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Negotiating mainframe bargains; smartphone stocking stuffers; Twitter previews new mobile site

Smartphone stocking stuffers: 15 hot accessories and add-ons; Start-ups aim to tame IT management complexity
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As IBM sales suffer, now's the time to buy a new mainframe

Mainframe customers haven't always had much leverage to negotiate with Big Blue, but now may be the perfect time to strike a new contract with IBM. Read full story

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IT management newcomers race to deliver the next-generation management platform that can control cloud computing, virtual systems, advanced applications and heterogeneous environments without requiring extensive manual labor.

Twitter previews new mobile site
Twitter has built a mobile site from scratch for its social networking and microblogging service, acknowledging that the current one, while reliable, has an unimpressive user interface and a modest feature set.

Cisco wins Tandberg with 91.1% stake
After a hard-fought battle, Cisco has won control of videoconferencing leader Tandberg by securing ownership of 91.1% of the company's shares.

Seven smartphone predictions for 2010
Looking at smartphone growth by the numbers, it's a cinch to predict that smartphone sales will continue to boom in 2010.

Bing goes down for a half hour
A day after trumpeting various enhancements to Bing, including the beta version of an improved mapping service, Microsoft had to apologize for a widespread outage that kept the search engine offline for about 30 minutes on Thursday evening.

NHL looks to Web video, mobile to further popularize game
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Microsoft releases next two pieces of Forefront security suite
Microsoft has released two more pieces of its Forefront suite that is core to its strategy to merge security and identity technology with software that stretches across clients, servers and the network edge.

FCC wants all-IP voice networks
The FCC started laying the groundwork for switching to an all-VoIP phone system by seeking public comment on whether to transition from the current system to an IP-based system.

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December 04, 2009

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  6. Bots, bombs and weird science: The wackiest stories of 2009
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