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	IBM to offer Watson supercomputer as cloud development platform IBM is preparing to give third parties access to its Watson supercomputer with the aim of spurring the growth of applications that take advantage of the system's artificial intelligence capabilities. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HootSuite Enterprise IT Solution Guide: Secure Your Social Organization Are your teams creating new social accounts and adopting mismatched platforms? Without a secure environment, your organization is vulnerable to non-compliance, unauthorized communication, and data leakage. Learn More In this Issue Preston Gralla: Windows Phone shipments rocket 156% in a year. Are the numbers lying? Apple springs Retina iPad Mini on customers AMD hopes for tablet turnaround with new 2-watt chip Nvidia updates software tools to speed GPU performance Moto G starts at $179 unlocked, to give low-cost buyers 'a better choice' Claims surface that Apple will follow Samsung, LG into curved smartphone screens AMD's Kaveri chips to reach laptops, desktops in January NASA does long-distance software fix on Mars rover Curiosity Sharky: Glad we could assist by not assisting WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Measuring Customer Satisfaction with Support Services This HDI Research Corner report reveals the findings from 264 support organizations that provide technical support for the services or products used by customers. Learn More. Preston Gralla: Windows Phone shipments rocket 156% in a year. Are the numbers lying? Windows Phone shipments leaped 156% in the latest quarter, by far the biggest growth percentage of any smartphone OS. Even the normally staid IDC called that "amazing." But are the numbers really as good as they look? Read More   Apple springs Retina iPad Mini on customers Apple today sprung the Retina iPad Mini on customers, kicking off online sales of the smaller tablet that it introduced last month. Read More   AMD hopes for tablet turnaround with new 2-watt chip Advanced Micro Devices will release a new tablet chip code-named Mullins that draws about half as much power as its predecessor, the Temash chip, as the company struggles to compete with Intel. Read More   Nvidia updates software tools to speed GPU performance   Nvidia has made improvements to its underlying software tools to make it easier to write programs for faster execution across CPUs and graphics processors. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW Virtualization Data Protection Best practices, business considerations and practical answers to better manage and protect data in virtualized environments. This eBook focuses on data management and protection in virtualized environments, but will also share a real-life virtualization success story that could have ended in disaster. View Now Moto G starts at $179 unlocked, to give low-cost buyers 'a better choice' Google's Motorola unit unveiled the Moto G smartphone today priced at $179 unlocked, less than half the price of most high-end unlocked smartphones on the market like the iPhone 5S. Read More   Claims surface that Apple will follow Samsung, LG into curved smartphone screens Apple's iPhone 5S and 5C have been on the market just seven weeks, but talk has already begun of what the Cupertino, Calif., company may have lined up for 2014's fall schedule. Read More   AMD's Kaveri chips to reach laptops, desktops in January Advanced Micro Devices aims to bring console-style graphics to PCs with its chips code-named Kaveri, which, after delays, will become available in desktops and laptops starting early next year. Read More   NASA does long-distance software fix on Mars rover Curiosity NASA engineers have fixed a software glitch that had stalled the Mars rover Curiosity during a software upgrade last week. Read More   Sharky: Glad we could assist by not assisting Pilot fish discovers that upgrading the memory on a batch of all-in-one PCs is more challenging than he thought. Fortunately, the vendor has an online live-chat support feature. Read More
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