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	Microsoft Surface 2 deep-dive review: Better hardware, but still with Windows RT Microsoft has upgraded its Windows RT tablet: The new Surface 2 offers a well-built case, better performance, a great display and the same old operating system. 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 9 out of 10 Macs are eligible for free Mavericks upgrade Despite vow to keep site clean, Google tests search banner ads Verizon launches cloud for sharing data from patient remote monitoring devices Apple cuts MacBook Pro prices up to 13% HealthCare.gov needed more pre-launch testing Google fights for Internet freedom with new tools QuickPoll: Why did Apple decide to give away OS X Mavericks for free? 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Manage updates, compatibility with older apps and more. www.google.com/chrome 9 out of 10 Macs are eligible for free Mavericks upgrade   OS X Mavericks, the Mac operating system Apple offered Tuesday as a free upgrade, could end up on more than 90% of Macs, according to statistics from Web analytics firm Net Applications. Read More   Despite vow to keep site clean, Google tests search banner ads Despite a long-ago vow to retain its well-regarded simple and clean web design, Google has started testing banner ads on its search results pages. Read More   Verizon launches cloud for sharing data from patient remote monitoring devices Verizon announced the launch of its Converged Health Management service, which stores data from patient remote monitoring devices to be shared with clinicians. Read More   Apple cuts MacBook Pro prices up to 13% Apple earlier this week cut the prices of its Retina MacBook Pro laptops by as much as 13%, a move one retail analyst said was driven in part by increased competition from higher-end Windows systems. Read More   HealthCare.gov needed more pre-launch testing The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services took too little time testing how the many components of the troubled HealthCare.gov worked together before rolling out the insurance marketplace, contractors involved in the project said Thursday. Read More   Google fights for Internet freedom with new tools In a move to fight back against governments that try to block their citizens' Internet access, Google released tools to keep people around the world online. Read More   QuickPoll: Why did Apple decide to give away OS X Mavericks for free? At its event on Tuesday, Apple announced it was giving OS X Mavericks away for free to user of Snow Leopard and later. Why do you think Apple decided to do this? Read More   AT&T won't match T-Mobile's free data on iPad Air AT&T won't be matching T-Mobile's offer of free wireless data for the iPad Air when the device debuts at the company's stores across the U.S. next month. 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 Merkel puts NSA spying on EU leaders' meeting agenda German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that allegations the United States' National Security Agency hacked her phone is relevant for every citizen that needs to trust digital communications. Read More   Germany summons U.S. ambassador over Merkel phone-spying allegations Germany's foreign minister has summoned the U.S. ambassador to Berlin to discuss allegations that the mobile phone of Chancellor Angela Merkel has been monitored by American intelligence services. 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   ICANN rolls out new generic top-level domains ICANN has introduced the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet's root zone, the central database for the Internet's Domain Name System, paving the way for possibly 1,400 new domain names from the current 22. Read More   Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products Cisco Systems released software security updates Wednesday to address denial-of-service and arbitrary command execution vulnerabilities in several products, including a known flaw in the Apache Struts development framework used by some of them. Read More   Oracle gears up to battle Salesforce.com, IBM with Eloqua update Oracle is rolling out a series of new features for its Eloqua marketing automation suite, hoping to get a leg up on rivals such as Salesforce.com and IBM in the red-hot software segment. Read More   Taiwan fines Samsung for defaming HTC Taiwan has slapped Korean electronics giant Samsung with a fine for fabricating Internet forum posts that praised the company at the expense of rivals including its home-country handset competitor HTC. Read More   Preston Gralla: Microsoft to Apple: iWork stinks, iPads are toys, and you're playing catch-up After Apple slammed Microsoft for gouging customers and designing tablets that nobody wants, Microsoft has fired back, saying that you can't get real work done with iPads or its anemic iWorks productivity suite, and that iPads are little more than toys. Who's right in the increasingly nasty war of words? Read More   JR Raphael: The Chromebook buying guide: Which model should you get? Choosing a Chromebook can be a difficult decision -- but it doesn't have to be. Here's a simple guide to help you figure out which model is right for you. Read More
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