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	With new iPhone 5s, Apple launches the 64-bit smartphone war The 64-bit smartphone clash has been joined between rivals Apple and Samsung. But will everyday smartphone buyers even care, much less notice? Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors ESG: HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Lab Validation Report This report documents the results of ESG Lab's hands-on testing and validation of the HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 storage array, with a focus on autonomic simplicity, efficient unified storage, application performance, and resilience for mid-range enterprises. Read Now In this Issue Preston Gralla: Trade in an iPad for a Surface tablet? Epic fail! Microsoft kicks off iPad buyback deal in latest effort to juice Surface sales Apple issues final non-security update for OS X Mountain Lion Walmart discounts new iPhone 5C by 20% iPhone evolution, timeline and notable moments Jonny Evans: Apple's 64-bit A-series chips and an iOS future for the Mac Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant The M7 motion coprocessor in the iPhone 5s is a big deal New iPhones don't support Sprint's new TD-LTE add-on network WHITE PAPER: PC Connection   BYOD Survey of IT Professionals Today, employees expect access to data from consumer electronics like tablets and smartphones. Like many IT professionals, you may want to offer your users the option to work from their own computing devices. Begin your BYOD journey by learning how organizations like yours embrace mobility. Learn more. Preston Gralla: Trade in an iPad for a Surface tablet? Epic fail! Here's Microsoft's brainstorm for boosting Surface tablet sales: Get people to trade in their iPads for them. Is this a Saturday Night Live skit or a real offer? Read More   Microsoft kicks off iPad buyback deal in latest effort to juice Surface sales Microsoft will pay at least $200 for used iPads made by rival Apple, and in return issue credit that customers can use to buy one of the company's Surface tablets. Read More   Apple issues final non-security update for OS X Mountain Lion Apple on Thursday updated OS X Mountain Lion to version 10.8.5, likely the final refresh of the 14-month-old operating system before the company supersedes it with OS X Mavericks. Read More   Walmart discounts new iPhone 5C by 20% Walmart today confirmed that it will take in-store pre-orders for Apple's new iPhone 5C Friday morning, and will discount the smartphone to $79 with a two-year carrier contract. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell and Microsoft 20 Fast Facts About Microsoft Windows Server 2012 This paper analyzes 20 facts about Windows Server 2012 and reveals whether or not the OS can provide a scalable infrastructure that can support dynamic capacity demands without sacrificing performance. Read Now! iPhone evolution, timeline and notable moments With the iPhone 5S and 5C expected to hit Apple stores next week, here's a look back in time at the evolution of the smartphone that started it all. Read More   Jonny Evans: Apple's 64-bit A-series chips and an iOS future for the Mac Will Apple abandon Intel in order to transition the Macintosh to ARM-based A-series processors? Taking a look at the specifications of the iPhone chip makes this outlandish suggestion seem a little more possible than before. Read More   Why Apple's 'indoor GPS' plan is brilliant Apple's iBeacons system will enable purchases, contextual marketing, automated check-ins and much more. And it's closer than you think. Read More   The M7 motion coprocessor in the iPhone 5s is a big deal   Apple's new flagship phone, the iPhone 5s, boasts a slew of new hardware advances, not the least of which is the M7 motion coprocessor. Columnist Ryan Faas explains why the M7 is important. Read More   New iPhones don't support Sprint's new TD-LTE add-on network The new iPhone models, the 5s and 5c, don't include antenna support for the 2.5 GHz TD-LTE network that Sprint is installing along with the LTE 1900 MHz network rollout. Read More
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