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	Surface Pro flops in repairability test, says iFixit Popular do-it-yourself website iFixit today gave Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet the lowest-possible repair score, just 1 out of a possible 10, after spending hours getting the device open. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Reduce Data Protection Complexity Choosing the right data protection solution should not add to the complexity and challenges of meeting the everyday demands of the business. Data protection can be simple to deploy, use and fit into IT's budget, but more importantly make systems, applications and data available 24/7. Learn More In this Issue Should you risk jailbreaking your iPhone? Samsung takes aim at emerging markets with REX phones Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales skyrocket by 124%, should soon overtake Blackberry Intel releases SSD cache acceleration software for Linux servers Richi Jennings: MacBooks now cheaper, still expensive Can a 'nifty' iWatch from Apple catch on? Intel cuts back Itanium plans, raising questions about chip's future U.S. President Obama addresses hacking, cybersecurity during State of the Union Address WHITE PAPER: CDW Corporation High Availability Storage This guide explains HA storage options with a side-by-side comparison of iSCSI vs. FC performance, a discussion of when solid-state drives should be used over hard disk drives and how the London Stock Exchange meets its HA goals. Learn More. Should you risk jailbreaking your iPhone? Chances are, if you don't know the dangers involved, you shouldn't jailbreak. Read More Samsung takes aim at emerging markets with REX phones Samsung Electronics has launched REX, a new series of "smart feature phones" that it will sell in emerging markets. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone sales skyrocket by 124%, should soon overtake Blackberry There's hope for Microsoft in the smartphone market: The most recent sales figures from Gartner show Windows Phone sales growing by more than 124% compared to a year previous. It's now close enough to Blackberry's market share that it should soon overtake it. Read More Intel releases SSD cache acceleration software for Linux servers Intel today released its Cache Acceleration Software for applications running on SSDs inside Linux servers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Network-Attached Storage in the Public Cloud In this paper, after reviewing the key requirements for an enterprise-grade cloud storage system, we introduce Red Hat Storage Server and review the architectural characteristics that make it the storage system of choice for enterprise users. Learn More Richi Jennings: MacBooks now cheaper, still expensive Apple tweaks MacBook line, dropping prices (but not much). Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) isn't selling enough MacBooks, so is trying making them less expensive. Instead of pricing them at the Ludicrous level, they're now set at merely Insane. (Over $2,000 for a reasonably-equipped 13-inch retina MacBook, still seems pricey to your humble blogwatcher, anyway.) In IT Blogwatch, bloggers make like Fry. Or not. 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 Intel cuts back Itanium plans, raising questions about chip's future Intel has scaled back plans for the next version of Itanium in a move that raises questions about the future of the 64-bit server chip, used primarily in Hewlett-Packard's high-end Integrity servers. Read More U.S. President Obama addresses hacking, cybersecurity during State of the Union Address U.S. President Obama talked about signing the cybersecurity executive order and the hacking threat for American businesses during the State of the Union Address on February 12, 2013, in Washington D.C. Read More
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