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	Apple refreshes, renames iPad as 'Air,' goes Retina on the Mini Apple today unveiled a revamped and renamed 9.7-in. iPad, calling it the "iPad Air" to reflect its thinner, lighter form and to evoke the thin MacBook Air laptop. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW Tips for a Successful SAM Program Find out what steps to take that can lead your organization down the smooth path to SAM deployment. This SAM primer can help you and your organization mitigate software non-compliance issues and optimize software license management while containing costs. Read Now In this Issue Microsoft re-releases Windows RT 8.1 after updates crippled tablets The puzzling Lumia 2520 tablet: Will it disappear when Microsoft buys Nokia? Perspective: iPad and the keyboard -- getting inside Apple's head Smartphone users struggle connecting to in-car infotainment systems Activists, U.N. take aim at 'killer robots' Video: Nokia bets its camera will make you buy its tablet, smartphones Is French outrage against U.S. spying misplaced? SAP set to preach the HANA gospel to developers INSIDER Kenneth van Wyk: Lingering faults with security by default Preston Gralla: New iPad Air, iPad Mini leave plenty of room for Windows 8 tablets to succeed Jonny Evans: Live blog: Apple Event, October 2013 WHITE PAPER: Mimecast North America Inc Dealing with the Challenges of Data Fragmentation Gone are the days when one or two central systems could meet all of the organization's IT needs. We now have more departmental applications, collaboration and sharing environments, and even cloud-based services in the mix. Learn More. Microsoft re-releases Windows RT 8.1 after updates crippled tablets Microsoft today re-released the Windows RT 8.1 update on its Windows Store. Read More   The puzzling Lumia 2520 tablet: Will it disappear when Microsoft buys Nokia? Nokia's launch today of its first Windows tablet, the Lumia 2520 running Windows RT 8.1, left observers wondering what would happen to the new tablet once Microsoft finalizes its $7.2 billion purchase of Nokia, probably next year. Read More   Perspective: iPad and the keyboard -- getting inside Apple's head By arming a larger iPad with a 64-bit processor and a keyboard cover, Apple could crack the nascent 2-in-1 device market, noted analyst Tim Bajarin said today. Read More   Smartphone users struggle connecting to in-car infotainment systems iPhone users have been struggling to connect to Internet services on their infotainment systems because of a significant glitch in Toyota's interface. Read More   Activists, U.N. take aim at 'killer robots' A movement to stop or regulate the development of so-called 'killer robots' got international backing at a meeting of the United Nations this week. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology First to Embrace VXLAN Performance Monitoring Managing performance in a virtual network and in software-defined networks has remained a critical challenge. VMware and Riverbed have collaborated to provide visibility into these blind spots. Read this 2-page Impact Brief from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) to learn what this means for shops that are embracing VXLAN today. View now Video: Nokia bets its camera will make you buy its tablet, smartphones Nokia is counting on its camera technology to attract buyers to its new tablet and large screen smartphones it introduced this week. The Lumia 1320 and 1520 were unveiled at Nokia World in Abu Dhabi Tuesday. Read More   Is French outrage against U.S. spying misplaced? The anger expressed by French officials following revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency gathered data on millions of phone calls involving French citizens appears misplaced considering reports of the country's own record of domestic and international surveillance. Read More   SAP set to preach the HANA gospel to developers SAP is unveiling a series of enhancements, services and deployment options for its HANA in-memory computing platform in hopes of enticing more partners and customers to begin building software products with the technology. Read More     INSIDER Kenneth van Wyk: Lingering faults with security by default   The out-of-the-box security settings for Apple's new iPhone 5S are just the latest example. (Insider; registration required) Read More   Preston Gralla: New iPad Air, iPad Mini leave plenty of room for Windows 8 tablets to succeed They're breathing a sigh of relief at Microsoft today, because Apple's new iPad Air and iPad Mini are far from Windows 8 tablet killers. In fact, they leave Microsoft a good-sized opening to make potentially serious inroads into the tablet market. Read More   Jonny Evans: Live blog: Apple Event, October 2013 Here's how Apple's announcements today unfolded in real time, in reverse chronological order. Read More
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