Monday, April 19, 2010

AT&T on auto-authentication; 2010 is Year of Steve Jobs, again

2010: The year of Apple's Steve Jobs, again | Report Says AT&T's Network Doesn't Carry the Most Data

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AT&T on auto-authentication
One question I've been trying to get AT&T to answer for some time is how its auto-authentication scheme works. Auto-authentication, which the mobile operator announced about a year ago, offloads user traffic from AT&T's 3G network to one of its Wi-Fi hotspots when coverage is available. Read More


E-GUIDE: BlackBerry

Expert Guide: Crafting a Secure Mobility Strategy
Securing mobile data in transit and at rest is a top IT concern. This eGuide offers expert advice on simplifying management and security of smartphones, improved fail-over for DR and control of enterprise application downloads and permissions. Read now and download a free license of BlackBerry Enterprise Express to manage up to 75 users. Read Now.

WHITE PAPER: ArcSight

Building a Successful Security Operations Center
This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center

2010: The year of Apple's Steve Jobs, again
Playing around with Dipity's timeline creation tool. The latest doings of Apple CEO Steve Jobs seemed like a plentiful subject to populate a timeline with, so here it goes: 2010: The Year of Apple's Steve Jobs, again on Dipity. Read More

Report Says AT&T's Network Doesn't Carry the Most Data
AT&T likes to claim that it carries the most wireless data traffic of any mobile carrier, and, in 2009, claimed that it carried 50 percent of the nation's mobile data traffic. But a recent report from ABI Research challenges this, stating that, in 2009, Verizon and Sprint each carried more data traffic than did AT&T. Read More

Windows Phone 7 vs. iPhone matchup: a developer's perspective
Enterprise developer and author Kevin Hoffman straddles two mobile worlds: Windows Phone 7 and the iPhone. He shares early impressions of his Windows Phone experience and how it stacks up against the iPhone OS. Read More

Comparing multitasking on Android and iPhone
This is the kind of thing you bookmark: an excellent analysis (at least it seems so to me) by David Quintana, who compares how multitasking is implemented in Android and iPhone 4.0.I have to confess I don't know who Quintana is: the link to his "mobile multitasking" post was provided by John Gruber on his DaringFireball blog. And it turns out to be pretty popular name when I googled it, so I've not... Read More


WHITE PAPER: Microsoft

Extended Security Features of Windows 7
Microsoft has added significant security enhancement to Windows 7. This Gartner research note details the capabilities available (many are only available to EA/SA subscribers), which features should be activated and where some security holes still remain. Read More.

It's Incredible! New Droid on its way to Verizon
HTC's Droid Incredible will hit Verizon Wireless on April 29 for $200 after rebate and a two-year contract, with online pre-orders starting on April 19. Read More

Apple: U.S. hogging iPads, rest of the world must wait
To cope with much higher than expected U.S. demand, Apple says it will delay the iPad's international launch until late May. Read More

Spectrum analysis to be built-into Aruba's Wi-Fi product line
Aruba Networks will offer radio spectrum analysis built-into its line of 802.11n Wi-Fi access points for the enterprise market. Read More

Will Palm's sale create a windfall for U2's Bono and partners?
U2's Bono is part of the investment team for U.S.-based Elevation Partners, which has invested in Palm. News broke this week that Palm is looking for a buyer. Read More


WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Geolocation and Application Delivery
Both business and technical stakeholders will find value and a broad range of uses for the highly accurate data available from a trusted third-party geolocation provider, especially when the data is integrated into a Unified Application and Data Delivery platform. This Whitepaper has all the details. Read More!

Motorola's 'secret sauce' for Android
The Motoblur social service for Android-based smart phones will arrive in Canada on three devices via Rogers, Telus and Bell over the next couple months. Motoblur "gets" the Google Android message and allows Motorola to compete with rival HTC on its own terms, says an analyst. Read More

Once Burned, Mobile-Phone App Developers Hedge Their Bets
Contrary to popular opinion, Apple's iPhone doesn't have a lock on mobile app developers, states an Ovum survey. BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android are all in the mix, as developers create apps across platforms. Read More

Could open source overtake the iPhone?
A Linux official sees parallels between the iPhone's momentum and technologies from now-defunct Sun Microsystems Read More

Apple's iPad isn't unbeatable, analysts say
Analysts say the an emerging group of competitors, including HP, Google and Dell, still have time to offer strong competition to Apple's already popular iPad tablet computer. Read More

12 iPad tips and tricks
Get the most from your iPad with this advice for using it comfortably and efficiently. Read More

Apple iPhone OS Jailbroken; Next iPhone Photos Appear
Apple iPhone news is heating up as an early jailbreak for iPhone OS 4.0 is released, and purported images of the back casing for the next iteration of the iPhone handset leak online. Read More



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