Wi-Fi 11n competition heats up; California hospital rolls out iPads

	100 iPads set for deployment at Calif. hospital | A third of teens send more than 100 texts a day
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	Wi-Fi 11n competition heats up With new enterprise Wi-Fi deployments moving to 802.11n, Wi-Fi makers are anxious to show that their systems can handle 802.11n's throughput in ways that make the user experience as close to wired Ethernet as you can get when still using a shared access medium. 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 100 iPads set for deployment at Calif. hospital A third of teens send more than 100 texts a day Q&A: Ball State University expands WiMAX testbed iFixit unveils "Wikipedia" for tech repairs that go beyond Apple devices AT&T wireless growth still strong despite earnings drop Android in 2013: Applications Israel gives approval for iPad imports Gizmodo names Apple employee who lost the prototype "iPhone 4G" Gizmodo, "iPhone 4G," and the new "new journalism" Other top-secret Apple projects found at a bar 25 years later: How the 'Net would have prevented New Coke The first iPad casualty Phone manufacturers learn to cope with ash cloud Bluetooth 4.0 chops power consumption How to say yes to (almost) any smartphone VIRTUAL EVENT: CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld & Network World Live Security Panel – April 28th Join us on April 28th for a live virtual event that will provide candid, expert advice on top security challenges and issues – all from the comfort of your desktop. Get in on the discussion - from the unique challenges presented by cloud computing and virtualization to the mass adoption of social media. Attend and you may win a Kindle! 100 iPads set for deployment at Calif. hospital The business case for the iPad may be nowhere as clear as it is in healthcare, a multi-billion dollar industry and one of the world's largest consumers of information technology. Read More A third of teens send more than 100 texts a day A third of teenagers send more than 100 text messages a day, says the Pew Research Center. Read More Q&A: Ball State University expands WiMAX testbed Ball State graduate student Ryan Lasure explains how the university is moving from being a vendor testing ground to becoming a WiMAX-connected campus. Read More iFixit unveils "Wikipedia" for tech repairs that go beyond Apple devices iFixit, which has made a name for itself by tearing apart hot new devices like the Apple iPad and Google Nexus One smartphone to show what really makes them tick, Thursday unveiled a publicly accessible and editable wiki designed for people to share their expertise at fixing things. Read More AT&T wireless growth still strong despite earnings drop Complaints about 3G coverage aren't putting a dent in AT&T's wireless business, as the carrier added 1.86 million wireless customers in the first quarter of 2010 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. Android in 2013: Applications The "Android in 2013" blog post series has looked at Android proper to date: on smartphones, on other devices, and the OS itself. Today, let's prognosticate on what may well happen in the world of Android applications. Read More Israel gives approval for iPad imports Israel lifted a ban on imports of Apple's iPad on Sunday, saying the device conforms with local wireless standards, the government said. Read More Gizmodo names Apple employee who lost the prototype "iPhone 4G" [this is an un-edited version of a news story posted elsewhere on our site; there may be some differences wording] Read More Gizmodo, "iPhone 4G," and the new "new journalism" Gizmodo proved that it will indeed do "anything for a story" by its involvement in the "iPhone 4G" controversy.Two weeks ago, I got out of my car in the parking lot of a business supplies store and looked down: there was a cell phone lying on the pavement. Read More Other top-secret Apple projects found at a bar Secret investigation unfolds what else could be coming from Apple Read More 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 25 years later: How the 'Net would have prevented New Coke Let's rewrite history: It was 25 years ago tomorrow, April 23, 1985, that the world's most famous soft drink company committed arguably the world's most famous product development/marketing gaffe: New Coke. Read More The first iPad casualty Denver cops are looking for a suspect who stole an iPad from a man who'd just bought it, along with part of the victim's left pinky.Doctors had to amputate about two-thirds of the finger, after the tip was stripped to the bone in the theft. Police released a photo of the suspect, obtained from a security video. Read More Phone manufacturers learn to cope with ash cloud Most mobile phones are shipped on airplanes, which has made deliveries vulnerable to the ash cloud that has spread from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull. Read More Bluetooth 4.0 chops power consumption The next version of Bluetooth will be frugal enough with power to run devices using button-cell batteries, the wireless standard's industry special interest group (SIG) has announced. 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
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