| Sun made colossal mistake in turning down IBM offer, analysts say
Analysts seem to agree: Sun made a huge error in turning down IBM's $7 billion takeover offer. Netbooks May Soon Outsell Notebooks, says Qualcomm CEO
Move over, notebooks. Netbooks may soon become the personal computer of choice for millions of end users, according Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs. In a Bloomberg interview at the CTIA Wireless Show in Las Vegas, Jacobs predicted the netbook's rise could happen "relatively quickly," although he declined to give a specific timeline. The consequences of inadequate cloud security
The phenomenon of services in the cloud is well established. Some say it will become the dominant model for network infrastructure as issues of reliability and security are convincingly addressed. Wireless USB: Was it worth the wait?
As the Universal Serial Bus (USB) approaches its 13th birthday, like other adolescents it's eager to start thinking and acting independently. For the USB, this means chucking the cable and connecting to a wide variety of printers, keyboards, hard drives and other office peripherals without wires. AP takes aim at Web sites over unlicensed news content
The Associated Press (AP), one of the world's largest news providers, plans to take legal action against Web portals and other sites that use its content without paying for a license, the organization said Monday. Spectrum Analyzers for Wi-Fi: Everybody Needs One
Mathias: Spectrum analyzers are going to be a big business going forward. The most important development here will be the incorporation of spectral analysis into Wi-Fi infrastructure, either within APs (some Wi-Fi chipsets provide suitable output in addition to serving their required communications functions) or in dedicated sensors. Agito Unleashes New Mobile Convergence Products
Nickasch: The phrase "mobile convergence" has been gaining steam in both the Enterprise and SMB spaces lately, as users and organizations alike demand the flexibility of converged communications on their mobile devices. Agito Networks announced revolutionary changes to its RoamAnywhere Mobility Router platform, which ties together WiFi, cellular, and IP telephony with location information to provide a seamless mobile environment. Slideshow: 10 eye-catching gadgets at CTIA
Last week's CTIA trade show in Las Vegas generated a decent amount of news, including BlackBerry's announcement that it was opening its own application store and Verizon's partnership with Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to open a research center for Long Term Evolution (LTE) devices and applications. But as usual, the biggest attractions at CTIA were the gadgets being paraded around by big-named device manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, LG, RIM, Palm, Motorola and Nokia. Here's a look at the 10 gadgets that most caught our eye at CTIA, plus details about pricing, availability and carrier support. Cisco target of 20 patent troll lawsuits
Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese finds it interesting that patent troll lawsuit protection start-up called RPX Corporation counts Cisco as one of its operating company clients. Blackberry Storm Needs Bailout And Stimulus Package
Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley doesn't mince words, he absolutely hates his Storm. He lists all its flaws, hence the thought that it needs a bailout. Largest high-tech tornado chase ever set to spin
Next month, with the help of a variety of high-tech gear, researchers will begin a wide-ranging project to better understand the origin, structure and evolution of tornadoes with the ultimate goal of being able to better predict when the destructive storms will happen and get people out of harms way faster. The National Science Foundation has given $9.1 million to the project known as Verification Of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment 2, or more simply, VORTEX2, which will take place from May 10 to June 13. Video: Handgrip exerciser doubles as mouse
A handgrip exerciser is hacked to function as a mouse. April giveaways galore
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. | 
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