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Pundit Forecasts All Wrong, Silver Perfectly Right. Is Punditry Dead?view story

http://techcrunch.com – The New York Times election statistician, Nate Silver, perfectly predicted all 50 states last night for President Obama, while every single major pundit was wrong–some comically wrong. (IT news)

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Telecoms tipped to take 10 percent of global energyview story

http://www.itwire.com – Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: StrategyAlcatel-Lucent is calling for urgent action to improve the energy efficiency of telecommunications networks amid predictions that, on current projections, the Internet could consume as much as 10 percent of global energy supply by 2020. (IT news)

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CompTIA Breakaway 2012: Big Data, M2M & Rumors in the Hallsview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – CompTIA Breakaway 2012 has attracted several hundred VARs and MSPs this week in Las Vegas. So what’s the chatter here in the halls? Beyond cloud computing, CompTIA is now focused on Big Data and Machine to Machine opportunities for partners, said CEO Todd Thibodeaux. Also, he called on the U.S. (IT news)

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Valve's Newell: Windows 8 "catastrophe" driving Valve to embrace Linuxview story

http://ubuntuforums.org – I'm not really a gamer, and I also think that the interface of Windows 8 isn't too bad at all since it also offers a traditional desktop, but I found the following article quite interesting... (Hardware)

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Microsoft Office 2013 (Formerly Office 15) Launch Date, Pricing?view story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Microsoft Office 2013 (formerly Office 15) will offer cloud integration with SkyDrive, and social media integration with Yammer, SharePoint and Skype. CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled an Office 2013 Customer Preview today, positioning it as a “cloud service” best used with Windows 8 on PCs and tablets, including Microsoft’s own Surface tablets. (IT news)

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Help With Events Predictor - Your Predictions Wanted!view story

http://www.unix.com – Excuse me for cross-posting, but as no-one reads the Members Forum, it seems, I will leave this here for a while: Hi. We're looking to inject some life into our Events Predictor feature, and recently assigned member ni2 to manage it. If you could help out by offering predictions you would like to see in the areas of: Natural Events Business and Finance People Sports Science and Technology (HowTos)

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Manage Your Vehicle With aCarview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – I’m what some people call a “hypermiler”. Yes, I drive a 2005 Honda Civic Hybrid and I like to try to maximize my fuel mileage when I drive. Ok, before you start groaning about me being the slow guy in the left lane, I’m not that guy. Driving in the left lane is bad for mileage, so why would I go there? (IT news)

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Gartner Tablet Sales Forecast: On Target or Pure Fiction?view story

http://www.thevarguy.com – Gartner has released a new worldwide tablet sales forecast, covering 2012 through 2016. But… Can you really trust a Gartner forecast for a bunch of products that don’t exist (example: Windows 8 tablets) and a product family whose future is at risk (example: RIM QNX). (IT news)

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What the New iPad Says About What Might be Coming in iPad 4view story

http://www.thevarguy.com – The new iPad isn’t even available to the general public yet, but that won’t stop us from thinking about its successor. The new new iPad, or iPad 4, should arrive sometime in 2013 and based on what Apple has — or hasn’t — done already, we can start making predictions on a fourth iteration of the iconic device. (IT news)

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Has Canonical Found the Keys to the Computing Kingdom?view story

http://www.linuxinsider.com – There seems to be no end in sight to the bold moves and bold proclamations surrounding Ubuntu Linux these days. First we had the debut of Ubuntu TV, surrounded by trumpets and fanfare. Then, late last month, we had the Ubuntu for Android announcement, along with a wide assortment of grand and enthusiastic predictions regarding its significance. (General)