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	HP "beat the crap" out of Cisco, others HP says it can "beat the crap" out of its networking competition in price-performance, a big selling point it employs in bids against Cisco. That's the exact phrase HP CEO Leo Apotheker used in describing his company's progress in networking to IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Discover the Mishaps of Digital Channels Digital has been widely embraced by consumers and by many parts of the enterprise. But the adoption of digital channels - Web sites, mobile apps, online sales and customer service, and other smart touches - has often occurred in a piecemeal way. Read More In this Issue Android Honeycomb review Are cell phones 'Stalin's dream'? Readers weigh in Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update Sprint begins push-to-talk CDMA migration Storage switches bounce back in 2010, helped by Cisco Quake may affect tech industry for six months, says analyst Mozilla sets Firefox 4 release for Tuesday VMware's management client for iPad awaits Apple approval Google to add offline storage to Apps by year end New cellular router adds Modbus for M2M data collection Time travel may find home in Large Hadron Collider Japanese quake may shorten days WEBCAST: IBM How much network downtime can your business tolerate? Join this IBM broadcast to learn how to manage and improve network configuration activity to keep your networks running, in compliance and generating revenue. View Now Android Honeycomb review Google's new Android Honeycomb OS has a lot to offer, but it also has a long way to go before it can deliver the full tablet experience. Read More Are cell phones 'Stalin's dream'? Readers weigh in Stallman is right. Stallman is a crackpot. Reactions to Richard Stallman's warnings on cell phone surveillance. Read More Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update Google on Tuesday updated Chrome, patching a flaw in the browser's copy of Flash Player. Read More Sprint begins push-to-talk CDMA migration Good news, push-to-talk fans: Sprint wants to get you off its iDEN network! Read More WEBCAST: Iron Mountain Success in the cloud: strategies revealed View this webcast with IDG senior editor Jim Malone and Martin Tuip of Iron Mountain to learn the primary considerations and best practices for storing, archiving, protecting and managing your most important information in the cloud. View now Storage switches bounce back in 2010, helped by Cisco The sale of switches and adapters for use in storage area networks (SAN) "rebounded nicely" in 2010, after a drop in 2009, according to data from Infonetics Research. Read More Quake may affect tech industry for six months, says analyst World technology hardware supplies will take as long as six months to resume normal flows following disruptions from last week's massive earthquake in Japan, a lead Bank of America Merrill Lynch researcher said on Wednesday. Read More Mozilla sets Firefox 4 release for Tuesday Originally scheduled to ship last November, Firefox 4 will wrap up a development cycle that started in February 2010 with several developer previews, but began in earnest last July when Mozilla released the first of what would eventually be a dozen betas. Read More VMware's management client for iPad awaits Apple approval VMware is waiting for Apple to approve a software client for iPads that will allow IT staff to manage their virtualized environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Five Steps to Improving Business Performance Read this white paper to learn five practical steps your company can take to achieve customer intimacy. Read Now Google to add offline storage to Apps by year end Google is working to restore offline storage capabilities for its Apps productivity software and should have it done by the end of the year, according to a senior company official on Wednesday. Read More New cellular router adds Modbus for M2M data collection A new cellular router adds support for the Modbus protocol, to simplify connections between central control systems and remote monitoring devices. Read More Time travel may find home in Large Hadron Collider So can you slam protons together so hard that the collision creates a particle that can travel forward and backward in time? Read More Japanese quake may shorten days The Japanese earthquake may trigger shorter days, spurring changes in computer time-keeping. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. 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 Google Chrome 10 Google has released the stable version of Chrome 10 and users are now being automatically updated. As always, Chrome's new features focus on security, speed and simplicity, with greater JavaScript performance, sandboxing technology for Adobe Flash, password encryption and an easier-to-use settings interface. Here's a look at the new features. MOST-READ STORIES Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' Hands-on review: Xoom battles iPad 2 to a draw First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing Specialty Android apps for business users Cisco stock hit by Japan quake Breaking down carriers '4G' wireless spin 5 things Accenture's CIO has learned about cloud computing Zune, Cisco email, Guitar Hero filling up tech industry graveyard 15 best iPad apps for newbies
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