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	Richi Jennings: Microsoft is/isn't buying Nokia. Does anyone Care? Merger talks irrevocably fail. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) isn't buying Nokia (HEL:NOK1V)(NYSE:NOK), after all, we're told. But Huawei might be. Seems like, despite earlier appearances, Ballmer and Elop don't get along. Good news for Samsung, Google and Apple; but bad news for mobile-platform diversity. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the future shape of the smartphone market. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8 What Phone Features Should Every Small Business Have? In this this informative eBook, USA TODAY small business columnist Steve Strauss explains in plain English why VoIP is such a good idea for small business and shows how the many powerful, affordable features available from 8x8 can make your business more efficient. Read Now. In this Issue Jonny Evans: Pegatron CEO confirms Apple's not so 'cheap' iPhone mini Preston Gralla: Will Windows 8.1 kick Windows 8 'Modern' developers to the curb? JR Raphael: How to make your whole home screen look like Google Play Jonny Evans: Apple's unreleased iOS 7 usage already on the rise Matt Hamblen: In the Snowden era, here's one true hero for freedom of information JohnWThompson: Embracing digital technologies and building an agile infrastructure Sharky: Of course it's all secure -- we do audits WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Storage Resource Management Suite Learn how you can visualize applications to storage dependencies, analyze configurations and capacity growth, and optimize your environment to improve storage management efficiency. Learn more. Jonny Evans: Pegatron CEO confirms Apple's not so 'cheap' iPhone mini Pegatron's boss has spilled the beans on Apple's big secret, saying the company is building an iPhone nano/mini/light but warning that while this will be a little cheaper than the top of the line iPhone these things won't be "cheap". Read More Preston Gralla: Will Windows 8.1 kick Windows 8 'Modern' developers to the curb? Microsoft will release a test version of Windows 8.1 at its BUILD developers conference next week, but there's a chance that Windows update could go a long way towards hurting those developers, and slowing app growth in the Windows Store. Is there anything Microsoft can do to combat that? Read More JR Raphael: How to make your whole home screen look like Google Play Google's Android services are looking pretty sharp these days -- and with a few minutes of setup, you can make your phone's home screen follow their lead. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Backup and Recovery Changes This IDC Whitepaper provides an overview of the forces driving change within today's IT organizations and data centers and discusses how backup and recovery can enable or hinder broader IT infrastructure and business transformation. Learn more. Jonny Evans: Apple's unreleased iOS 7 usage already on the rise When it comes to iOS upgrades, Apple [AAPL] runs a slick operation -- so slick that developers are already experiencing more traffic from users of the as yet unreleased iOS 7 than they do the two year-old iOS 5. Read More Matt Hamblen: In the Snowden era, here's one true hero for freedom of information Edward Snowden is being called both a traitor and hero for leaking classified details about U.S. surveillance programs. The discussion about his enemy-or-hero status took on new meaning for me last night when I heard a true American hero speak at a Society of Professional Journalists banquet at the University of Richmond in Virginia. Read More JohnWThompson: Embracing digital technologies and building an agile infrastructure Organizations are looking to leverage social media to speed up the sharing of information and enable better and faster decision making. When I ask where their business priorities stand for the coming year, I consistently hear about a few other key priorities. Read More Sharky: Of course it's all secure -- we do audits Network security pilot fish is working for a big publishing company when something genuinely disturbing turns up in an audit: more than a million files that can be rewritten by almost anyone. Read More
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