Apple's dark tower Mac Pro ship date quickly slips to February 2014

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	Apple's dark tower Mac Pro ship date quickly slips to February 2014 Apple today started taking orders for its pricy Mac Pro workstation, but shipping dates almost immediately slipped to February, irritating customers who have been awaiting the 'dark tower' desktop computer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exablox ESG Report: Exablox Re-Imagines File Storage Exablox emerged from stealth mode with a new platform (OneBlox) designed for midsized enterprises with content-intensive applications. Its scale-out system leverages commodity hardware, and has some interesting data protection features. Read now! In this Issue Preston Gralla: Big PC makers aim Android at the heart of Microsoft Jonny Evans: An alternative take on Apple's Mac Pro supply constraints Apple and China Mobile sign deal to sell iPhones in January eBay sellers scalp Mac Pro cylinders for nearly double retail price Apple's Mac Pro is the new black Preston Gralla: Here's why Chromebooks shouldn't really worry Microsoft...yet Foxconn to develop some BlackBerry phones, in wake of quarterly loss BlackBerry CEO would 'love' to expand platform to iOS, Android WHITE PAPER: Verizon Wireless The Rise of Machine-to-Machine Technology Although organizations are rushing toward M2M (machine to machine) solutions, they may be overestimating their ability to take full advantage of those solutions with only in-house expertise. Learn More Preston Gralla: Big PC makers aim Android at the heart of Microsoft Android has long dominated Windows on mobile devices, but now PC makers are doing the previously unthinkable: Aiming it straight at traditional PCs, the heart of Microsoft's core business. Will Microsoft be able to survive this latest assault on Windows? Read More Jonny Evans: An alternative take on Apple's Mac Pro supply constraints Apple has another hit on its hands as Mac Pro demand has outstripped supply across the planet, as pro users rush to get hold of one of the company's powerful workstations. We ain't seen nothing yet. Read More Apple and China Mobile sign deal to sell iPhones in January Apple plans to offer the iPhone to more than 760 million China Mobile customers from January, which could help it increase its share from the fifth position in this growing market. Read More eBay sellers scalp Mac Pro cylinders for nearly double retail price A pair of eBay profiteers are trying to cash in on the shortages of Apple's new Vader-esque Mac Pro desktop computer by pricing their machines at nearly double the retail value. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nasuni Corp 5 Ways Cloud-integrated Storage Reduces Costs Many companies are considering using cloud storage to reduce costs and the IT burden of storing data in the enterprise. Learn More Apple's Mac Pro is the new black Apple's new futuristic-looking Mac Pro will be a status purchase, an analyst said today as she predicted the high-priced desktop will sell better than many expect. Read More Preston Gralla: Here's why Chromebooks shouldn't really worry Microsoft...yet With Dell, HP, and Lenovo all with notebooks ready or in the works, you might think that Microsoft is under siege. Yet there's reason to believe that Microsoft isn't worried...at least, for now that is. But should it be? Read More Foxconn to develop some BlackBerry phones, in wake of quarterly loss BlackBerry is turning to Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, to jointly develop and produce some models of handset, the two companies said on Friday. Read More BlackBerry CEO would 'love' to expand platform to iOS, Android BlackBerry's new CEO says he is "very interested" in trying to replicate some of the company's signature security and enterprise productivity on rival platforms. Read More
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