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	Richi Jennings: iPhone 5C and 5S rumor roundup ridicules the echo-chamber   Don't ask about iPhone 5C or 5S release dates. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) watchers are prognosticating their little hearts out, as we approach the launch (probably) in two weeks (probably) of the new iPhones (probably), branded 5S (probably) and 5C (probably). You're (probably) wondering if there's anything new to say. Well, yes, there (probably) is. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if, at this point, anybody cares two hoots about this stuff. Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Corporation   Proof that Smarter Government is also Better Government This videocast on October 9 at noon ET will give you a rare opportunity to hear from your peers & IBM experts about the power of business analytics to make your budgeting and finance processes as fast, accurate and transparent as you need them to be. Learn More. In this Issue Jonny Evans: Samsung: Has the anti-Apple lost its way? Preston Gralla: Did Bill Gates help push Steve Ballmer out the door? Video Brew: The long and glorious history of the Turbo-Encabulator Larry Freeman: 3 things you need to know to save your IT job: #1 Cloud computing Darlene Storm: Government wants PSYOPS tool to hijack every AM and FM radio station in target area Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhone 5C motion tracking's much more than an empty gesture Yorgen Edholm: Are we syncing too much? Sharky: But please, tell us what you REALLY think WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Make Backups Reliable, Available, and Secure Recent surveys have shown that almost half of today's data centers are using the same backup system architecture that was all the rage 20 years ago. The other half are using disk in some fashion. This Deep Dive will explain the evolving role of disk and tape, as well as how they can work together to bring you the best of both worlds. View now >> Jonny Evans: Samsung: Has the anti-Apple lost its way? The Apple versus Samsung story takes a new twist next month when the Korean firm attempts to undermine September 10's iPhone launch with its own earlier special event, but has the anti-Apple lost the power to innovate? Read More   Preston Gralla: Did Bill Gates help push Steve Ballmer out the door? Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer may have been joined at the hip for their decades together at Microsoft, but there's some evidence that Gates may have been a key participant in getting Ballmer to resign. Did Gates help show his old friend to the door, or did he remain until the end a big backer of Ballmer? Read More   Video Brew: The long and glorious history of the Turbo-Encabulator You may know about the Turbo-Encabulator, but do you know its history? And have you seen the videos? Read More   Larry Freeman: 3 things you need to know to save your IT job: #1 Cloud computing Do you have an IT job involving enterprise data? More importantly, do you want to keep it? If you answered "Yes" to both questions, you'll want to make sure you're fully prepared for three big shifts in technology that are reshaping today's enterprise data center. In the next few blog posts, I'll talk about these "mega-shifts," such as the software-defined data center and flash SSD storage. But in this first blog post, I'll discuss cloud computing. Embrace it or risk being outsourced... Read More   WHITE PAPER: Moovweb Responsive Delivery: The Next Generation of Mobile In this tech dossier from Moovweb, learn about responsive web delivery, an approach to mobile development that can reduce costs and increase agility so companies can build great mobile solutions without the big rewrite of their existing sites. Read now! Darlene Storm: Government wants PSYOPS tool to hijack every AM and FM radio station in target area U.S. Special Operations Command is seeking a tool capable of hijacking "every AM and FM radio station in a specific area and then broadcasting a message(s)" to all those stations. Read More   Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhone 5C motion tracking's much more than an empty gesture The most interesting new Apple iPhone rumor this week isn't the faster speed (that's not unexpected), but the claimed introduction of a motion sensor on the device. What's Apple got planned? I've taken a look through a few Apple patents to get an idea. Read More   Yorgen Edholm: Are we syncing too much? Sync is one of the most valuable additions to any mobile operating system. It's what enables us to keep information automatically synchronized across phone, tablet, laptop and desktop computing devices so that we can continue working and playing from any device we pick up. Yet, relying on sync to provide mobile data accessibility can create a surprising number of new problems that can impact the overall productivity of a company. Read More   Sharky: But please, tell us what you REALLY think This consultant pilot fish's client moves to a faster connection with a different Internet provider, and the switchover goes fine. Then there's just one task left: changing who controls a domain name. Read More
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