Tablet downsizing trend to quicken in second half of 2013

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	Tablet downsizing trend to quicken in second half of 2013 The shift toward smaller tablets will accelerate in the second half of the year when a slew of tablet makers, including Apple, introduce new models with screens 8-in. or smaller, said Richard Shim, an analyst with DisplaySearch. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp Eliminating the Need for WAN Acceleration Using the Cloud Download this white paper to learn about how the cloud is an exciting new alternative to traditional WAN acceleration. Learn More. In this Issue The Microsoft breakup that never happened Expanded '2-person rule' could help plug NSA leaks Microsoft slashes Surface RT prices by 60% for schools Power to the people: AT&T sets up free mobile charging stations in NYC Startup beams your text msgs to extraterrestrials Office Mobile for the iPhone enters an already-crowded field U.S. officials claim surveillance programs helped stop 50 terrorist plots Video brew: Worried about the NSA? Try the postal service instead Google puts $7M into fighting child abuse online NASA needs help hunting down killer asteroids Source code for Carberp financial malware is for sale at bargain price HP shakes up management team of PC division Huawei's Ascend P6 smartphone has 5-megapixel front camera to watch you Google Glass raises international privacy concerns Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite Japan's NHK develops robot camera array for Matrix-like effects Jonny Evans: Apple is planning a liquid-cooled iPhone (and so are Samsung and HTC) JR Raphael: How to make your whole home screen look like Google Now Preston Gralla: With 4 million unsold Surface tablets, Microsoft slashes prices for schools WHITE PAPER: HP 6 Steps to Application Performance Optimization Poor application performance can cost more than you think. In fact, Enterprise Management Associates reports that it can exceed $1 million per hour in large enterprises. Read Now! The Microsoft breakup that never happened Thomas P. Jackson, the former federal judge who in 2000 ruled that Microsoft should be split into two companies, died Saturday. What if his ruling, overturned before it could be implemented, had gone into effect? Read More Expanded '2-person rule' could help plug NSA leaks The National Security Agency is creating new processes aimed at making it harder for systems administrators to misuse privileged access to agency systems, NSA officials told the U.S. House Intelligence Committee Tuesday. Read More Microsoft slashes Surface RT prices by 60% for schools Microsoft today confirmed that it has heavily discounted the Surface RT tablet to universities and K-12 schools, cutting the price of the entry-level model by 60%. Read More Power to the people: AT&T sets up free mobile charging stations in NYC AT&T has set up a pilot program to offer free solar-powered cell phone charging stations in and around New York City. Read More Startup beams your text msgs to extraterrestrials For 25 cents, would you send a short message deep into outer space in the hopes that an alien race might receive it? Read More Office Mobile for the iPhone enters an already-crowded field Microsoft released its first iOS version of Office on Friday, but a wide range of alternative iOS apps and suites already exists. Ryan Faas details some of the competition. Read More U.S. officials claim surveillance programs helped stop 50 terrorist plots U.S. law enforcement agencies have disrupted more than 50 terrorist plots in the U.S. and other countries with the help of controversial surveillance efforts at the U.S. National Security Agency, government officials said Tuesday. Read More Video brew: Worried about the NSA? Try the postal service instead Nervous that the NSA is looking over your shoulder? Don't want them to know which cat photo (or any kind of photos or videos, for that matter) you are looking at or watching? Don't despair! Here is a foolproof way to make sure the NSA can't spy on your Internet activity. Read More Google puts $7M into fighting child abuse online Google said it's spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Backup Game Plan Learn the 3 steps you can take now to implement the right disk platform, ensure quick recoveries, identify the biggest backup pain points, and add a range of value-added services across the organization. Learn more. NASA needs help hunting down killer asteroids NASA wants to find asteroids that could threaten Earth and figure out what to do about them and it wants your help doing it. Read More Source code for Carberp financial malware is for sale at bargain price The source code for the Carberp banking Trojan program is being offered for sale on the underground market at a very affordable price, which could result in additional Carberp-based financial malware being developed in the future, according to researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB. Read More HP shakes up management team of PC division Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets. Read More Huawei's Ascend P6 smartphone has 5-megapixel front camera to watch you Huawei Technologies' much-leaked Ascend P6 smartphone is the world's thinnest at 6.18 millimeters, and has the highest-resolution front-facing camera at 5 megapixels, the company claimed at the phone's London launch. Read More Google Glass raises international privacy concerns The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page. Read More Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite Jive Software is making a mobile push with new and enhanced mobile applications that have an emphasis on helping users of the enterprise social networking (ESN) suite create, not just view, content from their tablets and smartphones. Read More Japan's NHK develops robot camera array for Matrix-like effects Japan's public television broadcaster, NHK, has developed an array of video cameras that are synchronized to create "bullet time" shots like those popularized in the film The Matrix. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple is planning a liquid-cooled iPhone (and so are Samsung and HTC) The race to take the title of "World's Most Advanced Smartphone" is driving Apple, Samsung and HTC to explore increasingly advanced technologies, with a Digitimes report claiming all three firms are working to develop liquid cooled smartphones in order to boost power efficiency. Read More JR Raphael: How to make your whole home screen look like Google Now Bring Google Now's sleek and minimalist card-centric interface to your entire Android home screen with these easy-to-follow steps. Read More Preston Gralla: With 4 million unsold Surface tablets, Microsoft slashes prices for schools The RT-based Surface tablet has been a bust, with an estimated 4 million unsold units, so Microsoft has a way to possibly unload some: Sell them at steep discounts to schools. But even at more than half-off, will schools buy? Read More
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