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[CharleyO]

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Motorola will unveil Intel-powered smartphone on September 18th in London

Earlier in the year, Motorola announced a partnership with Intel in which they would utilize their chips for select smartphones. We haven’t heard a peep until now. Motorola is sending out invites for an event in London on September 18th.

See & read more at :
http://www.talkandroid.com/129983-motorola-will-unveil-intel-powered-smartphone-on-september-18th-in-london/

I posted this in Technical as it is unusual for Intel chips to be in smart phones these days ... a technical oddity.
And who owns Motorola these days? It's Google.


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[CharleyO]

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AMD Targets Servers, Virtualization With New FirePro GPUs

What AMD is referring to as its most powerful dual- and single-slot server graphics cards to date, the new S9000 and S7000 are said to reduce server power consumption by up to 95 percent at idle, yielding overall data center cost savings and more efficient management for compute-intensive workloads, such as those demanded of computer-aided design (CAD) and media and entertainment apps.

Read more at :
http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/240006416/amd-targets-servers-virtualization-with-new-firepro-gpus.htm?cid=nl_crn


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[CharleyO]

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VMware Unveils Bundle For Managing Mobile Desktops, Devices

A day after unveiling a cloud infrastructure bundle, VMware on Tuesday unveiled a bundle that aims to solve thorny IT issues arising from the flooding of personal devices into the workplace.

 VMware's Horizon Suite, currently in alpha and slated to enter beta by the end of the year, lets IT departments manage and set policies for the data and apps that end users access from notebooks, tablets and smartphones while they're outside the firewall. Using a Web console, IT managers can build a service catalog for all of its data and applications.

Horizon Suite can now manage Android and iOS apps, and it can also keep personal and corporate apps separated on a device. IT can set policies for corporate data, preventing corporate data from being copied onto the personal side.

Read more at :
http://www.crn.com/news/mobility/240006421/vmworld-vmware-unveils-bundle-for-managing-mobile-desktops-devices.htm?cid=nl_crn


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[CharleyO]

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The 30 Hottest Tech Releases In August

Tech Releases Continue To Heat Up

From high-profile releases, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and the latest version of Apple's Mac OS X, to more niche plays such as AMD's new FirePro APUs and Toshiba's PX-series SSDs, there was something for everyone.

 For solution providers, identifying the potential for new business opportunities that accompany releases can be the key to getting ahead of the curve in various market trends

See & read more at :
http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/240006441/the-30-hottest-tech-releases-in-august.htm?pgno=1


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[CharleyO]

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Multi-screen mania: how our devices work together

It turns out that 90 percent of people move between devices to accomplish a task, with virtually all of those people completing their task in one day. The most popular starting point is the smartphone, which is used to gather information, shop online and engage in social networking. In most cases, the tasks are continued on a PC though tablets are also becoming a popular option for continuing social networking and watching videos. Shopping, for example, is a popular task, with 67 percent of respondents moving from screen to screen to complete a purchase.

Read more at :
http://gigaom.com/2012/08/29/multi-screen-mania-how-our-devices-work-together/


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[CharleyO]

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The pros and cons of cloud storage

Storage requirements are growing exponentially and, as a result, companies are looking for alternatives to traditional tape-based solutions. The cloud can provide a cost-effective storage alternative, but it may not be the right solution for every case.

Read more at :
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0998.html


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[CharleyO]

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Most Americans Confused By Cloud Computing According to National Survey

The survey of more than 1,000 American adults was conducted in August 2012 by Wakefield Research and shows that while the cloud is widely used, it is still misunderstood. For example, 51 percent of respondents, including a majority of Millennials, believe stormy weather can interfere with cloud computing. Nearly one third see the cloud as a thing of the future, yet 97 percent are actually using cloud services today via online shopping, banking, social networking and file sharing. Despite this confusion, three in five (59 percent) believe the “workplace of the future” will exist entirely in the cloud, which indicates people feel it’s time to figure out the cloud or risk being left behind in their professional lives.

