Cisco embeds spectrum analyzer in ASIC; Android gains ground

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	Cisco embeds spectrum analyzer in ASIC Cisco is making noise in the spectrum analysis arena this week at the Interop trade show in Las Vegas, announcing a new line of Wi-Fi access points that embed the capabilities directly into radio ASICs. Read More ARTICLE: Meraki MIT UPGRADES TO MERAKI WI-FI Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) in Cambridge, MA, selects Meraki to provide reliable, high-performance Wi-Fi coverage in the Ray and Maria Stata Center. Read more. In this Issue Android smartphones gaining ground on iPhones Android smartphone market proving to be anyone's game Breaking down the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, Bold 9650 Interop's hot new tech products Nokia says its first Symbian 3 smartphone will be out in Q3 Turning gadgets into their own computer mice 4G Wireless: 20 Questions Asked & Answered How to say yes to (almost) any smartphone Hackers target iPad owners with bogus update Purdue University plans for post-PC era WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Understand the Network Impact of 802.11n As performance and reliability increase with 802.11n, the WLAN becomes a viable alternative to the wired network for mission- critical applications. This paper outlines the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More! Android smartphones gaining ground on iPhones Apple continues to dominate the worldwide and U.S. mobile handset markets with its iPhone and iPod Touch devices, but makers of Android phones are gaining ground. Read More Android smartphone market proving to be anyone's game HTC's Dream and Magic smartphones  accounted for almost all traffic from Android devices 7 months ago, but now 11 different devices share in most of that traffic. Google said in March that there were 34 Android devices on the market from 12 manufacturers. Read More Breaking down the BlackBerry Pearl 3G, Bold 9650 A quick breakdown of RIM's two newest devices. Read More WEBCAST: Meraki Cloud-Managed WiFi Learn how cloud-managed wireless access points can be self-configured and centrally managed over the web, provide secured access for employees and guests, be scalable for networks of all sizes, and provide a cost savings of up to 50% over traditional solutions. Click here. Interop's hot new tech products E-mail for Apple's iPad, virtual desktops, IT security tools and other new technology to be unveiled at Interop Las Vegas this week. Read More Nokia says its first Symbian 3 smartphone will be out in Q3 Nokia on Tuesday announced that the N8, its first smartphone based on the Symbian 3 OS, will be out in the third quarter. Read More Turning gadgets into their own computer mice Carnegie Mellon University researchers say that the same optical sensors found in computer mice can be used to give mouse-like capabilities to gadgets such as mobile phones and MP3 players -- but there's a twist. Read More WEBCAST: Actuate Solve Data Needs: BIRT Defined This webcast will give you a primer on BIRT including the technology and the community. BIRT can help you overcome the challenge of delivering accurate and meaningful data to users while minimizing IT development efforts. Learn more today! 4G Wireless: 20 Questions Asked & Answered As the proud owner of a 3G smartphone, you might have considered yourself a member of the leading edge of wireless services users. Then you started hearing ads and reading stories about something called "4G," and perhaps began wondering...what is it, where is it, can I get it, and do I want it? Here's a quick list that explains what 4G is, what it can do, why it's the future of wireless communications, and where (and when) you might be able to get it. Read More How to say yes to (almost) any smartphone Employees want iPhones, Androids, and other devices beyond the BlackBerry; here's how to safely welcome them Read More Hackers target iPad owners with bogus update Hackers are targeting iPad users with bogus update messages that dupe them into downloading malicious code onto their Windows PCs, a security researcher said. Read More Purdue University plans for post-PC era Purdue University is looking to save $15 million in IT costs over the next three years. So it's considering a virtualized desktop infrastructure. Read More
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