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	Apple to unveil 'iPad Mini' Oct. 17, start sales Nov. 2, claims report Apple will introduce a smaller iPad in two weeks, and if it holds to past practice, will start selling the new tablet in early November, according to a report today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CDW Leverage Unified Communications for Greater Productivity Join CIO magazine, Computerworld, and Network World in a city near you for a dinner discussion on how organizations are successfully extending workforce communication and collaboration to mobile endpoints to drive greater productivity, faster results and especially employee satisfaction. Learn more at: http://events.cio.com/UCDinner In this Issue Poor pre-launch showing plagues Windows 8 Users finding relief from wireless data sticker shock Ultrabook sales fall short of expectations Half of U.S. adults own a smartphone or tablet, Pew survey says AT&T to launch Sony Xperia TL soon No charge for iPhone 5 rogue data usage, says Verizon Verizon launches HIPAA-compliant eHealth cloud service Career advice: Scoring a new-job decision Google Field Trip offers quirky tips about surroundings Oracle and Nokia strike mapping deal Microsoft preps MSN version for Windows 8 and IE 10 5 dysfunctional IT relationships -- and how to repair them Microsoft preps MSN version for Windows 8 and IE 10 Oracle: Java upgrades still worthwhile despite postponed features 11 EU countries complain about Apple's advertising of warranties Red Hat to change JBoss name for community version Jonny Evans: Will.i.am and Simon Cowell seek Apple-like tech talents Preston Gralla: Bad news for Windows 8: Pre-launch adoption numbers are dismal Chris Poelker: 5 simple steps to thwart a data thief WEBCAST: T-Systems Charting a Course for Realizing Business Value in the Cloud Cloud is not simply about delivering IT services. Rather it is about vesting the organization with the agility it must have to respond to challenges and opportunities at the speed of business. Tune into this live webcast - Thursday, October 18, 2012, 2:00 PM, EDT - to learn how to blaze your own pathway to enterprise applications in the cloud. Learn more. Poor pre-launch showing plagues Windows 8 With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8, users are five times less likely to be running the new OS than they were Windows 7 at the same point in its countdown, an analytics firm said today. Read More Users finding relief from wireless data sticker shock In an era when wireless data and phone service can cost a U.S. contract customer more than $1,200 annually, some lower-cost pre-paid options are emerging. Read More Ultrabook sales fall short of expectations Worldwide ultrabook shipments are falling short -- way short-- of expectations, according to a report from IHS iSuppli released Monday. Read More Half of U.S. adults own a smartphone or tablet, Pew survey says Half of U.S. adults now have a mobile connection to the Web through a smartphone or tablet, up sizably from a year ago, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. Read More AT&T to launch Sony Xperia TL soon AT&T will soon launch Sony's Xperia TL smartphone, which features Near Field Communication (NFC) but not LTE wireless. Pricing was not announced. Read More No charge for iPhone 5 rogue data usage, says Verizon Verizon today said that it would not charge iPhone 5 customers for the bits they downloaded before Apple patched a data-draining bug. Read More Verizon launches HIPAA-compliant eHealth cloud service Verizon has launched a hosted service for storing healthcare information for providers and insurers that meets HIPAAs strict privacy and security standards. Read More Career advice: Scoring a new-job decision Premier 100 IT Leader Todd Coombes also answers questions on seeking a mentor and keeping up with changes in the industry. Read More Google Field Trip offers quirky tips about surroundings Google's new Field Trip smartphone application offers users facts, photos and deals within their immediate proximity. The app is a free download from the Google Play store and is coming to iOS and international users soon. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T VoIP Solutions Provide Enterprises With Various Benefits VoIP migration is a top telecom priority for many North American enterprises. Do you know why? Find out in this Forrester study, which reveals the opinions of telecommunications decision-makers like you. Read the report. Oracle and Nokia strike mapping deal Nokia and Oracle have joined forces on mapping, with details of the deal to be announced at the Oracle OpenWorld conference on Monday. Read More Microsoft preps MSN version for Windows 8 and IE 10 Microsoft will debut a major redesign of its MSN consumer web portal with a new layout and navigation scheme optimized for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Read More 5 dysfunctional IT relationships -- and how to repair them Sys admins are from Mars, developers are from Venus, and legal is from hell -- here's how to heal friction among IT factions Read More Microsoft preps MSN version for Windows 8 and IE 10 Microsoft will debut a major redesign of its MSN consumer web portal with a new layout and navigation scheme optimized for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Read More Oracle: Java upgrades still worthwhile despite postponed features Java EE 7 and Java SE 8 will offer new capabilities in JavaScript programming and multicore processors, but PaaS cloud enhancements have been deferred Read More 11 EU countries complain about Apple's advertising of warranties Europe's top consumer watchdog received complaints about Apple's advertising of product warranties from 11 different countries. Read More Red Hat to change JBoss name for community version If the community edition of the JBoss enterprise Java application server could no longer be called JBoss, what other name would you choose? JOpen? JWorker? JFree? JMinion? JBoss community users get to decide. Read More Jonny Evans: Will.i.am and Simon Cowell seek Apple-like tech talents "What would Steve do?" may not be the approach the Apple [AAPL] co-founder urged on his troops following his passing, but the search for talent like his seems set to receive the attention of X-Factor svengali, Simon Cowell in tandem with rapper, Will.i.am; though I hope Cowell's more capable of spotting edgy and interesting tech talent than he displays when selecting what I consider his mundane middle-of-the-road pop picks. Read More Preston Gralla: Bad news for Windows 8: Pre-launch adoption numbers are dismal Early signs point to bad news for Windows 8's launch. The new operating system's pre-launch adoption numbers are extremely low, lagging those of Windows 7 at the same pre-adoption point by a factor of five. Read More Chris Poelker: 5 simple steps to thwart a data thief Anywhere you look these days, it seems you can find a news story in which some poor IT guy explains how his company's systems were hacked and its data stolen. These cyber crimes run the spectrum from teenage kids trying to recreate a scene from the movie "War Games", to something more sinister, like the hacker group Anonymous trying to bring down the U.S. economy. Read More
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