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Microsoft ends production of the Xbox One as focus turns to new consoles

GeekWire

The Xbox One, Microsoft’s third model of the Xbox and its entry into the eighth generation of video game consoles, originally debuted in 2013. The Xbox One S was effectively the “baseline” version of the hardware, which replaced the launch edition in 2016.

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2013 may FINALLY be the year of VDI and BYOD

Virtualized Greek

I am thinking that maybe 2013 will finally be the year of virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) enabled BYOD. A better comparison would be with XenClient which I wrote about here. The largest drawback for XenClient has been its lacklustre hardware support. I said a LONG TIME ago that Windows 8 should be a hypervisor based OS.

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Facebook plans first smartwatch for next summer with two cameras, heart rate monitor

The Verge

The planned device is Facebook’s first stab at releasing hardware specifically for the wrist, opening up another area of competition with Apple at a time when the two tech giants are already at odds on other fronts. Facebook’s track record for making hardware is spotty. Facebook’s track record for making hardware is spotty.

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IDF 2013: Virtualizing the Network to Enable SDI

Scott Lowe

Brian draws the comparison between property management and how IT is shaping: A rental house is pretty easy to manage. IDF 2013: Virtualizing the Network to Enable SDI. Why is this a big deal? One tenant, infrequent change, long-term investments. An apartment means more tenants, but still relatively infrequent change.

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Xbox Series X and S: everything you need to know about the next-gen of Xbox

The Verge

And that’s before we get into Microsoft’s game streaming service, xCloud, which could mean you won’t need any Xbox hardware at all to play many of the latest games. It’s not unusual for console manufacturers to offer a couple of different hardware options at launch, but normally, the differences are minor.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Apple iPad vs the Blackberry Playbook

Sean Daniel

and I thought it would be great to do a little bit of a comparison now that I’ve played with it for a bit. So let’s get down to business, my impressions and comparisons between the iPad (3rd generation) and the Playbook 2.0. Note that the Playbook hardware was not updated for Playbook 2.0, 2/05/2013 8:10 AM.

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There’s a question mark hanging over Apple’s Arm Macs

The Verge

Yesterday’s was the second presentation in a row where we saw canned demos and unlabeled graphs instead of actual benchmarks and performance comparisons. In its fiscal Q4 2013 earnings, Microsoft recorded a $900 million loss because of Surface RT “ inventory adjustments.”. We know what we’re getting with Intel. With Arm, we don’t.

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