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Google Voice coming to all Sprint phones
Sprint is integrating the Google Voice application into all of its phones, giving users a new way to make cheap international calls. Read More


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AT&T's T-Mobile deal means more, not less competition.
It's not the number of companies, but how ruthless they are.A lot of the commentary, complaints, and denunciations about the AT&T plan to buy T-Mobile begins with the assumption that fewer players in a market automatically means less competition and therefore greater customer victimization. That assumption is fundamentally wrong. Real capitalism is summed in the image of two dogs with one bone. The dogs do not live in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. They do not... Read More

Gigantic changes keep space technology hot
NASA's Mercury mission, Space Shuttle retirement dominate very busy space season Read More

Should you stop using RSA SecurID tokens?
Anyone using RSA SecurID two-factor authentication tokens for remote access to sensitive information should reconsider using them until RSA, which last week admitted to a major breach of its network, clarifies exactly what was compromised, says NSS Labs. Read More

Send us your fave raves
Our annual call for the best products, as chosen by readers.Do you have a favorite enterprise IT product you can't live without? Tell us about it and we'll share your raves with our readers. Please send your submissions to Ann Bednarz at Network World ( abednarz@nww.com ) by April 4. Please note: Submissions must be received directly from IT professionals, not through a third party. Items to address: 1. Please provide your name, title and employer. 2. What's... Read More


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Mapping Out a Secure Path to the Cloud
This ESG paper examines the 3 phases organizations must undertake for effective cloud deployment and how, with the right planning and technology, the move to virtual IT can improve security defenses, automate operations and decrease costs. Read More

AT&T deal won't mean iPhones for T-Mobile users … yet
Giddy T-Mobile users hoping to get their hands on an iPhone shouldn't hold their breath. Read More

MIT robots take stage in new opera
In Death and the Powers, a new opera by MIT Media Lab professor Tod Machover, the main character wishes to leave the physical world, but remain there digitally. He downloads himself into The System and continues to interact with the audience and othe Read More

Android is hot…and getting hotter.
Along with its meteoric rise in popularity, the platform is generating some legal heatYes, Android is smokin'! It's clearly been hot in the sense of a big success, extremely popular and market buzzword. And, more recently, there seems to be some heat-generating intellectual property friction around the platform. So, hot and heated. But, the legal issues, albeit in the press because of the popularity of the platform, are just visible examples of what any organization developing with... Read More

Watchdog to Obama: Schmidt policing online privacy is like Madoff heading SEC
Will Eric Schmidt go from being Google CEO to being Obama's voice on privacy as the next Commerce Secretary? After running Google for ten years, there is little doubt that Eric Schmidt knows the ins and outs of technology and all about successfully managing a massive business. However, signs indicate that Schmidt may step into the upcoming vacancy as Commerce Secretary because current Secretary Gary Locke is becoming U.S. ambassador to China. Read More


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This e-book, provides guidance to operationalize security and put the top 10 best SIEM practices to work. Rather than an exhaustive examination of SIEM, it offers insightful details with regards to how IT organizations and information security professionals can gain more assured value from SIEM. Read now!

iPad 2 Provokes Anxiety in IT
IT executives expect their support requirements to increase significantly once workers begin using the iPad 2 on the job. Read More

Mozilla knocks Microsoft's decision to snub XP
Microsoft's decision to limit Internet explorer 9 support to Windows Vista and Windows 7 prompted criticism from Mozilla, whose rival Firefox browser continues to support the still widely-used Windows XP. Read More

Google: Gmail blocking designed by Chinese government
China is blocking Gmail in the country with methods that make it look as if the access problems lie with Google, said the search engine giant on Monday. Read More

ICANN approves .xxx top-level domain
The adult entertainment industry now has a home on the Internet: It's called .xxx. Read More



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SLIDESHOWS

Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs
Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free.

First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5.

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