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	First images of reversible USB cables emerge A presentation at the Intel Developer's Forum this week showed images of the upcoming USB Type-C plug that is smaller than today's USB 3.0 connectors and is symmetrical in design. Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   Exploring Business and IT Friction: Myths and Realities IT Organizations with passion for and actions around customer experience will lead the Service Revolution. Learn More>> Learn More In this Issue Intel plans new 'Braswell' chip for PCs Amazon releases Fire TV set-top box with voice activation Three new Lumia smartphones to run Windows Phone 8.1 Hell freezes over: Microsoft makes Windows free for some devices Microsoft to live stream Build keynote today New rugged laptop from Dell has a screen with a twist Intel to offer exclusive content to devices running its chips Intel unveils China innovation center Newton is the first MIPS-based mini-computer for wearables U.S. Navy to test humanoid robotic firefighters WHITE PAPER: Innotas The Project Manager's Guide to Life Ever feel like you're herding cats, when all you're trying to do is manage projects? If you have countless projects and applications drifting aimlessly like parentless children and no idea what's going with them, it's time for an integrated project portfolio management approach. Get the Innotas eBook today. Read now! Intel plans new 'Braswell' chip for PCs Intel is preparing a new 'Braswell' chip to succeed its power-efficient Bay Trail processor found in PCs besides working on bringing over 20 Chromebook designs to the market this year. Read More   Amazon releases Fire TV set-top box with voice activation Amazon announced its $99 Fire TV set-top box that plugs into an HDTV's HDMI port and includes voice activated searches. Read More   Three new Lumia smartphones to run Windows Phone 8.1 Nokia announced three new Lumia smartphones on Wednesday that will run the just-announced Windows Phone 8.1 OS, including a Lumia 630 with a dual 3G SIM variant that will cost just $169. Read More   Hell freezes over: Microsoft makes Windows free for some devices Microsoft will give away licenses to Windows Phone and Windows to device makers building smartphones or tablets with screens smaller than 9-in. measured diagonally. Read More   Microsoft to live stream Build keynote today Microsoft will webcast the opening keynote address from its Build developers conference today starting at 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET). Read More   WHITE PAPER: BMC Software   MyIT- Consumer Cool for Business Apps Rich Ptak discusses how BMC's MyIT combines the ease and familiarity of accessing today's consumer apps with the stability, security and strengths of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Learn More New rugged laptop from Dell has a screen with a twist Dell's new rugged laptop has a 11.6-in. screen with a twist -- the screen can rotate 180 degrees to turn the device into a tablet. Read More   Intel to offer exclusive content to devices running its chips After falling behind ARM in the mobile processor market, Intel plans to go on the offensive by creating exclusive content for devices built around its chips. Read More   Intel unveils China innovation center As devices powered by ARM chips flood the Chinese market, Intel is hoping to popularize its own mobile processors with a new center built in the heart of one of China's major technology hubs. Read More   Newton is the first MIPS-based mini-computer for wearables A Chinese company has released a computer about the size of an SD card that can run a full version of Android and should make it easier to build wearable devices. Read More   U.S. Navy to test humanoid robotic firefighters Some day, if there's a fire on a U.S. naval ship, a humanoid robot may rush in to put it out. Read More
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