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	For Microsoft's last CES keynote, Ballmer hawks Windows 8, Kinect Microsoft's motion-sensing Kinect technology will be available for Windows PCs in a few weeks and is destined for a lot more than just gaming, CEO Steve Ballmer said at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas Monday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VCE (Virtual Computing Environment) Simplify Desktop Virtualization VCE has integrated best-of-breed technology from industry leaders Cisco, EMC and VMware. This solution helps automate desktop and application management by reducing VDI trial and deployment times, scaling easily to support thousands of users, rapidly provisioning and decommissioning desktops and providing seamless support to include VMware View™. Click to continue In this Issue Wi-Fi for White Spaces: Will Microsoft's WiFi-NC set new network standard? Cisco cranks up Internet TV volume at CES Microsoft Gets Into the PC Business (Sort-of) Juniper warns on Q4 due to soft carrier router sales OpenStack Continues Momentum As AT&T Signs On CES 2012: Microsoft recaps 15 years in two minutes, autotunes Bill Gates CES 2012: Samsung intros gesture, voice controlled TV CES: Men in Black III trailer and Will Smith at Sony Apple: CES goers, don't forget about us! Dear automakers: No, thanks... and another thing Apple CEO Cook receives $376 million stock award AT&T pushes ahead after T-Mobile bid Canonical demonstrates Ubuntu TV 5 LinkedIn Tips for Career Success in 2012 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. Cisco UCS with intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors Learn how the Cisco Unified Computing System, powered by intelligent Intel® Xeon® processors, signals an evolution in the data center: Cisco Unified Computing at Work, Unified Computing Design Zone, Build a Cloud Ready Data Center and Changing the Server Industry. Learn More Wi-Fi for White Spaces: Will Microsoft's WiFi-NC set new network standard? Once upon a time, Microsoft had applied to the FCC to become an approved white spaces administrator. Read More Cisco cranks up Internet TV volume at CES At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week Cisco unveiled extensions to its Internet TV platform and strategy that enable "video in the cloud" services. Read More Microsoft Gets Into the PC Business (Sort-of) From the "It's-about-time" files: Microsoft has finally done what OEMs won't seem to do: it's selling PCs without unwanted bloatware/junkware preloaded on the PC. Read More Juniper warns on Q4 due to soft carrier router sales Juniper Networks said its fourth quarter 2011 results will be a little light due to softness in carrier routers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Big Data: Managing Explosive Growth Are you experiencing a data explosion? The trend toward leveraging Big Data for competitive advantage helps IT professionals successfully meet business goals. Learn how to reliably manage, store and access vast amounts of archived data while protecting it and keeping costs low. View Now OpenStack Continues Momentum As AT&T Signs On OpenStack, the open source cloud architecture created by Rackspace and NASA (is there a more open source friendly US Government agency?), officially picked up another major supporter yesterday when Ma Bell herself, AT&T officially joined the project. AT&T becomes the first major US telecom provider to join the project, which already boasts over 140 corporate members. Read More CES 2012: Microsoft recaps 15 years in two minutes, autotunes Bill Gates During its last CES keynote Microsoft recapped 15 years of presentations by setting Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer to music. Read More CES 2012: Samsung intros gesture, voice controlled TV Samsung laid out its television strategy at its press conference on the eve of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. It has added motion control, voice control and face recognition to its Smart TVs. Read More CES: Men in Black III trailer and Will Smith at Sony CES: Men in Black III trailer and Will Smith at Sony. Read More WEBCAST: NetIQ Disaster Recovery Planning and the Cloud Find out how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how to leverage virtualization technologies today to reduce the cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery plan. Learn More! Apple: CES goers, don't forget about us! Apple might not be at the CES 2012 show in Vegas this week, but that doesn't mean the company is sitting around twiddling its thumbs. Read More Dear automakers: No, thanks... and another thing I awaken today to this increasingly familiar story about "smart cars" - you know, your always-connected office/home-entertainment center on wheels. Read More Apple CEO Cook receives $376 million stock award Apple granted Tim Cook a 'promotion and retention award' valued at $376 million when he took over as CEO in August, the company revealed in its 2012 proxy statement, filed Monday with the SEC. Read More AT&T pushes ahead after T-Mobile bid AT&T dropped its $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile USA in December, but the company demonstrated that it is still running on all cylinders with announcements at CES of new smartphones, a tablet and new tools for mobile app developers. Read More Canonical demonstrates Ubuntu TV Anticipating a growing market for smart television sets, Canonical will be demonstrating a version of its popular Ubuntu Linux OS that can be used for running TVs. 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