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	Diary of a disaster: Living off the grid after Superstorm Sandy Tech writer Brian Nadel lasted 10 days without municipal power in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Here's how he kept heat, lights and computers going and what he'll do differently next time. Read More WEBCAST: Cloudera Modernizing Your IT Infrastructure This webinar will speak to businesses expectations of big data, benefits of analytic platforms built on Hadoop, business challenges that led to evaluation of big data technologies, and the framework for success. View Now! In this Issue Microsoft likely to leash iOS Office apps to Office 365, say analysts After a tough year, Intel and HP push ahead on Itanium VirnetX targets iPad Mini, iPhone 5 in new lawsuit after winning $368M judgment against Apple Feds have given $7.7B in EHR money to doctors, hospitals Intel ships 60-core Xeon Phi processor Nvidia, AMD release graphics processors for supercomputing Apple, HTC settle patent suits worldwide In pictures: Google's Nexus 10 tablet Google access returns to China after brief blocking Patent settlement a win for HTC, but company still needs better smartphones, analysts say Why the world isn't ready for the travel app revolution Cray chases clusters with Appro acquisition Manufacturer sues IBM over SAP project 'disaster' Jonny Evans: Report: Apple begins iPhone 5S, iPad 4, Apple TV pre-production for early 2013 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. 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. Read More After a tough year, Intel and HP push ahead on Itanium It has been a rough stretch for Itanium. HP and its customers were startled after Oracle abruptly announced its intent to discontinue software development on HP's Itanium servers. But neither HP nor Intel has backed away from Itanium, and last week's announcements appear to affirm that. 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 Feds have given $7.7B in EHR money to doctors, hospitals The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have dispensed more than $7.7B in reimbursement payments to physicians and hospitals deploying electronic health records. Read More Intel ships 60-core Xeon Phi processor Intel hopes to deliver performance and power-efficiency breakthroughs to servers with the new Xeon Phi family of processors, the first model of which is now shipping to customers, the company said on Monday. Read More Nvidia, AMD release graphics processors for supercomputing Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices on Monday announced high-performance graphics chips for supercomputers. 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 WEBCAST: IBM How to Take Business Analytics to the Next Level By viewing this webcast you will learn how you can implement an effective BA strategy that will deliver maximum strategic value to your company. View Now In pictures: Google's Nexus 10 tablet The Samsung-designed device is the first in the Nexus line to directly challenge the iPad. Read More Google access returns to China after brief blocking Access to Google services in China appeared to return Saturday morning after they were blocked briefly as the country prepares to appoint new leadership. 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 Why the world isn't ready for the travel app revolution Translation apps don't translate into actual usefulness, and the artificial intelligence travel guides don't compute. Mike Elgan explains why. Read More Cray chases clusters with Appro acquisition Cray agreed to acquire server maker Appro International for $25 million in cash as it looks to strengthen its high-performance computing product portfolio. Read More Manufacturer sues IBM over SAP project 'disaster' IBM has been slapped with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by chemical products manufacturer Avantor Performance Materials, which alleges that IBM lied about the suitability of a SAP-based software package it sells in order to win Avantor's business. 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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