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	Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion Google has entered into an agreement to acquire the mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility for about $12.5 billion, the company said on Monday. Read More VIDEO: InnerWireless Are You Ready for Smartphones and iPads? InnerWireless? Horizon4GTM DAS enables mission-critical mobile communication everywhere in a facility. Whether it?s the delivery of 4G to power the latest smartphones or 802.11n Wi-Fi for seamlessly connecting iPads, Horizon4G ensures the wireless coverage, capacity, and 24x7 availability necessary to optimize service levels. Click to continue In this Issue Anonymous breaches San Francisco's public transport site 6 tools that help businesses tame Twitter Google Chromebooks now run Windows through Citrix Receiver RIM launches smartphone management for small businesses Cisco adds carrier routing, switch share in Q2 Sprint cancels WiMax version of BlackBerry PlayBook Tablets, other devices to overshadow PCs by 2013 iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Aug. 12 Security rundown for week ending Aug. 12 Future Smartphones: How They Will Look, What They Will Do RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Diskeeper Corporation Faster Backups, Faster Systems, Try Free New Diskeeper 2011 cuts backup times as much as 50-60% and improves system speed, energy efficiency and system longevity. Proven to lower operating costs across networks . Without Diskeeper on your systems, you are spending more time and money than you need to. See for yourself. Try FREE for a month. Anonymous breaches San Francisco's public transport site The hacking collective Anonymous released personal data on Sunday belonging to more than 2,000 public transport customers in the San Francisco area in retaliation for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system's shutdown of mobile phone service on Thursday night. Read More 6 tools that help businesses tame Twitter Read More Google Chromebooks now run Windows through Citrix Receiver Citrix Receiver brings Windows desktops and apps to Chrome OS laptops. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Service Assurance Defined This Forrester paper explains the concept of service assurance and highlights how it can address fundamental issues around managing application performance and business services. Learn More RIM launches smartphone management for small businesses Research In Motion launched a free online service for small businesses to help them centrally manage BlackBerry smartphones in the cloud, providing protection for business content saved on the devices. Read More Cisco adds carrier routing, switch share in Q2 I leave you with this -- the first in what is sure to be a slew of Q2 market numbers from the major market number crunchers. Read More Sprint cancels WiMax version of BlackBerry PlayBook Sprint has decided not to offer a WiMax version of the BlackBerry PlayBook, the company said Friday. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM College Goes Green with Energy-Efficient Data Centre Canadian-based St. Lawrence College needed to increase IT capacity to support a growing student base while minimizing risk, reducing energy costs and demonstrating a commitment to environmental sustainability. Learn how they reached their goals. Read now Tablets, other devices to overshadow PCs by 2013 The PC, simply put, is having a tough year. Read More iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Aug. 12 The iPhone 5 is a world-historical event, even though it's not, technically, an event yet. This week the iOSsphere rumors ranged far afield, with contributions from Italy, Russia and China. Read More Security rundown for week ending Aug. 12 Not unlike the week before, this past week saw hacking once again grab everyone's attention. This time it was an alleged threat from the shadowy group Anonymous to "kill" the social-networking site Facebook. The reason given? Anonymous supposedly thinks Facebook abuses people's privacy and cooperates with authoritarian governments. Read More Future Smartphones: How They Will Look, What They Will Do As you're reading this article, developers, engineers, and product designers are working on the next great mobile technology. The mobile world is rapidly changing: Smartphones have gone from portable messaging and email devices to streaming-video machines that surf the Web at blazing speed and have cameras that rival point-and-shoots (and they also happen to make calls). What will smartphones look like in five years? Or ten? What sort of amazing things will they be able to do? Read More
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