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	When the licensee comes a-calling… Today, company executives at Walls Industries live on their cell phones. But five years ago, they couldn't get a signal indoors at the concrete-and-steel Dallas-area site where the work and specialty apparel maker is headquartered. So the IT group installed an in-building wireless repeater system that satisfied users just fine -- but eventually sent AT&T on the warpath. Read More WHITE PAPER: Websense Essential Information Protection Successful organizations depend upon their ability to collaborate, communicate, and share information online. This paper explains how Essential Information Protection is designed to help organizations make the most of their IT security investments. Read More In this Issue Major Wi-Fi changes ahead What WiMAX 2 promises Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 moves toward final release SAP bets big on mobile with Sybase acquisition New Adobe ad campaign shows Apple some tough love WiMAX in Boston? 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Learn More Major Wi-Fi changes ahead Almost any mobile device you buy today either has a Wi-Fi radio chip in it, or can be fitted with one. But the still annoying and baffling part of Wi-Fi is that while it lets you move around, you still have to move around from one place to another, each having a Wi-Fi hotspot or network. Read More What WiMAX 2 promises WiMAX isn't taking the challenge from LTE lying down. Read More Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 moves toward final release Developers and hackers are digging into the latest refresh of the Windows Phone 7 platform from Microsoft. The radically redesigned OS is still on track for Fall release on a new crop of smartphones Read More SAP bets big on mobile with Sybase acquisition With its US$5.8 billion purchase of Sybase announced Wednesday, SAP is placing a big bet that mobile business applications are the way of the future. Read More New Adobe ad campaign shows Apple some tough love Adobe today has launched an ad campaign that gushes "We Love Apple," though after listing all the things the companies have in common it ends by scolding Apple for blocking technological freedom of choice. Read More WiMAX in Boston? Blogger says so Popular gadget blog Boy Genius Report found Friday that it could access Sprint's WiMAX network in Boston through a Sprint Overdrive 4G mobile hotspot. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! For IT, enterprise wireless to be more gnarly in next decade From Wi-Fi to smartphones, wireless technology has become ubiquitous in businesses and is growing more vital every day. But it also can be frustrating as hell for IT groups. Read More Future of Wireless: A BlackBerry, iPhone World Is Good Less than stellar earnings. Browser blues. An aging OS. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) seems to earn more criticism than praise these days. Read More Mobile operators' plans a mixed blessing for users Mobile operators face a number of game-changing challenges, including an explosion in data usage, as handset vendors corner the market for applications. Plans to deal with these issues could prove to be a boon for consumers, but also stand a chance of annoying them. Read More Teddy bear robot not creepy Teddy bear robot not creepy Read More Yet another iPhone 4G prototype revealed Photos and a video of what appear to be a second "iPhone 4G" prototype have appeared on a Vietnamese Web site, showing a device that's somewhat more refined than the prototype unveiled in the recent Gizmodo Affair. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More HTC files complaint to ban U.S. import of iPhone, iPad, iPod They say all is fair in love and war, and the increasingly bitter rivalry between Apple and other smartphone manufacturers is most certainly descending into a war of the litigious variety. HTC on Wednesday announced that not only has it complained to the U.S. International Trade Commission that Apple is infringing on its patents, it's asking for a U.S. import ban of iPhones, iPads, and iPods. Read More 14 Ways to Supercharge Your Smartphone Are you using your smartphone to its fullest? Probably not--smartphone owners typically push their devices up to only about half their potential. Here are 14 smartphone apps to help your Android handset, BlackBerry, or iPhone become all that it can be. Read More iPhone Wins Over the Tech Crowd Special Devices' great iPhone adventure began at the most unlikely place: inside the IT department. Techies in the Windows and BlackBerry shop warmed to the game-changing Apple phone with its big touchscreen, single button and ever-growing number of smart apps. Read More Google's Nexus One: How the Revolution Died With the pending closure of Google's Nexus One online store, a smartphone revolution is in tatters. Google still has a killer product in Android, but the Nexus One's online-only business model, meant to disrupt the way phones are typically sold, is a failure. Read More Sprint to make HTC's Evo 4G phone available in June Wireless carrier Sprint on Wednesday said HTC's Evo 4G smartphone, which could provide unprecedented data transfer rates to smartphones, will debut in the U.S. on June 4. Read More What the mobile patent fight is all about Apple, others are at war over who owns the key technologies such multitouch in the burgeoning mobile market Read More
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