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	Microsoft bets on Windows XP disaster Microsoft today used the hoary practice of predicting next year to drive another nail into Windows XP's coffin. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Cisco and Netapp   Total Economic Impact Of FlexPod Data Center Platform The study examines the estimated ROI for the composite Organization and presents the aggregate findings derived from the interview and analysis process as well as from Forrester's independent research. View Now In this Issue As Unix fades away from data centers, it's unclear what's next Perspective: The fate of Nokia's Android phone depends on Microsoft iPad grabs top spot in tablet purchase poll Google goes offline with Chrome Apps for Mac Cell phones on planes may be heading for the US, but will anyone use them? Wireless charging consortium launches Rezence, its consumer brand Avon halts work on big SAP implementation, cites lack of ROI Hacker gets 18 months for peddling computer access to U.S. national security lab New Instagram feature allows users to share photos, videos with specific people ITU standardizes 1Gbps over copper, but services won't come until 2015 Dell, Red Hat team to sell OpenStack cloud platform Sharon Machlis: What school testing data really tells us Jonny Evans: Christmas crisis? Better fashion with iPhone JR Raphael: Hands on: What the Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition is actually like to use Preston Gralla: Nokia to release an Android phone in 2014? Don't believe it! WHITE PAPER: Exablox How to Leverage New Storage Strategies This ebook covers some of the key challenges organizations are encountering with storage management, data protection and cost containment. It also shows how IT organizations can effectively address these difficulties while getting the most out of their valuable information assets. Read now! As Unix fades away from data centers, it's unclear what's next Gartner says that its clients have started planning to migrate from Unix. For some of them, it may take two or three years, and for others, five years. A few may still be running Unix 10 years from now, but nonetheless, Gartner believes the operating system is on a path to insignificance. Read More   Perspective: The fate of Nokia's Android phone depends on Microsoft Analysts are pondering just what Microsoft might do with the Android-variant smartphone Nokia has under development: Keep it or kill it. Read More   iPad grabs top spot in tablet purchase poll Apple's iPad was the preferred pick of prospective tablet buyers this holiday season by a huge margin, according to a market research firm's survey of 25,000 Americans. Read More   Google goes offline with Chrome Apps for Mac Google yesterday launched its new packaged apps, dubbed 'Chrome Apps,' for the Mac, making good on a promise from September when it kicked off testing. Read More   Cell phones on planes may be heading for the US, but will anyone use them? In-flight cellular in the U.S. may be closer to reality than some consumers realize, with foreign airlines poised to extend services they already offer elsewhere. But evidence from overseas suggests the odds of being trapped next to a chronic caller are slim. Read More   Wireless charging consortium launches Rezence, its consumer brand One of the three leading wireless charging groups today launched its consumer branding for products along with a certification program for mobile devices and chargers. Read More   Avon halts work on big SAP implementation, cites lack of ROI Avon Products has halted the rollout of a global SAP implementation, with the cosmetics maker saying in a regulatory filing that a pilot program in Canada caused "significant business disruption in that market, and did not show a clear return on investment." 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 Hacker gets 18 months for peddling computer access to U.S. national security lab A Pennsylvania man who hacked into multiple corporate, university and government computer networks and tried to sell access to them, including supercomputers from a U.S. national security laboratory, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Read More   New Instagram feature allows users to share photos, videos with specific people Expanding the range of its mobile photo sharing service, Instagram has introduced Instagram Direct, which allows users to send photos or short videos to a specific user or group of users. Read More   ITU standardizes 1Gbps over copper, but services won't come until 2015 The ITU has taken a big step in the standardization of G.fast, a broadband technology capable of achieving download speeds of up to 1Gbps over copper telephone wire. Read More   Dell, Red Hat team to sell OpenStack cloud platform Dell will start selling systems early next year that run Red Hat's version of the OpenStack open-source cloud platform. Read More   Sharon Machlis: What school testing data really tells us It'd sure help the rest of us if all who opine about standardized test results first had a basic understanding of statistics. Read More   Jonny Evans: Christmas crisis? Better fashion with iPhone When it comes to fashion your iPhone may make Christmas shopping a little easier as new breeds of intelligent app bring us something similar to Shazam for clothes. Read More   JR Raphael: Hands on: What the Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition is actually like to use Stock Android software in a gorgeous plus-sized phone? Meet the Sony Z Ultra Google Play Edition -- an unusual device that tests just how big you're willing to go. Read More   Preston Gralla: Nokia to release an Android phone in 2014? Don't believe it! Nokia is said to be readying a low-cost Android phone for release next year -- but will it ever see the light of day? Here's why the phone will almost certainly be killed before customers ever see it. Read More
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