[TechRepublic] Apple's supply chain flap: It's really about us

Tech Sanity Check TechRepublic Member | January 27, 2012

Apple's supply chain flap: It's really about us Apple is under fire for its supply chain labor, but every tech item---and thing you own---goes through the same manufacturing paces. Read more Resource of the day Evaluating Unified Communications Solutions This white paper from Cisco outlines what to look for when shopping for a unified communication system. It'll take you through the benefits and drawbacks to the different approaches and help you make a decision. More from TechRepublic   Beware stricter Manifest checking in Android ICS What's in your Google Wallet? Infographic: Cost of a bad hire 10 problems with outsourcing IT News from ZDNet   Former Palm chief Jon Rubinstein leaves HP: report WSJ: Facebook set to declare IPO next week U.S. CTO Chopra reportedly stepping down Apple grabbed Q4 global smartphone lead, Samsung wins 2011 Windows 7 tablets with 1.5 percent market share and other Microsoft news of the week HTC to focus on quality, not quantity, in 2012 Dell launches pre-packaged private cloud for your datacenter Conversation about UCS with Todd Brannon of Cisco News from CNET   Tim Cook: Apple cares about 'every worker' in its supply chain German court tosses second Samsung suit against Apple New RIM CEO: No, really, there's 'a lot of change' here Politicians aim some pointed privacy questions at Google Amazon drops Galaxy Nexus to $100 Massive Motorola Droid Razr Maxx battery a 'Eureka' moment Gingrich: Space colony yay! Romney: Nay! Featured galleries   Macworld 2012 - Gallery Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Using Group Policy to Manage Administrator Rights Check out this webcast to learn how you can improve your network's security by properly handling administrator rights. It's like giving your employees "do not duplicate" keys. Today's recommended downloads Evaluating Unified Communications Solutions (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Protect Your Data with CA ARCserve D2D from Insight (Insight Direct) Why The Change in Backup Licensing Models? (Quest Software) Live Webcast: Using Group Policy to Manage Administrator Rights (Viewfinity) Improve Power Management with Intel Intelligent Power Node Manager (Intel Corporation)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Google+ feed: +Jason Hiner Connect with TechRepublic Photos: The world from space This TechRepublic gallery features images from the NASA on The Commons Flickr stream. There are photos from Apollo missions 4, 11, and 17, images of the Earth from the lunar surface, and more. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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