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	Lenovo opens first U.S. manufacturing plant Lenovo on Tuesday said it will open its first computer manufacturing plant in the U.S., where it will make laptops, PCs and tablets sold under its Think brand. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial In this Issue Timing your move into disruptive technologies Nissan previews self-driving car Sharky: Either that or it's a memory leak No HP smartphone next year Web pages load 9% faster over LTE on Galaxy S III than iPhone 5 HP offers weak outlook, will cut 25 percent of PC models Rohm shows tiny fuel cells for smartphones, aims for launch next year Ray Kurzweil at DEMOfall 2012 Jonny Evans: Opinion: Apple's iPad mini, developers and the future world of intelligent machines Cell phone location data not private, Feds argue IBM drops Power7+ in high-end Unix servers Desktop chip price battle looms as AMD prices Trinity aggressively WEBCAST: VMware Virtualizing Exchange KnowledgeVault The Virtualizing Exchange KnowledgeVault contains concise videos on topics related to running Microsoft Exchange in a virtualized environment. View Now! Timing your move into disruptive technologies Though product cycle times are accelerating, the underlying technologies unfold over many years. Read More Nissan previews self-driving car Watch out Google, here comes Nissan: The Japanese car maker has unveiled a concept car based on the all-electric Leaf that is able to drive and park itself. Read More Sharky: Either that or it's a memory leak Flashback to the days of green-screen monitors, when this IT vendor support tech gets a call from a metal fabrication plant -- and according to the calerl, a computer is leaking oil. Read More No HP smartphone next year Hewlett-Packard has no plans to launch a smartphone next year but will need to sell one eventually to avoid missing out on "a huge segment of the population," CEO Meg Whitman said Wednesday, clarifying remarks she made last month. Read More Web pages load 9% faster over LTE on Galaxy S III than iPhone 5 The Samsung Galaxy S III loads Web pages 9% faster over LTE wireless than Apple's new iPhone 5, according to tests by Strangeloop Networks, a vendor of network optimization software. Read More HP offers weak outlook, will cut 25 percent of PC models Hewlett-Packard has outlined a turnaround plan that includes slashing the number of PC models it sells by 25 percent over the next two years. 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. Rohm shows tiny fuel cells for smartphones, aims for launch next year Rohm is showing tiny hydrogen fuel cells meant for charging portable gadgets at the Ceatec exhibition in Japan. Read More Ray Kurzweil at DEMOfall 2012 Well-known author, entrepreneur and futurist Ray Kurzweil talks about mapping the human brain, the continuing evolution of technology and continued rise of artificial intelligence from the DEMOfall 2012 show in Santa Clara, Calif. Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: Apple's iPad mini, developers and the future world of intelligent machines Apple has begun iPad mini production, The Wall Street Journal confirms, but smartphones and tablets are just the hors d'ouevre for what's ahead, with app developers predicting a future in which mobile devices, iPads and iPhones, become part of everything we touch as we enter the world of intelligent machines. Read More Cell phone location data not private, Feds argue Individuals have no reasonable expectation of privacy in historical cell phone location data collected by phone companies, a federal prosecutor said in oral arguments Monday before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Read More IBM drops Power7+ in high-end Unix servers IBM has started to roll out a new processor for its Power family of servers, a staggered affair that will start with higher-end systems and eventually reach the midrange and low-end boxes. Read More Desktop chip price battle looms as AMD prices Trinity aggressively A pricing battle is looming in the desktop chip market after Advanced Micro Devices shipped aggressively priced Trinity desktop chips, which might prompt a price-reduction response from Intel, analysts said. Read More
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