FCC broadband plan could affect free TV; All those darn smartphone lawsuits

	Your guide to all those damn smartphone lawsuits | Cellphone users that drive us nuts (slideshow)
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	FCC broadband plan could affect free TV The Federal Communications Commission will spill the details of its national broadband plan during an open meeting next Tuesday and is scheduled to present the plan to Congress the following day. One proposed provision, dubbed a "Mobile Future Auction," addresses a looming spectrum shortage in the United States at the possible expense of some free TV airwaves. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Netezza Experience the Performance for Yourself! Other companies give you promises. Netezza gives you a Test Drive. At your site. With your data. You'll see how we've advanced the performance of data analytics to accelerate business decision-making. Take the TwinFin TestDrive. In this Issue Your guide to all those damn smartphone lawsuits Cellphone users that drive us nuts (slideshow) Three new options emerge for managing smartphones in the enterprise iPhone apps usage shifts into high gear at night, on weekends Cisco's CRS-3 and Wireless: Not for a While First LTE phone from Verizon expected mid-2011 RIM's future strong despite outages and outraged users 3G buildouts push up mobile network investment Former FCC chair says more fiber will help wireless crunch WiMAX device shipments surged in 2009 Researchers use light from LEDs to send data wirelessly Apple rejects iPhone app that measures radiation levels Verizon-AT&T LTE battle heats up Android native development kit updated WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Liberty University: Campus-wide IPTV over wireless In this webinar, experts from Aruba Networks and Liberty University will discuss the overwhelming business case for transitioning video to wireless, best practices for design and deployment, and initial results from the new service at Liberty. Click to continue Your guide to all those damn smartphone lawsuits Having trouble keeping track of who is suing whom among smartphone and mobile technology players over the past few months? Here's a quick rundown: Read More Cellphone users that drive us nuts (slideshow) Maybe you've seen Bluetooth Johnson, the bathroom texter or Han Solo, a.k.a, the holster master, in action. But hopefully, you don't see any of these 12 annoying cell phone characters when you look in the mirror. Read More Three new options emerge for managing smartphones in the enterprise The surge of iPhones and other smartphones in the enterprise is a major headache for IT departments. Now, there are three new medicines that may help to ease that pain. Read More iPhone apps usage shifts into high gear at night, on weekends Maybe iPhone users aren't wasting countless hours at work fiddling with their smartphone apps after all. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! Cisco's CRS-3 and Wireless: Not for a While I don't follow the core router market, but it's pretty clear that 322 Tb/s is a whole lot of capacity. And I'm of the belief that too much is a lot better than not enough, and that traffic loads across the board only increase over time. It would seem, then, that a product like Cisco's brand-new CRS-3 is already much too small, remarkable technological achievement though it obviously is. Read More First LTE phone from Verizon expected mid-2011 Verizon Wireless plans to launch its first LTE-based wireless phone in mid-2011, three to six months after the carrier rolls out its new LTE network, according to a report. Read More RIM's future strong despite outages and outraged users A data service outage affecting some BlackBerry users nationally this week seems to have left them angry but not deeply concerned about the future of BlackBerry's parent, Research in Motion Ltd. Read More 3G buildouts push up mobile network investment Mobile networks may not be getting upgraded as fast as some subscribers would like, but carrier spending on infrastructure is expected to rebound slightly this year after falling in 2009. 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 Former FCC chair says more fiber will help wireless crunch Laying more fiber is one way to make more efficient use of wireless spectrum, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said on Wednesday. Read More WiMAX device shipments surged in 2009 In another sign that the 4G wireless Internet market is revving up, market research firm Maravedis reports that shipments for WiMAX devices grew by 147% in 2009. Read More Researchers use light from LEDs to send data wirelessly Light coming from lamps in your home could eventually be used to encode a wireless broadband signal, according to German researchers. Read More Apple rejects iPhone app that measures radiation levels Apple has reportedly rejected an iPhone application from Israeli company Tawkon that promises to minimise your exposure to mobile phone radiation Read More Verizon-AT&T LTE battle heats up The simmering marketing battle between Verizon Wireless and AT&T over whose LTE network is first and best promises to explode in the coming months, analysts say. Read More Android native development kit updated OpenGL ES 2.0 added to package enabling developers to build performance-critical parts of an app in native code Read More
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