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	Drama in NYC as data center temp passes 100 degrees There's real-time drama unfolding at one of the data centers operating at 111 8th Ave. in NYC, a Google-owned building that occupies a full city block. 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 JR Raphael: Exclusive: Inside Android 4.2's powerful new security system Windows 8 uptake remains listless after public launch First iPad Mini teardown reveals few surprises Hurricane Sandy: Backup generators fail at major New York hospitals Intel researchers work on new way to display, share images Video: Intel demonstrates its Display without Borders technology Microsoft launches hosted ALM service Samsung to get another crack at questioning Apple's Phil Schiller Microsoft plans to tie Yammer, Skype to its CRM application Facebook, others back Linaro's Linux-on-ARM project Microsoft to team with NTT DoCoMo, pitch Windows 8 tablets for business Intuit ties QuickBooks to Demandforce marketing software RedPrairie agrees to buy JDA Software for $1.9B Jonny Evans: Apple slapped for Samsung statement, but come on, give peace a chance Preston Gralla: Windows 8 adoption rate lags early Windows 7 adoptions by a five-to-one margin WHITE PAPER: Autonomy, an HP company Data Protection in the Cloud This paper defines cloud computing, how a private cloud benefits organizations in achieving their information governance goals, and offers best practices for secure cloud adoption. Read Now! JR Raphael: Exclusive: Inside Android 4.2's powerful new security system Android 4.2 is chock-full of new features, but one of the most significant changes to the software is something you might not notice at a glance. Read More Windows 8 uptake remains listless after public launch Driven by millions of upgrades, Windows 8's global usage share climbed by a third last month, but the new OS's adoption pace remained lethargic compared to that of its predecessor three years ago. Read More First iPad Mini teardown reveals few surprises The first teardown of an iPad Mini showed few surprises, but the team that took apart Apple's new smaller tablet said it was 'extremely difficult' for do-it-yourselfers to repair Read More Hurricane Sandy: Backup generators fail at major New York hospitals Devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy forced at least two major hospitals and a data center in lower Manhattan to resort to backup generators fueled by diesel for power. In these cases the backup processes failed Read More Intel researchers work on new way to display, share images Intel researchers are working on a new way to display photos and videos, making them more social and collaborative.Pictures and video can be rearranged, enlarged with just a touch on walls, tables Read More Video: Intel demonstrates its Display without Borders technology Manny Vara, senior technology evangelist for Intel, demonstrates a new display technology the company's researchers are working on. The Display without Borders tech would make it easier for people to share and collaborate on images and videos. Read More Microsoft launches hosted ALM service After a year in beta, Microsoft has launched its Team Foundation Service, a hosted version of its application lifecycle management (ALM) software. Its usage, for the time being, has been limited to five or fewer users, however. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware Forrester: Business Value of Virtualization Forrester interviewed individuals responsible for the IT infrastructure and architecture and asked executives to rate the benefits received from consolidating servers, performing business continuity/disaster recovery, reclaiming data center capacity, and executing similar initiatives. Read Now! Samsung to get another crack at questioning Apple's Phil Schiller Apple executive Phil Schiller will have to provide further testimony to lawyers for Samsung Electronics as part of the appeal proceedings related to their big patent infringement case, a California court ordered Thursday. Read More Microsoft plans to tie Yammer, Skype to its CRM application Microsoft is preparing to release an update to its Dynamics CRM Online software that will feature a new user experience as well as tie-ins to its Yammer social networking software and Skype communication platform, the company announced Thursday. Read More Facebook, others back Linaro's Linux-on-ARM project Facebook, Red Hat, Hewlett-Packard and other big vendors have joined a project to develop Linux OS software for the upcoming generation of ARM-based servers, the companies announced Thursday. Read More Microsoft to team with NTT DoCoMo, pitch Windows 8 tablets for business Microsoft said it will team up with Japan's largest mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo, to push Windows 8 on tablets to corporate customers. Read More Intuit ties QuickBooks to Demandforce marketing software Intuit has integrated the online marketing software gained through its $423.5 million acquisition of Demandforce with its QuickBooks accounting software, giving small businesses a way to make closer connections with customers, the company announced Thursday. Read More RedPrairie agrees to buy JDA Software for $1.9B RedPrairie is merging with fellow supply-chain software vendor JDA in a deal worth roughly $1.9 billion, the companies announced Thursday. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple slapped for Samsung statement, but come on, give peace a chance The UK court may have reprimanded Apple for its Samsung statement but I already know it's likely I'll always feel Apple [AAPL]is justified in thinking Google was inspired by many of its iOS ideas when it came to development of the Android OS. That's my personal opinion at this time. But I also think it's time to stop fighting and get back to inventing. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8 adoption rate lags early Windows 7 adoptions by a five-to-one margin The early results for Windows 8 adoptions likely won't please Microsoft: Net Applications reports that only 0.45% of Windows computers in October used Windows 8. That compares to a much higher adoption rate of 2.33% for Windows 7 during its October launch three years ago. Read More
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