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	Richi Jennings: Xbox One reviews are in: Worth the wait, or weighty FAIL? I also need FORK HANDLES. Microsoft (NSADAQ:MSFT) wants an Xbox One in every living room. Wire it inline before your TV and let it listen to your every word. It's not just about videogames, you know: It's all about the ecosystem (baby). Well, the reviews are in, so what do bloggers say? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers can't make an omelette. Read More   WEBCAST: VMware Address the Challenges in Your Data Center Virtualization has delivered value to IT teams of all sizes by helping to optimize server resources, simplify management, improve availability and drive down cost. While the benefits from server virtualization have been significant, challenges in the datacenter beyond the server still exist. Learn more! In this Issue Jonny Evans: Chasing Mavericks: 8 great OS X tips Preston Gralla: Steve Balmer's farewell message to Microsoft shareholders: Save Bing and Xbox Jonny Evans: iOS 7 tips: taking better iPhone photos Sharky: Upgrade, downgrade WHITE PAPER: MarkMonitor®   Seven Keys to Successful Domain Portfolio Management A lack of centralized management of domain names can lead to name expiration, failure to register key domain names and loss to cybersquatters. Learn the seven most important steps to successful domain portfolio management. Read now! Jonny Evans: Chasing Mavericks: 8 great OS X tips Apple's OS X Mavericks includes a host of handy features for power users, but they're not all super-obvious. I've gathered together a short collection of hints and links to help you use them: Read More   Preston Gralla: Steve Balmer's farewell message to Microsoft shareholders: Save Bing and Xbox Stock analysts and even a potential CEO candidate are calling for Microsoft to sell off Bing and its XBox division, but Steve Ballmer, in his final speech to company shareholders, makes it plain: He believes both are core to Microsoft's success. Is he clinging to yesterday's vision, or is he on target? Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW DCIM: Total Management Insight The pace of change in the data center continues to accelerate. At the same time, organizations are demanding more from IT. The ever-growing stores of data they collect equate to more storage requirements as well as faster and more agile servers and networking equipment to process and transmit the information. Read Now Jonny Evans: iOS 7 tips: taking better iPhone photos iPhones are the most popular cameras in the Flickr community, so here's some tips iPhonographers can use to take better pictures. Read More   Sharky: Upgrade, downgrade This manufacturer gets the local telco to provide a Metro Ethernet network to connect seven local plants together, and it all seems to work fine -- until the day when backups that used to take hours start requiring days. Read More
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