SharePoint 2013 development environments

Create SharePoint 2013 development environments quickly on Azure http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sharepointdev/archive/2013/09/26/create-sharepoint-2013-development-environments-quickly-on-azure.aspx

this article talks about setting up Azure VMs for SharePoint development. All you would need is an MSDN subscription, and you could potentially leverage more than just this specific developer image explained in the article.

October 2013 Cumulative Update Packages

October 2013 Cumulative Update Packages for SharePoint Foundation 2013 and SharePoint Server 2013 have been released

October 2013 CU for SharePoint Foundation 2013 - KB 2825674 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2825674

October 2013 CU for SharePoint Server 2013 - KB 2825647 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2825647

Note: This is build 15.0.4551.1001 of the cumulative update package.