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Hybrid tech to deliver HDTV throughout home; 10 spooky Halloween iPhone apps

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Hybrid tech to deliver HDTV throughout home
Chipmaker Atheros has introduced reference designs for a hybrid technology that blends Wi-Fi, powerline carrier and Ethernet communications. The main intent is to allow consumers to receive high-definition TV signals anywhere throughout their homes without any setup fuss or muss. Read More


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Extending the Value of Unified Communications
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2010 Application Delivery Handbook
Learn how IT organizations can develop a solid approach to applications delivery and how next generation acceleration technologies can help reclaim bandwidth from non-essential traffic and optimize critical applications. Free the WAN with Blue Coat. Read now!

10 spooky Halloween iPhone apps
Apps that range from frightening to frighteningly useless Read More

W is for Wi-Fi [video]
What is Wi-Fi? Find out from our puppet instructors, I.T. Jinglehopper and his assistant, Jackson. In this video episode of The ABCs of IT, the two explain the ins and outs of Wi-Fi, why there's an alphabet soup in the wireless world, and why people may become their own wireless hot spot. Read More

How 'smart antennas' could boost Wi-Fi performance
A question and answer session with Gonzaga University's Dr. Steven Schennum. Read More

Gartner: Nearly 20 million tablets to be sold in 2010
Gartner estimates worldwide sales of iPads and other tablets will total 19.5 million units this year and nearly triple that number next year as the devices win over both consumers and business customers. Read More

Verizon Tiered Data: Should You Switch Smartphone Plans?
Verizon Wireless customers, be warned: The days of unlimited smartphone data are coming to an end. But only if you want them to. Read More

Network feature should extend smartphone battery life
Nokia Siemens Networks and Qualcomm have tested a new standardized feature that will improve smartphone performance while decreasing network congestion, the two companies said Tuesday. Read More


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Roadmap to Unified Communications
Downsized budgets, increase in mobile workers, multiple communications tools to manage. IT leaders face these challenges while needing a network that can deliver the best business application performance available. Learn More Now

Survey shows mobility is mainstream at work
Two-thirds of workers surveyed said they would take a 10% lower salary at their next job in return for being able to telecommute and use their personal wireless gear to do their jobs. Read More

Mobile Hotspots: Which Are Fastest, Most Reliable?
No one wants to have to purchase separate wireless coverage for every device--wired or mobile--they do their computing on. Consumers want to buy a single connection to the wireless carrier's network, one that will travel with them and connect any of their devices as needed. Read More

Global survey predicts 'death of the office'
The office workplace that has dominated business since the 19th Century is dying and most employees would be quite happy not to work in it, a global study by networking giant Cisco has found. Read More

Steve Jobs talks trash about Google's Android, knocks tiny tablets
Apple CEO Steve Jobs took shots at Google and rebutted claims by some analysts and developers that Android is a better bet for smartphones and tablet computers. Read More

New Rules for Employees' Mobile Device Privacy
How CIOs should adjust their privacy policies to conform to the Supreme Court's decision on monitoring employees' text messages. Read More

AT&T, Verizon promote iPads and Galaxy tablets
Tablets computers are bound to be big sellers, and the two largest U.S. wireless carriers are getting ready to embrace that trend with retail sales of the already popular iPad and the yet-to-be released Galaxy Tab later this fall. Read More


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30 Minutes to Faster Web Pages
Join this discussion and learn the importance and nuances of load testing, measuring scalability, setting page performance and transaction response rates, and what to do when things go wrong. You'll even hear performance improvement tips that are quick to implement and free. View Now

HP updates mobile platform with webOS 2.0
Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday announced the next-generation Palm OS, calling webOS 2.0 the "most significant upgrade" since the mobile platform was introduced in 2009. Read More

Sprint admits losing WiMax users early on
Sprint Nextel executives acknowledged Tuesday that spotty coverage amid its initial WiMax deployments did lead to the loss of some customers. Read More

Sprint launches Dell-made 3G/4G netbook, notebook
Sprint Nextel Tuesday unveiled a Dell notebook and laptop computers that support WiMax 4G wireless networks. Read More

Proxim looks to fill 'backhaul' demand for 4G wireless networks
Proxim Wireless Monday unveiled a point-to-point microwave backhaul designed to meet the growing demand for faster wireless networks and devices. Read More

4G coming to New York, LA, San Francisco this year
Clearwire is launching its 4G WiMax network in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles before the end of the year, it said Monday. Read More

Femto Forum hopes to speed up LTE developments
The Femto Forum has published a set of application programming interfaces for LTE (Long-Term Evolution) in an effort to speed up the development of femtocells that use the mobile network technology, the organization said on Monday. Read More

Wi-Fi, smart antennas power new carrier gear from Ruckus Wireless
Ruckus Wireless has launched new Wi-Fi products that let wireless network operators create an affordable, end-to-end, 802.11n network. The goal is to offload data traffic from cellular networks, and create a viable last-mile wireless service option. Read More

AT&T brings U-verse Mobile to Android phones
AT&T extended its U-Verse Mobile application to Android on Monday, tapping into the operating system's growing popularity by offering the TV-viewing software on the Android Market and several phones. Read More



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