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	LG follows Samsung, unveils curved-screen phone with 'self-healing' covering LG is flexing its muscle in smartphone technology with a new handset that boasts a curved touchscreen, along with a special "self healing" technology that the company claims can prevent scratches on the phone's casing. Read More WEBCAST: IBM and Intel The Future of x86 Platforms is Here You need an IT infrastructure that provides scalability, performance and efficiency tailored to the specific goals of your business. Watch this on-demand webcast to learn more about IBM's new innovation designed to provide the performance and efficiency required for today's workloads. Watch Now In this Issue Why wireless carriers are discounting Windows Phones After first day, OS X Mavericks on 1 in 18 Macs Richi Jennings: Google's mysterious barges: Floating data centers or Glass stores? Jonny Evans: 5 reasons Angela Ahrendts is right for Apple retail What's Wrong With Healthcare.gov's Price Estimator Samsung's profit up 26 percent on memory chip, smartphone sales IBM licenses ARM's mobile processors for communications chips Toshiba Satellite Click: A large tablet/laptop for $600 WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology 10 Reasons You Need Network and Application Visibility Riverbed Cascade provides enterprise-wide network and application visibility with a full set of application-centric, site-centric, and business-centric views. While Cascade can coexist or integrate with a variety of other IT management solutions, it will likely become your first line of defense against application performance problems. View Now Why wireless carriers are discounting Windows Phones Sales of Windows Phone are weak because of a shortage of apps, but carriers also need to move inventory to make room for a crush of new iPhones and other devices. Read More After first day, OS X Mavericks on 1 in 18 Macs In its first 24 hours, Apple's OS X Mavericks tripled the uptake of its predecessor Mountain Lion, ending the day on about 1 out of every 18 Macs, an online advertising network said Thursday. Read More Richi Jennings: Google's mysterious barges: Floating data centers or Glass stores? Who is behind the mysterious By And Large LLC? Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is said to be building a series of floating data centers. One is in the San Francisco bay, another's in Portland. The locations of two more are unknown—perhaps they're lost at sea? However, some sources say the mysterious barges are in fact actually marketing centers for Google Glass. Whatever they are, the secrecy around their purpose is getting Google into hot water with regulatory authorities. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers discern the vessels' purpose. Read More Jonny Evans: 5 reasons Angela Ahrendts is right for Apple retail Apple has hired Burberry CEO, Angela Ahrendts to lead its retail operations -- there's at least five good reasons why: Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Three Shortcuts for UC Success Managing UC means delivering streaming video fluidly, transmitting voice with clarity, moving IM's briskly, and send emails promptly. Easier said than done. To succeed from setup to show time, take these three tips to achieve the high performance end-users expect. Learn More What's Wrong With Healthcare.gov's Price Estimator In the early days of Healthcare.gov, I praised the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for publishing a dataset with sample rates for every health plan participating in the federal health insurance marketplace. Read More Samsung's profit up 26 percent on memory chip, smartphone sales Samsung Electronics' net profit in the third quarter was up 25.6% year-over-year on record revenue driven by sales of its memory chips and smartphone products. Read More IBM licenses ARM's mobile processors for communications chips IBM has licensed smartphone and tablet processor designs from ARM, which will be used in new communications and networking gear. Read More Toshiba Satellite Click: A large tablet/laptop for $600 Toshiba's new low-cost convertible Satellite Click features a 13-in. Windows 8 tablet that snaps into its own keyboard. Read More
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