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	Michael Horowitz: How far has Microsoft fallen? The Surface with Windows RT tablet has fallen off the radar screen. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T Are you ready for cloud services? If you're thinking about cloud services for your organization, ask yourself this question: Are you ready? According to Forrester Research, Inc., that's the most important thing to consider before moving forward with your cloud initiatives. That's why we'd like to offer you a complimentary copy of the Forrester report: Assess Your Cloud Maturity. Get the report now to start planning your cloud services strategy. In this Issue Richi Jennings: Cisco to dump failed Linksys unit, say rumor-mongers Jonny Evans: 2013: Apple's iPad mini gains Retina Display? Preston Gralla: New Windows chief: The tech press doesn't get Windows 8, but newbies do Darlene Storm: Feds spying on innocent Americans just in case we might commit future crimes Sharky: Whatever you want, yeah, that's what it does 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! Richi Jennings: Cisco to dump failed Linksys unit, say rumor-mongers People with (ahem) "knowledge of the situation" say that Cisco is about to sell its Linksys business unit. Cisco bought Linksys almost ten years ago, as part of a strategy to move into consumer and small-business products. Sadly for Cisco CEO John Chambers, that strategy has lost money; this sale will be the latest in a line of closures and divestitures of Cisco's low-end businesses. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers shed few tears for the purveyor of shoddy products that Linksys has become. Read More Jonny Evans: 2013: Apple's iPad mini gains Retina Display? Apple is assembling plans for the next incremental additions to its iPad product range, including a lighter iPad and an iPad mini with improved resolution. Read More WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware A Lower Entry Cost for Desktop Virtualization High entry costs and overall complexity have prevented many SMBs from taking advantage of the benefits of client virtualization. Now HP and VMware have teamed to bring desktop virtualization that delivers results right out of the box. Learn More Preston Gralla: New Windows chief: The tech press doesn't get Windows 8, but newbies do The complaints you've been hearing about problems with the Windows 8 combined tablet-desktop interface aren't due to the operating system's design, says Microsoft's head of Windows product development. Instead, the tech press is too set it in its ways to recognize the power of the new operating system. Newbies, she says, understand Windows 8 more quickly. Read More Darlene Storm: Feds spying on innocent Americans just in case we might commit future crimes Although started in secret, the massive spying powers granted to the National Counterterrorism Center include access to any U.S. government database in order to analyze that stored info for suspicious patterns of behavior or for terrorism indicators. Data on innocent Americans can be collected and stored for five years, just in case you might commit future crimes. All it takes is a notice to be published on the Federal Register and your privacy rights are nonexistent. Read More Sharky: Whatever you want, yeah, that's what it does IT director pilot fish gets a cold call from a sales rep who's obviously new to his IT services organization -- and a little quick research turns up exactly how green he is. Read More
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