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	Robert L. Mitchell: Hot IT jobs: Why location matters Local cost of living expenses can negate a higher paying IT job or make a low paying job more lucrative. Here's how to get to the bottom line. Read More 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! In this Issue Richi Jennings: Windows 8 release date soon: Review roundup JR Raphael: Sony announces its Jelly Bean upgrade plans Patrick Thibodeau: Threats and technology from Iran Jonny Evans: New components and Apple's eviction of Samsung impacts iPhone 5 supply JR Raphael: Curious: New Samsung Chromebook doesn't support Netflix Preston Gralla: Microsoft earnings slide highlights problems with Windows 8 Barbara Krasnoff: Hands-on: The Doxie Go mobile scanner is lightweight, simple and handy Madhu Nutakki: Think big about mobile health -- going beyond medical records Sharky: If you don't know, we don't either 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! Richi Jennings: Windows 8 release date soon: Review roundup Friday sees the Windows 8 release date so here are the reviews. There are basically two competing memes: Either Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has totally failed to offer a compelling upgrade to Windows 7, or the new converged operating system is the best thing since... errmm... whatever was best before sliced bread. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers sharpen their knives. Read More JR Raphael: Sony announces its Jelly Bean upgrade plans Which Sony phones will get Android 4.1, Jelly Bean -- and which will get left behind? Today, we have the answer. Read More Patrick Thibodeau: Threats and technology from Iran A video that takes you inside a technology and security trade show in Iran. Read More Jonny Evans: New components and Apple's eviction of Samsung impacts iPhone 5 supply Good news: The iPhone 5 is selling in record-setting quantities. Bad news: Apple, or Foxconn, appear to be facing problems raising production to meet demand, while the move to new component manufacturers to replace Samsung is also posing challenges for the iPad company. Read More WEBCAST: HP & Intel Redefine Expectations in the Data Center Need to do more with less? Watch this video to learn how HP ProLiant Gen8 servers, powered by Intel, can help your business deploy servers three times faster; initiate problem analysis five times faster; increase administrator productivity three times; and experience storage performance six times faster. Learn More! JR Raphael: Curious: New Samsung Chromebook doesn't support Netflix Google's new $249 Samsung Chromebook has a lot of good things going for it, but a curious omission has come to my attention. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft earnings slide highlights problems with Windows 8 To the surprise of the very few, Microsoft's yesterday reported declining earnings, with 22% less net income than a year ago. A closer look at the numbers shows the challenges Microsoft faces with its design choices for Windows 8. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Hands-on: The Doxie Go mobile scanner is lightweight, simple and handy There are a variety of small and portable scanners available for those who need on-the-spot scanning abilities. One of the latest to come up is Apparent's Doxie Go, a compact, battery-powered mobile scanner. Read More Madhu Nutakki: Think big about mobile health -- going beyond medical records One of the many miracles that the smartphone has delivered is an entirely new kind of patient. The Empowered Patient is an active manager of his or her health. Once, the Empowered Patient connected with their doctor and managed their health online. Now, with a smartphone in hand, they use mobile apps to connect anytime, anywhere., But these activities seem almost traditional compared with what is to come. Read More Sharky: If you don't know, we don't either User calls this pilot fish in a panic because email freezes up when the user tries to send a certain message. It looks like the email client will need to be reloaded. But there's just one more question. Read More
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