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	Tablet sales skyrocketing, driven by iPad mini, Android demand The latest predictions from researcher IDC show a continuing increase in tablet sales from the end of 2012 all the way through 2016, according to the company's latest Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc A Guide to Cloud Email Archiving Many companies are tackling the challenge of email archiving head-on with cloud-based solutions that scale to business growth, conform to regulatory mandates, and deliver low operational costs. We suggest a solution that emphasizes scalable cloud-base storage, secure access and high availability. Read now In this Issue Apple consistently convinces customers to upgrade OS X JR Raphael: Android 4.2 random reboots: What's going on? New 'Dockster' malware targets Apple computers iPad Mini cannibalization may add just 3M to Apple's tablet sales, says analyst Apple on track to meet 100-market target for iPhone 5 roll-out Apple boosts iOS iWork suite's Office doc compatibility Jonny Evans: LeWeb: Ex-Apple execs talk Steve Jobs and product design Jonny Evans: Apple iTunes puts Beatles for sale in Russia: why Steve Jobs would smile RIM demos key features in BlackBerry 10 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. Apple consistently convinces customers to upgrade OS X Unlike rival Microsoft, Apple has consistently been able to get a significant portion of its Mac customers to quickly upgrade to the newest version of OS X, data from a Web measurement company showed. Read More JR Raphael: Android 4.2 random reboots: What's going on? Google's Android 4.2 release introduces some interesting new features, but it also introduces some pesky new bugs -- including one that causes devices to randomly reboot. So what gives? Read More New 'Dockster' malware targets Apple computers A new piece of malicious software targeted at Apple users has been found on a website dedicated to the Dalai Lama, but one security vendor is labeling it as low risk. Read More iPad Mini cannibalization may add just 3M to Apple's tablet sales, says analyst An aggressive iPad Mini cannibalization rate could add as few as 3 million tablets to Apple's bottom line in what is shaping up to be a record total for the quarter, an analyst said today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Socialtext 6 Ways to Achieve Business Goals from Social Software This practical guide shows you six different ways to achieve your business goals using social software. It will help you choose the best social software approach for your enterprise - with the right balance of risk and reward - so you can get the business results you're looking for. Read Now! Apple on track to meet 100-market target for iPhone 5 roll-out Apple today said that the iPhone 5 will reach retail in South Korea on Dec. 7 and another 54 countries later this month. Read More Apple boosts iOS iWork suite's Office doc compatibility Apple yesterday updated its iWork suite -- Pages, Numbers and Keynote -- for the iPad and iPhone, beefing up compatibility with Microsoft's Office. Read More Jonny Evans: LeWeb: Ex-Apple execs talk Steve Jobs and product design There's a host of interesting insights for Apple watchers emerging from LeWeb this week, where iPod Daddy, Tony Fadell, discussed the smart home and Apple's recently departed European vice president, Pascal Cagni, revealed he got his job because he "wasn't a salesman, but a product guy", and hinted the company won't get into the smart home just yet... Read More Jonny Evans: Apple iTunes puts Beatles for sale in Russia: why Steve Jobs would smile It's a shame Steve Jobs didn't live to see it, but Apple this morning achieved something that would have seemed utterly impossible not too long ago -- it put The Beatles on sale in Russia, when it expanded iTunes into numerous new countries. Read More RIM demos key features in BlackBerry 10 Reseach In Motion will launch the BlackBerry 10 operating system on January 30, 2013. Ahead of that launch Jeff Gadway, a RIM senior manager, stopped by IDG to demonstrate some of the main features. The phone is a development handset. Read More
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