Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Best Buy to sell WiMAX services; iPhone apps that could save your life

  iPhone apps that could save your life | Apple's iOS devices meet many enterprise security needs
 
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Best Buy to sell WiMAX services
In a move that could raise WiMAX's profile with mainstream users, Clearwire and Best Buy have struck a wholesale deal in which Best Buy will sell self-branded mobile Internet services using Clearwire's WiMAX network. Read More


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From Physical to Virtual to the Cloud
The migration from a dedicated infrastructure to a shared and outsourced cloud infrastructure is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. With Extreme Networks "Four Pillars" strategy, Enterprises and Hosting Centers of any scale can approach change in a logical and affordable, stepwise fashion. Read More

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Adopting iPad for Enterprise Use
There is little doubt that Apple's iPad and iPhone will become a valuable enterprise productivity tools. Watch this Sybase webcast and learn why IT departments should consider iPad and iPhone when planning new enterprise mobility strategies. Watch Now

iPhone apps that could save your life
Move over games and make room for medicine. A growing number of developers are tapping into a treasure trove of U.S. government healthcare data and coming up with innovative iPhone apps that help consumers make better medical decisions. Read More

Apple's iOS devices meet many enterprise security needs
Apple's iOS has reached the point where iPhones and iPads can be safely deployed for most enterprises, according to a new report from Forrester Research. Read More

Nine real iPad alternatives
These products have features missing in the iPad and they're slated to ship this year Read More

Arguing (or not) over WPA2 and Wi-Fi security
When I was growing up, our front door and back door were never locked. Was that a vulnerability? Did it create an attack vector? Were we at risk? Read More

Coping with Wi-Fi's biggest problem: interference
Over the last 10 years 802.11 technology has made remarkable strides -- getting faster, stronger and more scalable. But one problem still haunts Wi-Fi: reliability. Read More


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HP Business Value of EVA Storage Virtualization
This Edison Group report is an independent assessment of the architecture and business benefits of HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA). Learn how EVA enables access to the storage in a single array by numerous hosts, tiered storage within the array to different types of drives and better performance than non-virtualized systems. Read Now.

Stupid mobile tricks: 7 stories of smartphone horror
If the word "smartphone" has ever struck you as ironic, you aren't alone. Thank your lucky stars these horrors didn't happen to you Read More

NTT DOCOMO plans to buy PacketVideo
NTT DOCOMO plans to acquire PacketVideo Corporation, a company that develops multimedia software for mobile phones, the Japanese mobile operator said on Monday. Read More

Enterprises extend more business apps to employee smartphones
Roughly 75% of senior IT executives plan to make internal applications available to employees on a variety of smartphones and mobile devices, according to new research from McAfee's Trust Digital unit. Read More

Droid Doesn't Get All of Froyo's New Features
The Motorola Droid is expected to receive version 2.2 of Google's Android OS at some point this week. Although, the popular Droid smartphone will not get all the benefits that Android 2.2, also known as Froyo, can offer. Read More

Hands on: Google App Inventor for Android
Google's new App Inventor for Android comes with an ambitious goal: Allow anyone to create simple apps for their mobile phone. The tool, still in invitation-only beta, offers a graphical drag-and-drop programming interface instead of requiring that apps be written in Java. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

ESG: Business Value of Reservationless Storage Capacity
This report explores the value of some exciting new storage technologies which are collectively known as "reservationless storage." ESG Lab hands-on testing of the HP StorageWorks product line and analysis are used to quantify the business value of reservationless storage. Read Now

BlackBerry service to be suspended by UAE
Some BlackBerry services will be suspended in the United Arab Emirates from Oct. 11 because the services do not fall in line with the country's regulations, the UAE telecommunications regulator said on Sunday. Read More

Hacker snoops on GSM cell phones in demo
Despite concerns that federal authorities might fine or arrest him, hacker Chris Paget went ahead with a live demonstration of mobile phone interception at the Defcon hacking conference Saturday. Read More

Where To? updated for iOS 4
FutureTap has updated its points of interest finder, Where To?, to embrace the features of iOS 4 and the iPhone 4. Along with an interface overhaul, the app now supports iOS 4's multitasking ability, as well as iPhone 4's high resolution Retina Display. Read More

What Evo 4G users can expect from Froyo
If you're a Sprint customer who is happy with your Evo 4G device but disappointed you can't bring it to work, help is on the way. Read More

JailbreakMe Exploits Serious iPhone Security Flaw
JailbreakMe makes the process of jailbreaking the Apple iPhone much simpler and less intimidating. Just visit a Web site on the iPhone, and voila! Jailbroken iPhone. Think about that for a minute, though. The simple act of visiting a Web site is able to fundamentally alter the core functionality of iOS. Read More

Apple removes antenna videos from site
Apple giveth and Apple apparently taketh away. This past weekend, Apple scrubbed its site of the antenna reception comparison videos that it had posted after the iPhone 4 press conference earlier this month. Instead, the page now features only information on Apple's own facilities for testing signal reception on the iPhone. The videos have also been removed from Apple's YouTube channel. Read More

 
 
 

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