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	Richi Jennings: Xbox One launch day marred by grinding noise of DEATH Release date FAIL. Some shiny new Xbox One units aren't working. An astounding revelation, I know. The worst issue seems to be dead Blu-ray disc drives that make a stomach-churning grinding noise. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is putting on a brave face. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers love life on the bleeding edge. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Innotas A Practical Look at Cloud Portfolio Management In this brand new whitepaper from Innotas, you will find out how Cloud Portfolio Management (CPM) helps realign critical projects and applications with the business goals of the organization. Read now! In this Issue Jonny Evans: Google's Schmidt claims only Samsung, Google match iPhone? Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft finally about to close the Windows Phone app gap? Antone Gonsalves: Wireless carriers reach new low in customer protection Michael Horowitz: What to buy Ken Gagne: Microsoft Xbox One unboxing video Robert L. Mitchell: London calling: Road testing mobile Wi-Fi voice apps Sharky: No extra credit for extra typing WHITE PAPER: VMware Total Cost Comparison: VMware vSphere vs. Microsoft Hyper-V In Total Cost Comparison: VMware vSphere vs. Microsoft Hyper-V, learn why the total cost of ownership (TCO) is the ultimate measure to compare IT infrastructure platforms. TCO incorporates the purchase and support costs of the platform along with the ongoing operational and management expenses. Read now! Jonny Evans: Google's Schmidt claims only Samsung, Google match iPhone? Google's Eric Schmidt played King Canute this weekend, when he claimed many of his friends are switching from iPhone to Android. This may be true among his chums, but in the rest of the world Android users are defecting to iPhone in droves, recent research shows. Read More   Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft finally about to close the Windows Phone app gap? It's been a very good week for Windows Phone, with a new survey finding that the number of developers planning to write apps for it has doubled, and with an Instagram app finally arriving. Does this mean that the app gap is finally closing? Read More   Antone Gonsalves: Wireless carriers reach new low in customer protection Major carriers have trumped customer safety with profits in rejecting Samsung antitheft software. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Exablox Growing Pains in Mid-Market Storage This fact-based paper takes a close look at how mid-sized businesses are facing the significant growth in unstructured data and how the requirement to manage, store and protect it is putting a huge drain on valuable money and resources. Read now! Michael Horowitz: What to buy   A non-techie asks for laptop computer buying advice. My reply is, I suspect, different from most others. Read More   Ken Gagne: Microsoft Xbox One unboxing video The Microsoft Xbox One video game console released on November 22, 2013, in the USA. Ken Gagne of Gamebits offers this initial look and unboxing video of the Xbox One. Can it overcome the Sony PlayStation 4 to become the king of this holiday season's console war? Or will past stumbles, a higher price tag, and the Kinect camera be its downfall? Read More   Robert L. Mitchell: London calling: Road testing mobile Wi-Fi voice apps   I spend 10 days touring the U.K. with no cell service, relying on four voice apps and Wi-Fi as my sole telecommunictations link to the world. Is this any way to travel? Read More   Sharky: No extra credit for extra typing It's back in the days before remote-control support is widely used, and this help-desk pilot fish gets a call that's going to require some long-distance diagnostics for a user who's a little too eager to help. Read More
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