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	Will $500 11n APs kick start deployments? You can now get an 802.11n enterprise-class access point for less than $500 MSRP. How likely is that new price point to drive businesses off of 802.11g and onto the next generation of Wi-Fi for good? The answer might depend on your size and budget. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sunbelt Software SMB's Should think Outside the Box to Protect Endpoints In their "Sector Insight" study, Aberdeen Group investigated the considerations small business should take when selecting anti-malware solutions. Read this paper to learn why Aberdeen recommends small enterprises be open to endpoint security solutions from vendors other than McAfee and Symantec. Read Now In this Issue 8 things you didn't know about Windows Phone 7 NSW gets world's largest Wi-Fi network Novell's Mono project bringing .Net development to Android Apple practices 'legal alchemy' to mask IP theft, claims Nokia AT&T, Sprint launch cheaper, stylish phones FCC's broadband plan: $15.5 billion for deployment Microsoft: No native code for Windows Phone 7 12 Types of Cell Phone Users That Drive Us Nuts Microsoft's four big Windows Phone 7 priorities at MIX10 Free Microsoft Windows Phone 7 developer tools released WHITE PAPER: Brocade Q&A: Virtualization and Cloud Preparedness As more applications are added per compute node in a virtual environment, there is a corresponding increase in I/O requirements. In this Q&A with Brocade CTO, Dave Stevens, he answers questions on how to ensure your network infrastructure, all the way down to the storage level, is ready for virtualization. Read More! 8 things you didn't know about Windows Phone 7 Details of Windows Phone 7 and the development environment are coming to light at Microsoft's MIX10 Web developer conference. Read More NSW gets world's largest Wi-Fi network NSW will soon have the largest centrally-controlled wireless network in the world with Wi-Fi covering every school in the state, according to the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET). Read More Novell's Mono project bringing .Net development to Android Developers for the Mono project also are readying a version of Silverlight for Apple's iPhone Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performanc This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now Apple practices 'legal alchemy' to mask IP theft, claims Nokia Nokia last week asked a federal judge to toss out Apple's antitrust claims, saying the iPhone maker indulged in "legal alchemy" when it tried to divert attention from its "free-riding" of Nokia's intellectual property. Read More AT&T, Sprint launch cheaper, stylish phones AT&T and Sprint Nextel launched new phones with a focus on style, quick connections and lower costs. Read More FCC's broadband plan: $15.5 billion for deployment The FCC would spend $15.5 billion on broadband deployment in a national broadband plan unveiled Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Radware Accelerating Next-Generation Data Center Initiatives In today's business landscape, every business looks for solutions to enable key business drivers, such as increasing business productivity, agility, continuity, globalization, and regulatory compliance. Cost effective application delivery lies at the heart of this need. This paper details how to cost-consciously overcome these challenges. Learn More Microsoft: No native code for Windows Phone 7 Microsoft officials Monday confirmed at the company's MIX 10 developers event in Las Vegas that native applications will not be allowed on Windows Phone 7 devices. Only applications running in the Silverlight runtime environment or games in the XNA Game Studio runtime will be allowed. Read More 12 Types of Cell Phone Users That Drive Us Nuts Mobile phones have become unquestionably valuable tools, yet our devices can literally transform us into some pretty darn strange characters--often without our knowledge. Read More Microsoft's four big Windows Phone 7 priorities at MIX10 Microsoft will unpack the technical details of Windows Phone 7 at next week's annual MIX development conference. Here are the company's priorities for the its retooled mobile platform. Read More Free Microsoft Windows Phone 7 developer tools released At the start of its annual MIX 10 Web developer conference, Microsoft announced the immediate free release of mobile-enabled versions of its latest core development tools for Windows Phone 7. Read More
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