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	Richi Jennings: Windows Blue 8.1 download release date TODAY (preview it here) Windows 8.1 preview for download within hours. Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) release date for the Windows Blue preview is here. It'll be formally announced at the BUILD 2013 developer conflab. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers warm up their download managers. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux - A Platform without Boundaries Businesses that depend on innovation have one thing in common: They have built their technology foundations to be open, not closed. These businesses run on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®. It's time to experience what IT can do with no proprietary limits, vendor-imposed constraints, or boundaries to innovation. Learn more now In this Issue Jonny Evans: The guy who sold an unreleased Apple iPhone 4 to Gizmodo wouldn't do it again -- and says he didn't get paid Video Brew: What astronauts really do on the Moon Preston Gralla: Think 2013 has been bad for Microsoft? Just wait until 2015. Jonny Evans: Apple v. Samsung: Invention, not litigation, will define the Post-PC planet Robert L. Mitchell: Has Snowden affair given China carte blanche to continue industrial espionage? Sharky: See how easy an update can be? WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware Your IT Journey - Your Way Faced with unrelenting pressure to do more with less, IT leaders are implementing virtualization, mobility and cloud computing in their enterprises. In this Knowledge Vault Exchange you'll find a plethora of valuable information, including videos, on-demand Webcasts, white papers and Twitter chats. View Now! Jonny Evans: The guy who sold an unreleased Apple iPhone 4 to Gizmodo wouldn't do it again -- and says he didn't get paid Here's the rest of the story of what happened to Brian Hogan, the man who found the 2010 Apple iPhone 4 prototype. In this latest installment he tells us everything we didn't know about what happened when he found Apple's lost phone in a bar and sold it to Gizmodo, got punished and says he never got paid. Read More Video Brew: What astronauts really do on the Moon Collect moon rock samples? Check! Take gravimeter measurements? Check! Sing and dance on the moon? Check and check! Read More Preston Gralla: Think 2013 has been bad for Microsoft? Just wait until 2015. With plummeting PC sales and Windows 8's struggles, 2013 is proving to be a year that Microsoft would like to forget. But there's evidence that it's nothing more than a preview of even worse things to come. By 2015 Windows will likely fall to the world's number three operating system. Read More WEBCAST: SAP Bring Mobile Innovation to your Enterprise. With the mobility revolution well underway, CIO's and Line of Business owners are faced with the struggle to develop a winning mobile strategy. In this exclusive SAP KnowledgeVault Exchange, find out how to give your company an edge by developing a secure, future-proof mobile strategy. Learn More Jonny Evans: Apple v. Samsung: Invention, not litigation, will define the Post-PC planet Color me confused. A scant few days since Japan's courts found Samsung guilty of patent infringement against Apple with older Galaxy devices, the Japan's courts seem to have reversed the decision, to applause from Samsung's fans and a series of confused mewlings from those in Cupertino's corner. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Has Snowden affair given China carte blanche to continue industrial espionage? Edward Snowden's revelations about U.S. spying on China may have damaged the U.S.'s credibility in terms of its complaints about China's allegegly government-sponsored industrial espionage program. Read More Sharky: See how easy an update can be? User calls this sysadmin pilot fish at a health care not-for-profit organization, complaining that the client database program keeps freezing up on her netbook. Fortunately, fish knows all she needs is a simple update. Read More
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