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	Richi Jennings: Nexus 5 pictured in Google I/O buildup rumor frenzy #slownewsday ...or perhaps it's an LG Optimus G2? An infamous gadget leaker offers this tantalizing shot of a future LG smartphone. Big whoop, except that there's some evidence that it's the hotly-anticipated Nexus 5. Unless it's the hotly-anticipated Optimus G2, natch. Anyway, it seems to have a 5.5-inch screen. Unless it's 4.7. Oh, what a tangled web we weave... In IT Blogwatch, bloggers got nothing else to talk about. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco The Cisco Unified Workspace Trends such as mobility, virtualization, video, collaboration, knowledge management, and cloud have come to the forefront as companies struggle with how to integrate iPads, tablets, and smartphones into their business and IT models. In response, the Cisco Unified Workspace provides a solution for creating an organization-wide mobility strategy. Learn More. In this Issue Preston Gralla: Here's why Windows 8 will never approach Vista's awfulness Joyce Carpenter: Computing in the commercial age Steve Pate: Cloud security: A real concern or just an excuse? Jonny Evans: Will Apple's flat iOS society please shut up? Barbara Krasnoff: Acer's new Aspire R7 laptop: Innovation for its own sake? Johanna Ambrosio: Playing and working differently Sharky: Hey, Hobson's choice is still a choice, right? WHITE PAPER: serVelocity Is Your Services Organization Leaving Money on the Table? Fully adopting today's service automation technology provides executives the visibility they require to increase profitability at a time when it is sorely needed. Visibility enables actions that optimize key Services margin levers where even small improvements equate to significant bottom line and strategic impact for the company. Learn more. Preston Gralla: Here's why Windows 8 will never approach Vista's awfulness Windows 8 has taken plenty of criticism since its release. But even though it's been called as big a bomb as Vista, Windows 8 will have much more success than that version of Windows. Here's why. Read More Joyce Carpenter: Computing in the commercial age Weather prediction in the 50s. Missile intercepts of UFOs in the 60s. Electronic messages in the 70s. We learned about it through the commercials. Read More Steve Pate: Cloud security: A real concern or just an excuse? Is cloud security the chicken or the egg? Are CSOs playing the 'it's not secure' card to avoid anything that, well, smells like work? Are IT pros rabidly defending their turf because they fear their jobs might also be outsourced, along with their data center? Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Winning Strategies for Omnichannel Banking Research reveals new ways for banks to prosper. Customers are ready for omnichannel experiences. Respond now-learn how to manage the transition to omnichannel banking and reap the rewards of delivering innovative services. Read Now Jonny Evans: Will Apple's flat iOS society please shut up? Apple is working hard to redesign iOS 7. This important project is demanding resources from elsewhere in the company as it abandons some skeumorphic elements to create a cleaner, more user-focused interface. That's all we think we know. But it's time to shut up about it. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Acer's new Aspire R7 laptop: Innovation for its own sake? Innovation is a good thing -- unless it is innovation for its own sake. Acer's new Aspire R7 touchscreen laptop may fall into that latter category. Read More Johanna Ambrosio: Playing and working differently Nick Barber of the IDG News Service attended this week's Human Computer Interaction conference in Paris. Here's some of the cool stuff he saw there. Read More Sharky: Hey, Hobson's choice is still a choice, right? IT manager for this mid-size city really wants a computer used by the business office to be relocated to that area and out of the data center -- but after a year of trying, the business office still refuses to let it happen. Read More
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