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	Microsoft quietly raises prices of Mac Office by up to 17% Microsoft has quietly raised prices of Office for the Mac as much as 17% and stopped selling multi-license packages of the application suite. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExaGrid Addressing the Broken State of Backup Check out the new report featuring Gartner Research, "Addressing the Broken State of Backup". Find out how to get faster, more reliable backup and disaster recovery by modernizing your backup systems. Learn more. In this Issue B is for browser: An homage to 12 Web greats Jonny Evans: Is this the Apple iWatch? Patents say it could be... Can a 'nifty' iWatch from Apple catch on? Apple cuts MacBook Pro, Air prices as much as 15% Will Apple envy wreck Samsung? Apple CEO shoots down idea of cheap new iPhone Apple takes blame for iOS 6.1-Exchange battery-draining bug, promises patch Should you risk jailbreaking your iPhone? Apple is Japan's top phone maker in 2012, says research firm Opera moves to the WebKit rendering engine Judge wants second Apple-Samsung case put on hold Jonny Evans: Rumor: Samsung plans Apple 'iWatch' competition Jonny Evans: Apparently, Apple's iPad is king of Valentine's Day gifts, so skip the roses Preston Gralla: Microsoft will lose $2.5B a year if it doesn't launch Office for the iPad, says Morgan Stanley Jonny Evans: Fantasy: Apple, don't make an 'iCar' -- an 'iBike' makes much more sense Jonny Evans: Apple's new iPad TV ads put apps at the heart of the tablet wars WHITE PAPER: Cisco The Total Economic Impact of Desktop Virtualization Forrester interviewed four existing Cisco customers and found that a composite company experienced a risk-adjusted ROI of 72% with desktop virtualization based on VXI. Learn about the potential costs, benefits, and total economic impact. Read Now B is for browser: An homage to 12 Web greats In honor of Mosaic's 20th birthday, join us for an alphabetical appreciation of 12 of history's great windows on the Web. Read More Jonny Evans: Is this the Apple iWatch? Patents say it could be... Pundits everywhere are speculating on what, why and when will be the Apple iWatch. What follows are several great patent-based ideas -- along with the best rendered images I've seen yet.... Read More Can a 'nifty' iWatch from Apple catch on? A watch that doubles as a computer and two-way radio has been a technology vision since at least the 1950s. But if recent reports that Apple's interested in an 'iWatch' are true, would such a device sell? Read More Apple cuts MacBook Pro, Air prices as much as 15% Apple today dropped prices of its Retina-equipped 13-in. MacBook Pro by as much as $300, and lowered the price of its top-end MacBook Air by $100. Read More Will Apple envy wreck Samsung? Samsung is tired of watching Apple run away with most of the money in mobile and is making a big play to become like Apple -- a company that makes not only the hardware, but also the software and the store where you buy stuff. Read More Apple CEO shoots down idea of cheap new iPhone Apple will not create a new, inexpensive iPhone just for the sake of offering a cheaper alternative, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a speech on Tuesday. Read More Apple takes blame for iOS 6.1-Exchange battery-draining bug, promises patch Apple yesterday confirmed that a bug in iOS 6.1 causes devices to aggressively ping Microsoft Exchange email servers, shortening iPhone and iPad battery life. Read More Should you risk jailbreaking your iPhone? Chances are, if you don't know the dangers involved, you shouldn't jailbreak. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc. In-the-Cloud Email Service Replaces Three Point Products Read this case study for more information on a comprehensive in-the-cloud email service to help replace three point products. Learn More. Apple is Japan's top phone maker in 2012, says research firm Apple sold more phones in Japan than any other manufacturer last year, rising above local manufacturers for the first time, according to a research firm. Read More Opera moves to the WebKit rendering engine Creating some consternation in the Web development community, Opera Software is switching from a home-built rendering engine to the more widely used open-source WebKit, now employed in the Apple Safari and Google Chrome browsers. Read More Judge wants second Apple-Samsung case put on hold The judge overseeing Apple's two lawsuits against Samsung in California has indicated she would like to put the second case on hold pending resolution of the first case, the trial for which ended last summer with a big win for Apple. Read More Jonny Evans: Rumor: Samsung plans Apple 'iWatch' competition News today is that it's not only Apple that has designs on some form of connected watch -- the company's ex-partner, Samsung, is also applying its design teams to the task of making a similar device, as both firms continue their "thermonuclear" battle for space in the unfolding evolution of post-PC devices Read More Jonny Evans: Apparently, Apple's iPad is king of Valentine's Day gifts, so skip the roses Apple is developing -- and it seems pretty clear this will be next year's hottest Valentine's Day gift. Why? Because if you want to impress your sig.other this year you can skip the diamonds, chuck those flowers in the trash and cancel that 'Valentine's Day Lover's Set Meal' reservation at the local restaurant, because 2013's hot gift for lovers seems to be -- an iPad. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft will lose $2.5B a year if it doesn't launch Office for the iPad, says Morgan Stanley Microsoft will forgo serious revenue if it doesn't launch a full-blown version of Office for the iPad -- an estimated $2.5 billion a year, according to a Morgan Stanley analyst. Even though the math is wrong, don't be surprised to eventually see Office for the iPad, no matter what Steve Ballmer has recently said. Read More Jonny Evans: Fantasy: Apple, don't make an 'iCar' -- an 'iBike' makes much more sense There's some discussion speculating may one day move to introduce a connected vehicle, dubbed (and why not) 'iCar'; but perhaps the company could achieve something far more wonderful and grab huge sales in the developing markets with another mode of transportation it might take a firm with $130 billion in the bank to achieve, an iBike. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's new iPad TV ads put apps at the heart of the tablet wars Apple published two new iPad ads ('Alive' and 'Together') last night. In bot, the company focuses on the biggest hard to emulate strength of its market-leading tablet: its 300,00-strong app empire. Read More
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