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	10 Windows 8 apps you should download first Windows 8 is all about the apps, so it's important to find the best ones for your unique needs. Unfortunately, you need to sift through a lot of crap apps in the process, especially if you're not using a Windows 8 tablet; desktop and laptop PC usersA don't need to worry about the lion's share of Windows 8 apps, because they're usually single-purpose tools designed to replicate the functionality of a full PC on a mobile device. Since you have access to a full Windows desktop you don't need just another way to look at photos or surf the Web--you need a way to do those thingsA better. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! In this Issue First Look: Apple iPad mini Cisco network really was $100 million more Gartner: Mobile device management tech set to take off iPhone jailbreaking still legal in US, but don't meddle with an iPad Hadoop Creator Outlines the Future of Big Data Platform Google Maps puts well-funded startup in the poorhouse Last minute geeky Halloween costume idea: Loading wheel iPad mini wins praise in initial "hands-on" reviews Coolest Halloween tech-o-lanterns Amazon outage started small, snowballed into 12-hour event WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! First Look: Apple iPad mini The small iPad is just what the official name – indeed called iPad mini – suggests. It's recognizably the iconic iPad tablet, only it's smaller, as Apple announced on Oct. 23. The iPad mini goes on sale Nov. 2, at $329 for the 16GB Wi-Fi model, $429 for 32 GB, and $529 for 64 GB. The LTE/3G option adds $130. Here's a closer look at what you get. Read More Cisco network really was $100 million more The $100 million price differential between the Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco proposals to refresh California State University's 23-campus network that we wrote about earlier this week was based on an identical number of switches and routers in various configurations. Read More Gartner: Mobile device management tech set to take off With the tsunami of mobile devices infiltrating the enterprise, companies will adopt Mobile Device Management technologies in record numbers over the next five year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Taking the Leap to Virtualization Read this whitepaper to learn how virtualization offers dramatic benefits for midsize companies, including efficiency, cost savings, and increased reliability and performance. Read Now! iPhone jailbreaking still legal in US, but don't meddle with an iPad Modifying Apple's iPhone software to install applications not approved by Apple will still be legal under new exemptions to take effect on Sunday in the U.S., but illegal for an iPad and other tablets. Read More Hadoop Creator Outlines the Future of Big Data Platform Doug Cutting, creator of Hadoop and founder of the Apache Hadoop Project, says big data is not hype and it's not a bubble. He lays out his vision of how Hadoop will become the Holy Grail of big data systems Read More Google Maps puts well-funded startup in the poorhouse You might figure that Thinking Phone Networks, a hot-shot startup that has attracted $16.5 million in venture funding and already employs 80 people, could afford nicer digs. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks For the Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure Aruba positioned in the Leaders quadrant, in Gartner's new Magic Quadrant report. A vendor in the Leaders quadrant demonstrates completeness of vision and the ability to execute. "Enterprises must choose infrastructure vendors that support network services, including security & management, and can integrate wired and wireless networking products." Learn more. Last minute geeky Halloween costume idea: Loading wheel Here's a simple, last-minute geeky Halloween costume idea: Make your own loading wheel (courtesy of BuzzFeed). Gussy it up with some rainbow colors and you could even have Apple's Pinwheel of Death, which coincidentally popped up on my screen while I was writing this. Got other techie Halloween costume ideas? Send pics/videos if so! Read More iPad mini wins praise in initial "hands-on" reviews The first slew of brief "hands on" experiences with the iPad mini - by reporters and bloggers at Apple's unveiling Tuesday - give high marks to the smaller tablet for build quality, lightness, display and performance. Read More Coolest Halloween tech-o-lanterns Happy Halloween. Here's our collection of creative tech-o-lanterns, modernized to include the latest in iPad- and iPhone-themed pumpkins. Mostly treats, with maybe a trick or two tossed in. Read More Amazon outage started small, snowballed into 12-hour event Amazon Web Services has almost fully recovered from a more than 12-hour event that appears to have started by only impacting a small number of customers but quickly snowballed into a larger issue that took down major sites including Reddit, Imgur and others yesterday. Read More
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