Read much more at :
http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=2328309


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[CharleyO]

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HP Targets Apple IT Consumerization With Windows 8 Blitz

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is poised to mount a massive product and sales offensive around Windows 8 aimed at taking the wind out of rival Apple (NSDQ:AAPL)’s momentum, which is being driven in large part by the consumerization of IT.

 This fall, HP will launch a massive product and channel sales offensive around Windows 8 aimed at challenging Apple on a number of fronts, HP Director of Americas Channel Marketing Matt Smith told CRN Tuesday.

Read more at :
http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/240005925/hp-targets-apple-it-consumerization-with-windows-8-blitz.htm


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[CharleyO]

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Amazon refreshes Kindles, including cheaper Fire

Amazon.com Inc. refreshed its Kindle line of gadgets on Thursday. It updated its Kindle Fire tablet computer and announced new stand-alone e-reader models. The Fire will be an effort to take a larger share of a tablet computer market dominated by Apple's iPad. It could help Amazon boost sales of digital goods such as e-books and movies.

Consumer electronics makers are trying to generate interest in their products now, before Apple announces a new iPhone and possibly a mini iPad next week.

Read more at :
http://my.earthlink.net/article/tec?guid=20120906/86c84e1f-75dc-4b0a-bd75-37882cd82e98


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[CharleyO]

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Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday Easy; October, Not So Much

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September's Microsoft Patch Tuesday preview is shaping up to be a fairly simple one with only two bulletins in a list that is usually much longer. Both are rated as "important" and relate to privilege escalation vulnerabilities, which usually imply that the attacker already has some malware on the system in order to conduct the exploit.

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While the September Patch Tuesday is being characterized as a "walk in the park," the upcoming October counterpart is likely to be a completely different story.

Read more at :
http://www.crn.com/news/security/240006892/microsoft-8217-s-september-patch-tuesday-easy-october-not-so-much.htm?cid=nl_sec


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[CharleyO]

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Microsoft Bing to Google: Our Search Is Better Than Your Search

Microsoft is asking millions of Web searchers to break their longtime Google search habits and give the software giant's Bing search engine a new try in a catchy "Bing It On Challenge" that is aimed at growing Bing's market share in the search wars.

The "Bing It On" campaign was born out of a recent search study commissioned by Microsoft that looked at user opinions on the search engines they were using and the accuracy of the results they were getting, according to a post by Mike Nichols, chief marketing officer for Bing, on the Bing Search Blog.

Read both pages at :
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Microsoft-Bing-to-Google-Our-Search-Is-Better-Than-Your-Search-148401/?kc=EWKNLEDP09072012B

( After a year of using both search engines, I have to agree in that Bing gives me results that are more of what I'm looking for with less of the 'crap' results I get in Google which have almost nothing, and in many cases, nothing  at all to do with what I'm looking for.)


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[CharleyO]

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Lexmark To Lay Off 1,700 & Exits Inkjet Business

Lexmark International plans to lay off 1,700 people and exit the inkjet printer business, part of a major restructuring for the Lexington, Ky.-based company.

 The company said it will continue to service and support its existing inkjet customer base.

Read more at :
http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/240006338/lexmark-to-lay-off-1-700-exits-inkjet-business.htm


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[CraigB]

( After a year of using both search engines, I have to agree in that Bing gives me results that are more of what I'm looking for with less of the 'crap' results I get in Google which have almost nothing, and in many cases, nothing  at all to do with what I'm looking for.)

Totally agree, iv converted myself plus all my friends and family over to Bing these days and it's a much better search engine, i really dont touch anything that google ( not even android devices )

[Jesant13]

According to PCWorld, Google bought VirusTotal. They said that VirusTotal said it will continue to operate independently of Google. According to PC Magazine, VirusTotal announced the purchase in a blog post on Friday. They also said that VirusTotal said that the two companies had been partners for some time.

[bob3160]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/262047/google_buys_browserbased_malware_scanner_virustotal.html