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	Windows 8 cheat sheet Windows 8 presents a radically new interface to users, but never fear: Our comprehensive guide will help you find your way around the new OS and make the most of its features. 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. In this Issue iPhone sales boom but iPad disappoints Wall Street With post-PC era comes real OS competition Windows 8 cheat sheet: Visual tour A second look: The mighty Surface RT tablet iPhone jailbreaking still legal in US, but don't meddle with an iPad Nokia drops off from list of top five smartphone vendors Softbank deal validates US rejection of T-Mobile-AT&T merger, Sprint CEO says AMD likely to announce ARM-based server on Monday Apple sells 27 million iPhones but misses profit forecast Sprint hits delays in LTE rollout Richi Jennings: As iPad mini pre-orders start, sales fell 18% 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! iPhone sales boom but iPad disappoints Wall Street Apple on Thursday announced record revenue on the back of booming iPhone sales, but for the second quarter in a row iPad sales came up short of Wall Street's expectations. Read More With post-PC era comes real OS competition Which OS the IT staff at United will use is a question that will be answered in time, but the mere fact that it can investigate all three client device operating systems is a major change for corporate IT. Read More Windows 8 cheat sheet: Visual tour With Windows 8, Microsoft introduces a brand new interface that feels designed more for tablets than for laptops and desktops. We'll help you find your way around the new OS and make the most of its features. Read More A second look: The mighty Surface RT tablet The Surface RT tablet goes on sale starting at $499 for 32 GB on Friday, and it seems to be a rough-and-tumble device. Read More iPhone jailbreaking still legal in US, but don't meddle with an iPad Modifying Apple's iPhone software to install applications not approved by Apple will still be legal under new exemptions to take effect on Sunday in the U.S., but illegal for an iPad and other tablets. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. Nokia drops off from list of top five smartphone vendors Nokia has dropped off the list of the top five smartphone vendors in the third quarter, facing stiff competition from Samsung and Apple globally, and from high-growth vendors like Huawei in China, where Nokia was the dominant player as recently as the third quarter of 2011, research firm IDC said Thursday. Read More Softbank deal validates US rejection of T-Mobile-AT&T merger, Sprint CEO says Softbank's planned US$20 billion investment in Sprint validates the way the U.S. government handled last year's proposed merger of T-Mobile USA and AT&T, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said Thursday. Read More AMD likely to announce ARM-based server on Monday AMD has called a press conference in San Francisco on Monday where it's likely to announce plans for a SeaMicro server based on an upcoming 64-bit processor design from ARM. Read More Apple sells 27 million iPhones but misses profit forecast Apple sold 27 million iPhones and 14 million iPads in the last quarter of 2012, swelling its revenue by 27 percent, but its profits fell short of what analysts had been expecting. Read More Sprint hits delays in LTE rollout Sprint Nextel's deployment of its ambitious Network Vision infrastructure, which includes the gradual rollout of 4G LTE technology, is about three months behind schedule due to several factors, the company said during its financial results call on Thursday. Read More Richi Jennings: As iPad mini pre-orders start, sales fell 18% Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) admits iPad sales fell by almost 18% quarter-on-quarter. That may explain why its profits were less than expected. Nevertheless, iPad mini pre-orders "sold out" of the initial release (whatever that means), as pundits predict the pricey pomaceousnessss will prevail. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers discuss the 7- or 8-inch BYOD market. Read More
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