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	Richi Jennings: PS4 BLOD: Fixing Sony's PlayStation 4 Blue Light Of Death 'sabotage' bug D'oh! Pulsing blue light on your Sony PS4? You're SOL. Remember the XBox 360 RROD? Not to be outdone, Sony (TYO:6758) (NYSE:SNE) brings us the blue light of death. A surprising number of its new consoles seem to be failing as soon as their unboxed or not long after. Amid allegations of sabotage at a Chinese factory, Sony is stopping sales in some channels. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers console themselves. [You're fired -Ed.] Read More   WHITE PAPER: SAS How Social Media Can Shape Perceptions of Product Quality Descriptive statistics, text analytics and social network analysis provide a way for to determine how customers purchasing decisions are affected by what they see on the Internet. This paper describes how analytics can be applied to social media for monitoring and addressing perceptual quality. View Now In this Issue JR Raphael: Nexus 5 vs. Moto X: A real-world comparison Jonny Evans: Quick look: Using Apple's new iWork for iCloud collaboration tools Preston Gralla: New research says Windows Phone has blowout growth, is the "winner of the quarter" Antone Gonsalves: Time to ignore manufacturers that are security slackers John W. Thompson: Tech makes the world go round Ken Gagne: Sony PlayStation 4, the unboxing video Sharky: Hidden in plain sight WHITE PAPER: Dell Hybrid Cloud Computing This white paper explores the vision and the reality of cloud computing, and assesses the requirements for effectively managing today's hybrid cloud environments. View Now JR Raphael: Nexus 5 vs. Moto X: A real-world comparison The Nexus 5 and Moto X both offer near-stock Android experiences with plenty of appealing qualities -- so which phone's the better fit for you? Read More   Jonny Evans: Quick look: Using Apple's new iWork for iCloud collaboration tools Apple introduced several important improvements to its iWork for iCloud service last night. I've taken a look at the new collaboration, print and document management features -- this is what I found: Read More   Preston Gralla: New research says Windows Phone has blowout growth, is the "winner of the quarter" The second report in a week says that Windows Phone sales are skyrocketing, and that Microsoft had a blowout quarter. Does this mean that Windows Phone is breaking into the big time, or is that a misreading of the numbers? Read More   WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com   5 Secrets: Build your Sales Pipeline and Keep It Growing The typical strategy for meeting sales targets is to set aggressive individual rep quotas, rely on your top reps to achieve them, and then hope to get enough from the rest of your team to get over the top. Read now! Antone Gonsalves: Time to ignore manufacturers that are security slackers With the number of Internet-enabled devices growing by the billions, now is the time to refuse to buy insecure products. Read More   John W. Thompson: Tech makes the world go round In a climate of slow global economic growth, the opportunity presents itself for new and emerging industries to gain prominence in place of failing institutions. In the case of the recent worldwide economic slowdown, IT has emerged as a powerful driver of growth in nearly every developed country. Read More   Ken Gagne: Sony PlayStation 4, the unboxing video The Sony PlayStation 4 video game console released on November 15, 2013, in the USA, launching a new generation of console wars that includes last year's Nintendo Wii U and next week's Microsoft Xbox One. Ken Gagne of Gamebits offers this video of the unboxing and initial setup of the PS4. Read More   Sharky: Hidden in plain sight This organization loans out laptops to employees who only travel once or twice a year. So why is one user checking out a laptop for her trip when she already has one sitting on her desk? Read More
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