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Monday, June 28, 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

LATEST MOBILE AND WIRELESS NEWS
- IT Unprepared For Flood Of Consumer Devices, Apps
- Clearwire Expands 4G Wireless Service
- AT&T Upgrades NYC Mobile Network
- China Promotes WLAN As 3G Complement
- China Electric Company Enters Triple Play Fray
- PayPal Allows Apps To Accept Payment
- ICANN Approves Chinese Domain Names
- Image Gallery: 2010 Global CIOs
- Congressmen Ask Apple To Explain Privacy Policy Changes

ANALYTIC REPORTS
- Enterprise Fixed/Mobile Convergence
- Research: Choosing a Smartphone

WHITEPAPERS
- Adapting iPad and iPhone for Enterprise Use
- 9 Must-Have Mobile Security Features

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
- Review: iPhone 4 First Look
- Image Gallery: Apple iPhone 4, A True Teardown
- White House Preparing National Online ID Plan
- Image Gallery: SAP Unveils Integrated BI Strategy Roadmap
- Top 10 Cloud Computing Complaints

WEBCASTS
- Grid Consolidation on Private Clouds

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

- IT Unprepared For Flood Of Consumer Devices, Apps
Study finds enterprises are under increasing pressure to manage and support iWorkers' devices and applications.
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- Clearwire Expands 4G Wireless Service
Richmond, Va., Salt Lake City, and St. Louis join the growing list to receive WiMax Internet coverage from Sprint/Clearwire.
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- AT&T Upgrades NYC Mobile Network
Increases in its 3G network wireless capacity should bring improved service, fewer dropped calls to New York iPhone and other smartphone users, said the telecom.
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- China Promotes WLAN As 3G Complement
Demand for mobile Internet is growing faster than industry can build 3G networks.
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- China Electric Company Enters Triple Play Fray
State Grid will launch fiber to the home trials of converged phone, TV, and Internet services.
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- PayPal Allows Apps To Accept Payment
Guest Payments, part of the PayPal Adaptive Payments API, allows developers to offer direct credit card payment in applications with requiring PayPal membership.
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- ICANN Approves Chinese Domain Names
Domain names written entirely in Chinese script are expected to make sites more accessible to Chinese language users.
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- Image Gallery: 2010 Global CIOs
See how 10 world IT leaders are driving change and growth.
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- Congressmen Ask Apple To Explain Privacy Policy Changes
Concerns over reports suggesting Apple is collecting and sharing geo-location data of iPhone and iPad users prompted the request sent to Steve Jobs.
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ANALYTIC REPORTS
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- Enterprise Fixed/Mobile Convergence
Companies are lagging in adopting fixed/mobile convergence. Is this reticence a prudent move in a tough economic climate, or an opportunity for competitive advantage squandered?
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- Research: Choosing a Smartphone
Apple iPhones are seeking business cred as RIM Blackberrys gain shiny consumer flash. Meanwhile, Microsoft is looking to extend its OS dominance to mobile devices. It’s an interesting time to be supporting smartphones.
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- Adapting iPad and iPhone for Enterprise Use
Best practices for managing and securing corporate assets with these consumer mobile devices.
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Dig deep on passwords, encryption and management, and how the BlackBerry smartphone platform addresses each.
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TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES @ TECHWEB.COM
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- Review: iPhone 4 First Look
Our expert believes the iPhone 4 is the fastest, most responsive device in the market and he didn't drop any calls during his 30-hour test. Still, he warns that Android might be gaining on Apple.
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- Image Gallery: Apple iPhone 4, A True Teardown
UBM TechInsights provides a teardown of the iPhone 4, revealing all of the major components, including the processor, the new gyroscope and more.
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- White House Preparing National Online ID Plan
The proposed system for authenticating people, organizations and infrastructure on the web at the transactional level will require an identity ecosystem.
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- Image Gallery: SAP Unveils Integrated BI Strategy Roadmap
Laying out an ambitious roadmap at its SAPPHIRE NOW conference in May, SAP executives detailed an in-memory, tech-powered plan to unite enterprise applications and business intelligence. If it succeeds, the plan will change the course of IT.
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- Top 10 Cloud Computing Complaints
Leading industry experts respond to gripes that IT professionals have about the security, cost, and portability of cloud computing in the enterprise.
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