that manufactures the product have been enduring chemical fumes, 12-hour work shifts and alleged company mismanagement as they assemble the new device. Read More iPad mini first look: Tiny, light but not perfect The iPad mini doesn't arrive in stores until November 2, but we got to spend some time with one on Tuesday after Apple's media event at the California Theater in San Jose. Our conclusion: Yes, it's a small iPad--but there's more (and less) to it than that. Here are our hands-on impressions. Read More Surface RT review: Microsoft's bid for a thing of its own Microsoft has introduced its new Surface RT tablet in an attempt to create a product that will stand out in a crowded consumer marketplace. How well does it succeed? Read More WEBCAST: VCE Boosting Asset Utilization of Vblock Customers This webcast will highlight detailed results from a recent IDC study, sponsored by VCE, of five organizations that have implemented Vblock Systems, and seen dramatic cost savings, vast improvement in deployment times, and reduction in downtime. Learn more. AMD says more Windows 8 tablets with its chips coming Advanced Micro Devices hopes to brush off a slow start to compete against ARM and Intel in the Windows 8 tablet market through new customer announcements and future chips. Read More Microsoft to webcast Windows 8 launch event Thursday Microsoft will webcast the opening hour of its Windows 8 and Surface RT launch Thursday, the company said today. Read More Apple struts iPad Mini, goes premium with $329 price Apple today unveiled the iPad Mini, a smaller tablet starting at $329 that features a 7.9-in. 1024-x-768-pixel display and can run all existing iPad software without modification. Read More HP CEO tells users what she's going to do -- and what she isn't Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman took to the stage at Gartner's Symposium/ITexpo here Wednesday looking to convince customers that that HP is on solid footing. Read More Raw video: Apple intros iPad mini at event in San Jose Apple's Phil Schiller held the iPad mini up to the crowd at the California Theatre in San Jose on Tuesday. Read More Samsung Galaxy Note II review: Is bigger really better? Samsung's Galaxy Note II is big, bright and powerful, with a number of new features. Here's an in-depth look at where it excels -- and where it falls short. Read More Kanji Kindle: Amazon e-reader comes to Japan late, but priced to move The text on Amazon's newest Kindle reads top-to-bottom and right-to-left. Read More
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