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	Gigabit cell phone standard nears completion The world's top handset makers are meeting this week to finalize a version of an advanced mobile communication standard that would raise data transfer speeds to 1Gbps, an event organizer said on Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point Systems, Inc. ADCs: Next Generation Load Balancers Server load balancers offer fairly basic capabilities. This white paper details the advanced content switching, application acceleration and VMware integration capabilities that have data centers using Equalizer Application Delivery Controllers to take over where server load balancers left off. Click to continue In this Issue Disk or tape? How about both Cisco's moment of truth Oddball Cellphones: Docomo's Coolest, Strangest Phones at MWC Disaster recovery trial by fire... literally iPad could get Intel's superfast Light Peak connector China's Huawei to reverse controversial deal for 3Leaf Is Microsoft banning open source for Windows Phone apps? Why you freak out over Facebook Anonymous: It's a trap! Microsoft's first Windows Phone 7 update -- out today -- isn't what you expected AT&T enabling wi-fi hotspot support for some iPhone users Fujitsu to launch Windows 7 business tablet RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Netezza Get Proof. Not Promises. Take the Netezza TestDrive. Your site. Your data. Our technology. Experience the high-performance and operational simplicity of the IBM Netezza data warehouse appliance firsthand. Our open Proof of Concept allows you to test a Netezza appliance with your most demanding, real-world analytics challenges. Learn More. Disk or tape? How about both Enterprises today have many more backup choices than they used to have, and they're taking advantage by pairing legacy technologies such as tape backups with newer disk-based data protection options. Read More Cisco's moment of truth Cisco achieved a milestone in its most recent fiscal quarter, one with profound implications for the future of the company: Cisco made more money from its new products and services than it did from routers and switches. Read More Oddball Cellphones: Docomo's Coolest, Strangest Phones at MWC From impressive camera phones to adorable flip phones, Docomo's booth at MWC is definitely one of the funnest. Read More Disaster recovery trial by fire... literally On a Sunday morning last year, John Brooks received news no one wants to hear. There'd been an electrical fire in the basement of a New York City office tower - where his law firm has an office. Read More WHITE PAPER: Nastel Technologies Forrester: CEP Defined Learn how to handle IT complexity using application performance management converged with Complex Event Processing. Learn More. Learn More iPad could get Intel's superfast Light Peak connector A news story is fueling speculation that Apple may be about to introduce a multi-gigabit peripherals connection, possibly for a future iPad or even for an expected refresh of its MacBook Pro notebook line later this month. Read More China's Huawei to reverse controversial deal for 3Leaf Chinese network equipment supplier Huawei has reversed its stance and has accepted a U.S. panel's recommendation to voluntarily divest from a business acquisition that had drawn national security concerns. Read More Is Microsoft banning open source for Windows Phone apps? Somebody at Red Hat discovered that Microsoft's developer agreement for its online mobile marketplace doesn't allow the use of some open source code. Read More Why you freak out over Facebook The saying goes that "You can't have too many friends," but that might not be true in the world of Facebook, according to a new study by Scottish researchers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation Optimizing Your Infrastructure for Cloud Computing This white paper examines some of the forces behind rising adoption of cloud-based solutions, explores how cloud architectures impact data centers and discusses a series of concrete practices and technologies that can help companies collect the benefits of cloud computing without compromising uptime or overwhelming their power and cooling systems. Read now! Anonymous: It's a trap! According to Anonymous, Westboro Baptist Church was behind the Open Letter allegedly from Anonymous, and then added fuel to the flames with WBC's "Bring it" reply. Anonymous warns: don't DDoS, it's a trap to collect IPs for suing. Read More Microsoft's first Windows Phone 7 update -- out today -- isn't what you expected In a surprise move, Microsoft today released its first Windows Phone update. What's even more surprising, it's not The First Update that the company has been talking about for months, and everyone was expecting, or in some cases, yearning for. Read More AT&T enabling wi-fi hotspot support for some iPhone users When Apple COO Tim Cook and Verizon's Dan Mead officially announced the CDMA iPhone 4, one of the more pleasant surprises was that Verizon iPhone 4 owners would be able to use their device to create a wi-fi hotspot with support for up to 5 devices. A cool feature, to be sure, but one caveat is that because Verizon's CDMA network can't support concurrent voice and data, when a Verizon iPhone 4 receives a call, all connected devices will immediately be booted off line. Read More Fujitsu to launch Windows 7 business tablet Japan's Fujitsu will soon launch a tablet PC for enterprise users that packs security features not available in most consumer machines. Read More
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