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	Apple, Linux welcomes you to 1998! A lot of people are buzzing about Apple's Mac App Store, but I'm nonplussed. I've had the same features on Linux since the late '90s. Read More ARTICLE: BICSI The Best Networking Manual BICSI's Network Design Reference Manual, 7th edition, is a comprehensive resource for organizational network design which covers the fundamentals of network architecture, connectivity and communications. This edition includes a data center chapter, information on network security and wireless technology. Click here to learn more. In this Issue The problem with Windows 7 tablets: they still run Windows Is RSS becoming irrelevant? Windows Phone 7 at CES: Hellooooo? Anyone there? A lot to like about Cisco's new Internet TV Cisco at a quieter table in Vegas this year Not a great day in the news for Microsoft Because pop-ups are so popular online? How Many Devices are Enough? Hoping for WAN Acceleration at CES on mobile phones is heartbreaking Conspiracy Theory With Teeth: Government Allegedly Forced TruTV To Yank FEMA Camps Episode WHITE PAPER: IBM IBM Smarter Planet Storage Solutions Data warehousing and business intelligence applications play an important role in data analysis, but today's enterprises require the capability to integrate and combine wired and wireless data sources into the data analytics-based decision making process. The Evaluator Group examines IBM's offerings to implement pervasive information systems. Read Now! The problem with Windows 7 tablets: they still run Windows Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and cohorts drew some major applause at CES by showing off new tablets running Windows 7, and for good reason. New devices from Acer, ASUS and Samsung are sleek and have innovative form factors, for example dual screens and slide-out keyboards. But the advances can largely be attributed to the good work of Microsoft's hardware partners. Read More Is RSS becoming irrelevant? Everybody panic! RSS is dying, or becoming irrelevant, or... something. So says Kroc Camen, anyway. According to Camen, RSS should be a browser's second most important feature, but instead it's going the way of the Dodo. Read More Windows Phone 7 at CES: Hellooooo? Anyone there? The Big News for Windows Phone 7 coming out of this week's Consumer Electronics Show was captured in a single, brief blogpost at MobilityDigest: the first software update for the mobile UI will be ready in 30-60 days. For the calendarically-challenged that would be early February. Or perhaps early March. Somewhere in there. That's not much, but it was enough to trigger a spasm of vitriol. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerating the Cloud To stay competitive and keep costs down, today's enterprises need to consolidate resources, quickly provision services, and more effectively rationalize costs with new business models. If done correctly, cloud computing can help solve these problems, and further help IT managers maintain business-critical applications and data. Learn More Now. A lot to like about Cisco's new Internet TV There's a lot to like about Cisco's newly unveiled Internet TV platform, Videoscape. Cisco is in an increasingly crowded arena with its next-generation television experience, one that marries subscription TV with Web content, personal videos and social media. Read More Cisco at a quieter table in Vegas this year Cisco looks like it will be glued to TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later this week but the real focus will be on tablets, according to analysts sizing up the upcoming event. Read More Not a great day in the news for Microsoft If perception is important, which it is, January 4 was not a terrific day in the news for Microsoft. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Long-Term Data Protection and Retention IT organizations of all sizes contend with a growing data footprint with more data to manage, protect and preserve for longer periods of time. Read Now Because pop-ups are so popular online? To say I don't have high hopes for interactive television in the near term would be an understatement. Yahoo disagrees, witness its announcement this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Read More How Many Devices are Enough? UCOne of the more significant changes we're seeing regarding the enterprises' view toward mobility is the proliferation of supported device types. Read More Hoping for WAN Acceleration at CES on mobile phones is heartbreaking For the last two years I have waited for CES and Interop to see if a cellular carrier will come forward with a plan to provide WAN Acceleration for mobile phones. Each year I am filled with more doubts that we will never see it as that would cost the carriers more money in bandwidth lost and not billed. Read More Conspiracy Theory With Teeth: Government Allegedly Forced TruTV To Yank FEMA Camps Episode What is one sure-fired way to feed a conspiracy theory? Make a TV episode supposedly exposing a conspiracy theory and then, after alleged government pressure, have truTV yank that episode off the air. Read More
	BECOME AN INSIDER Get premium content, in-depth reviews, practical tips and exclusive research. All for just signing up. Sign up for free today. SLIDESHOWS The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 It's hard to pick the weirdest and wackiest tech stories of 2010 considering there is so much nuttiness to choose from. But we'll give it a shot. Here we take a look at a number of stories that gave us pause in 2010. 2010's most popular iPad apps As the iPad celebrates its first birthday, it should raise a glass to Apple's App Store, which has provided users with an array of innovative applications. Late last week, Apple released a list of the 10 most popular iPad applications, with productivity apps making up the bulk. MOST-READ STORIES The 5 coolest things to come out of CES The stripping of freedom: EPIC vs. DHS on TSA body scanners The problem with Windows 7 tablets: They still run Windows Apple, Linux welcomes you to 1998! Verizon unveils 10 mobile devices with LTE built-in Cisco unveils Internet TV and more at CES Polar shift shuts down airport runway in Tampa Android Honeycomb: A detailed tour of Google's Tablet OS CES 2011: Gadgets galore EMC testing engineer stole nearly $1 million in duffel bag
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