Wireless WANs soon to be "macrocell-ed" out; Will 2011 be the year of mobile malware?

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	Wireless WANs soon to be "macrocell-ed" out We all know that wireless WAN capacity is a huge concern as smartphones and tablets continue to arrive. The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 is coming up in early January, for example, where it's rumored that an avalanche of shiny new tablets – even perhaps one based on Windows 8 (yes "8") – will be trying to kick the Apple iPad's tookis. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Dramatically Accelerate Oracle Database Performance Built for top performance with SPARC64® VII processors, large memory capacity, and massive I/O expansion capabilities, Sun SPARC Enterprise M-Series servers excel at executing high- throughput transaction processing workloads while offering mission critical reliability and fine grain high availability architecture. Learn More Today! In this Issue Will 2011 be the year of mobile malware? Microsoft Windows Phone 7 sales top 1.5 million units out of the gate The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 What makes a "4G" app? ITU softens on the definition of 4G mobile iHumbug! 8 iPhone apps that Scrooge would love AT&T buys 700MHz spectrum from Qualcomm Apple updates AirPort Utility, base station firmware Intel's Atom chip: Can it take on ARM? Nokia May be Considering Windows 7 Phones Smartphones in the enterprise: A changing landscape NEC to show dual-screen Android tablet at CES Android 'Honeycomb' Will Debut as 2.4 in February What does NASA's CIO want for Christmas? 5 Reasons to Move to Windows 7, Plus XP Advice WEBCAST: NetApp Your Roadmap to the Cloud Start today by registering for our three-part live Webcast series, which will offer interactive Q&A and featuring leading analysts, peer perspectives, NetApp experts, and strategic solution partners, including Cisco and VMware. Read now! Will 2011 be the year of mobile malware? Perhaps one of the most common predictions of the last six years has been that mobile malicious software will suddenly proliferate, driven by widespread adoption of smartphones with advanced OSes. Read More Microsoft Windows Phone 7 sales top 1.5 million units out of the gate Microsoft's efforts to become relevant in a smartphone market dominated by rivals such as Apple and Google appear to paying off: Windows Phone 7 sales have topped 1.5 million since they began early last month. Read More The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 From exploding Droids to robotic pack mules and Apple weirdness it was a wacky year Read More What makes a "4G" app? When Sprint announced the winners of its "4G App Challenge" last week, you may have found yourself wondering what, exactly, constitutes a 4G app. Read More ITU softens on the definition of 4G mobile After setting off a marketing free-for-all by effectively declaring that only future versions of LTE and WiMax will be 4G, the International Telecommunication Union appears to have opened its doors and let the party come inside. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos Eight threats your anti-virus won't stop: This paper outlines eight common threats that traditional anti-virus alone won't stop, and explains how to protect your organization using endpoint security. Read now iHumbug! 8 iPhone apps that Scrooge would love Whether they feature zombie elves or Justin Bieber, these apps are guaranteed to dampen holiday cheer Read More AT&T buys 700MHz spectrum from Qualcomm AT&T isn't about to sit back and let Verizon become the undisputed king of 4G LTE networks. Read More Apple updates AirPort Utility, base station firmware If AirPort troubles have got you blue going into the holiday season, then perhaps this will help: Apple on Thursday released both a firmware update for AirPort Base Stations and Time Capsules that fixes a number of bugs in the wireless routers and an update for its AirPort Utility. Read More Intel's Atom chip: Can it take on ARM? Intel will make a big splash at the CES trade show Jan. 6 showing its Atom chips running inside tablet computers and netbooks. But how well it can compete for the smartphone market which is dominated by the Arm architecture, remains to be seen. Read More Nokia May be Considering Windows 7 Phones Nokia and Microsoft are reportedly discussing an alliance that would lead to Nokia-branded smartphones running the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. The claim comes from respected Russian tech blogger Eldar Murtazin, the man behind many of the smartphone leaks you see today. 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