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	It pays to know your MAC address Who goes around memorizing their MAC address? Students, apparently. And it's not a bad idea. Read More WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes with Security Visionary Nir Zuk Join Nir Zuk, network security visionary and founder and CTO of Palo Alto Networks, for a live interactive online interview with security analyst Mark Bouchard, CISSP. Watch Nir speak about the state of the information security industry and then pose your toughest questions to him. Learn More! In this Issue Windows Phone 7 'preview' winning generally good reviews iPhone 4 FAQ: What exactly did Apple do? 15 summer vacation ideas for geeks Can Tethering Be Hacked? Putting Antennagate Behind Us Microsoft set to co-fund Windows Phone 7 software development Motorola deal may end mobile-gear consolidation Nokia Siemens buys Motorola wireless network unit for $1.2B Give Your Phone the Power of a Desktop PC Wi-Fi puts windblown California islands on the Web iPhone 4 antenna problem spooks Apple customers, says IDC Droid X Sells Out Despite Verizon Preparation Google now selling its last shipment of Nexus Ones Lenovo to release tablet PC at year's end Could the Droid X Replace Your Laptop? WEBCAST: Riverbed Faster Recovery for Windows Applications and Data Are your backup & recovery plans up to snuff? Will you be able to restore critical systems & data quickly in the event of an outage? Learn valuable information on how to protect Windows applications & data in a distributed environment. Learn about challenges in protecting & restoring Exchange, SQL, & Windows file server, & more. Learn more! Windows Phone 7 'preview' winning generally good reviews The newest release of the Windows Phone 7 software, now on prototype handsets, is getting good reviews. Read More iPhone 4 FAQ: What exactly did Apple do? At a special press conference Friday, July 16, Apple CEO Steve Jobs declared that any iPhone 4 user who wanted one could have a free bumper to improve signal reception. Here's what you need to know about the anticlimax of the iPhone 4 Antenna Imbroglio. Read More 15 summer vacation ideas for geeks From Star Trek and Space Camp to baseball minutiae, vintage video games, anime, pirates, Harry Potter and They Might Be Giants, there's a vacation option for any type of geek this summer Read More Can Tethering Be Hacked? First of all, please be advised that I do not advocate, in this case or any other, doing anything illegal or in any way violating the terms of a cellular service contract, or any other agreement, under any circumstances apart from life-or-death emergencies. Ethical people keep their word and meet their obligations, period. Read More Putting Antennagate Behind Us You've probably heard by now, but Apple is doing precisely what I and a few others recommended - admit there's a problem, and give away a free bumper case. Apart from a manufacturing fix - which will likely involve a thin, transparent plastic (electrically-insulating) coating on the antennas themselves, that should be the end of it - for Apple, anyway, and this time alone. But - will next time, for... Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Exploring the ROI of VTL Deduplication Solutions Costs and return on investment are key in choosing the right storage solution. See how HP's Virtual Tape Library solutions compare to other competitors' products in both large Enterprises and in small to medium data centers. Read Now Microsoft set to co-fund Windows Phone 7 software development Company is willing provide developers with support, including possible co-funding, a tactic the company says isn't new Read More Motorola deal may end mobile-gear consolidation Nokia Siemens Networks' acquisition of most of Motorola's cellular networks business may be the last move in a long game of consolidation in the industry, which has been hammered by price pressures. Read More Nokia Siemens buys Motorola wireless network unit for $1.2B Motorola has found a buyer for its wireless network equipment unit: Nokia Siemens Networks will pay US$1.2 billion for most of that business, the companies announced Monday. Read More Give Your Phone the Power of a Desktop PC Mobile computing has long been dominated by laptop computers, but powerful new smartphones such as the Apple iPhone 4 and the various Android phones--including the new Motorola Droid X--are rapidly becoming the portable computing devices of choice. Read More Wi-Fi puts windblown California islands on the Web The hardy team of biologists stationed on the Farallon Islands, a minuscule set of outcroppings in the Pacific just west of San Francisco, suffers a lot of inconveniences. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Guide: Best Vmware backup method for you Although data protection processes developed for physical environments can be used for virtual environments, backup processes specifically designed for virtualized environments are more flexible and scalable. This whitepaper presents information to assist in making a considered choice of data protection method for your VMware environment. Read Now. iPhone 4 antenna problem spooks Apple customers, says IDC The iPhone 4's antenna and reception problems have given pause to two out of three current iPhone owners, who said they would postpone upgrading to the new model, said research firm IDC. Read More Droid X Sells Out Despite Verizon Preparation The Motorola Droid X is sold out online and in certain parts of the country at retail Verizon and Best Buy stores, despite Verizon Wireless' insistence on Wednesday that it would have plenty of the phones in stock. You will now have to wait until July 23 if you want a Droid X if you didn't get one Thursday. That's when Verizon Wireless says it will replenish depleted supplies. Read More Google now selling its last shipment of Nexus Ones Google, which broke mobile industry practice last year by offering the Nexus One smartphone for sale exclusively on its website, has received its last shipment of the device for online sale. Read More Lenovo to release tablet PC at year's end After releasing its own handset to compete with Apple's iPhone, Lenovo looks like it may be preparing to take on the iPad. The Chinese company plans on releasing its own tablet PC at the end of the year. Read More Could the Droid X Replace Your Laptop? The Droid X appears to be an opening day hit. Motorola's new smartphone--Verizon Wireless' answer to the Apple iPhone 4 via AT&T and HTC EVO 4G via Sprint--has already sold out online and at various retail shops across the nation. The ongoing iPhone 4 antenna soap opera has no doubt helped spur interest in the Droid X, as have positive reviews and Verizon's aggressive and [ Read More
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