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	Wi-Fi robot helps treat trauma patients A robot roaming from bedside to bedside at the Ryder Trauma Center at the University of Miami/Jackson Medical Center in Florida is expanding the reach of physicians in an initiative that could one day extend to U.S. soldiers overseas. Locally powered by a battery pack and networked by Wi-Fi, a 5-foot-tall RP-7 robot made by InTouch Health "stands in" for doctors after their eight-hour shifts have ended, explains Frank Rodriguez, IT director of network and security operations at the medical center. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Leveraging 802.11n: WLAN for Enterprise Video Learn how 802.11n technologies improve the quality, scale, and performance of multimedia applications. Bring your questions and participate in live Q&A with 802.11n experts. Learn more now. In this Issue Apple iPad could give Microsoft fits Apple's iPad: Key capabilities at a glance (Slideshow) 'WiMAX 2' coming in 2011? iPad Data Demands Could Cripple AT&T 3G 10 fun facts about RIM and the BlackBerry Bookie taking bets on Apple iPad sales Did Apple's iPad debut put a choke-hold on the Internet? CTIA defends early termination fees Google Voice rolls out iPhone Web app Apple's iPad: Can it rise to enterprise IT demands? FCC probes Google, T-Mobile for double-whammy termination fees WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers What's the connection between virtualization and acceleration? It's deeper than you might think. See how these two hot technologies complement each other to consolidate servers, enhance DR and simplify the IT infrastructure. Learn more. Apple iPad could give Microsoft fits Microsoft shouldn't be shaking in its boots after this week's unveiling of Apple's iPad, but the tablet computer could give the software giant fits in the future on several fronts Read More Apple's iPad: Key capabilities at a glance (Slideshow) It's not quite a netbook, it's not quite an iPod Touch -- Apple's new iPad is something else. Take a look at its key features and decide for yourself what it can be for you Read More 'WiMAX 2' coming in 2011? It's been just over a year since WiMAX made its big debut in the United States and there's already a sequel. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Culture Change Considerations Due to UC IDC analyzes some of the key challenges for customers looking to adopt unified communications as the identification of which tools and features are most appropriate for their organization and, more importantly, which source they should turn to provide those selected features and tools . Read Now. iPad Data Demands Could Cripple AT&T 3G Now that Apple has officially unveiled the iPad we can move beyond hype and speculation about what the Apple tablet might be, and move on to talking about all of the rumors that didn't pan out, and predicting whether the device will ultimately fail or succeed. One rumor that apparently didn't make the cut for the iPad unveiling was that it would be offered by both AT&T and Verizon. Read More 10 fun facts about RIM and the BlackBerry Need a break from the Apple iPad? Here are 10 fun facts about RIM and its BlackBerry smartphones Read More Bookie taking bets on Apple iPad sales Irish bookmaker offers odds on worldwide sales of Apple iPad. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Maximizing Efficiencies with Unified Communications How exactly can you maximize efficiencies and cut costs out of IT? We are right in the middle of the New Efficiency Launch featuring Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7 and Exchange Server 2010. Click here to find out how! Learn More Now Did Apple's iPad debut put a choke-hold on the Internet? If our experience here and the chatter on Twitter is any indication, then the answer is that it sure looks as though the Internet gagged on an iPad. Read More CTIA defends early termination fees The leading trade group for wireless telcos is defending carriers' right to charge early termination fees to customers who break their contracts early. Read More Google Voice rolls out iPhone Web app The first inkling we had that something was off between longtime friends Apple and Google came last July when Apple pulled existing third-party apps for Google's Voice service from the App Store. Six months later, Google's finally remedied the situation by adding a dash of HTML5 into Voice's Web interface. Read More Apple's iPad: Can it rise to enterprise IT demands? After 90 minutes of Apple iPad superlatives, demonstrations, and slick videos, which didn't quite mask a distinct sense of disappointment among his listeners on the Web, Apple CEO Steve Jobs ended his unveiling with the billion-dollar question: "Do we have what it takes to establish a third category of products?" Enterprise IT departments are trying to figure out how to answer him. Read More FCC probes Google, T-Mobile for double-whammy termination fees On Monday, the FCC asked Google, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile to explain how they tell their customers about early wireless contract termination fees. Notice anything interesting about that list? Google is the only handset retailer in the bunch. The others are carriers. That's because if someone buys a Nexus One phone purchased through Google with a two-year T-Mobile contract, and the user wants... Read More
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