Ballmer: Sidekick outage 'not good'; Droid vs. iPhone 3GS; Secrets of successful data centers

Smartphone smackdown: Motorola Droid vs. iPhone 3GS; What the heck are you doing on the Internet at that hour? Daily News AM Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Adobe Deploying Adobe Acrobat 9 and Managing Updates Take advantage of new features and services that make the Adobe® Acrobat® family of products easier than ever to use, deploy, and support. Whether you're providing a collaboration solution for thousands of users or enabling small teams to share documents in real time you will not want to miss this educational webinar. Register Today! Spotlight Story Ballmer: Sidekick outage 'not good' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer characterized the recent Sidekick data loss episode as "not good," and said he believes all the data will be recovered, but added that Microsoft will have to be more forthcoming in explaining to enterprise customers why a similar situation won't occur with Microsoft's online services. 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