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	Apple reduces iPhone 5 wait time Apple today revised the backorder status of the iPhone 5, saying that new orders would ship in '2-3 weeks,' a week less than the earlier '3-4 weeks' that had plagued the smartphone for almost two months. Read More WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Strategies for Managing Distributed IT Environments Protecting your network architecture continues to be extremely critical. Distributed networking and computing spaces often times go unmanaged. Learn more about the importance of managing these distributed IT spaces including strategies for maintaining availability and energy cost savings opportunities. Learn more. In this Issue Doctors prescribe iPad Mini - a perfect lab coat fit Snow Leopard users: Just try to pry this from my cold, dead hands VirnetX targets iPad Mini, iPhone 5 in new lawsuit after winning $368M judgment against Apple Apple, HTC settle patent suits worldwide Patent settlement a win for HTC, but company still needs better smartphones, analysts say Fourth-generation iPad is faster, stronger, better Video Rapid Review: 13-in. Macbook Pro with Retina Display Microsoft likely to leash iOS Office apps to Office 365, say analysts AT&T reverses FaceTime blocking decision Design, supply issues may be hurting iPhone 5 production Google Maps use in China plummets after iOS upgrade Jonny Evans: Apples's Foxconn/Sharp iPhone supply problem hints industry challenge Jonny Evans: Opinion: Apple's HTC deal shows a Samsung peace is possible Jonny Evans: Apple creatives -- are you ready for the Adobe CS upgrade price rise? Jonny Evans: Report: Apple begins iPhone 5S, iPad 4, Apple TV pre-production for early 2013 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Voice Transformation: Taking the First Steps Voice has been - and will continue to be - a foundational component in business communications. But the aging, disconnected voice infrastructures of today are doing more than just impeding productivity, they're impeding progress. Find out in this AT&T article how to transform voice communication in your enterprise today. Click Here Doctors prescribe iPad Mini - a perfect lab coat fit In a survey, physicians revealed they're excited about the iPad Mini because the smaller-size device fits into their lab coats, yet retains a familiar interface. Read More Snow Leopard users: Just try to pry this from my cold, dead hands Mac owners still running 2009's OS X 10.6 are not about to give up on the operating system, making arguments strikingly similar to those trotted out by diehard Windows XP users. Read More VirnetX targets iPad Mini, iPhone 5 in new lawsuit after winning $368M judgment against Apple The same day it won a $368 million verdict in a patent infringement case against Apple, VirnetX filed a new lawsuit, alleging that the iPad Mini and iPhone 5 violate the same patents, according to court documents. Read More Apple, HTC settle patent suits worldwide Apple and Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC have settled all of their outstanding patent disputes, they said late Saturday. Read More Patent settlement a win for HTC, but company still needs better smartphones, analysts say Analysts say HTC still faces an uphill battle to rebuild its smartphone business amid heated competition, despite reaching a deal with Apple to settle their patent disputes. Read More Fourth-generation iPad is faster, stronger, better The release of the fourth-generation iPad so soon after the third-generation iPad may have come as a surprise to even diehard Apple watchers, but the device itself won't. Read More Video Rapid Review: 13-in. Macbook Pro with Retina Display A quick look at the new 13-in. Macbook Pro with Retina display. 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. Microsoft likely to leash iOS Office apps to Office 365, say analysts Microsoft will probably tie Office apps for the iPhone and iPad to its Office 365 'rental' subscription plans to prevent the mobile apps from cannibalizing sales and to skirt the 'Apple tax,' analysts said today. Read More AT&T reverses FaceTime blocking decision AT&T has reversed its decision to allow Apple iPhone and iPad owners to use Apple's FaceTime videoconferencing application only on the carrier's most expensive data plans or if they are connected to Wi-Fi. Read More Design, supply issues may be hurting iPhone 5 production Stringent iPhone 5 production specifications established by Apple and supply issues with new components like the Lightning port and larger screen could be responsible for Foxconn's delays of the handset, analysts said on Wednesday. Read More Google Maps use in China plummets after iOS upgrade Google's mobile maps product saw its market share in China decline by close to 50% in the third quarter due to Apple switching to its own maps product for its iOS 6 upgrade, according to a Beijing-based research firm. Read More Jonny Evans: Apples's Foxconn/Sharp iPhone supply problem hints industry challenge Foxconn admits iPhone 5 manufacturing isn't meeting supply. This will become a problem for the entire smartphone industry, which is utterly dependent on global capacity to ramp-up production of hard to make components. Foxconn's problem isn't just Apple's but an industry challenge as consumer demand for these devices continues to climb. Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: Apple's HTC deal shows a Samsung peace is possible Following HTC's deal with Apple [AAPL], I wonder just how long Samsung will be able to maintain the fiction that Apple is the only aggressor in their lengthy smartphone war. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple creatives -- are you ready for the Adobe CS upgrade price rise? Creative users should be aware that Adobe will end its discount deal for upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Creative Suite and applications such as Photoshop within the next few weeks. This is the last chance to upgrade your software affordably before effectively becoming locked out of future upgrade paths and being required to pay for the full version. Read More Jonny Evans: Report: Apple begins iPhone 5S, iPad 4, Apple TV pre-production for early 2013 Is Apple preparing to innovate not litigate as it speeds up iPhone release cycles to maintain its place in the smartphone industry? Digitimes claims an iPhone 5S may ship as soon as Q1, with an iPad 4 and Apple television set to follow soon after. Read More
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