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	Man vs. machine at CES 2011 With CES 2011 upon us, I can't help but reflect on the doggedness of the mobile industry to package wireless calling, computing, emailing, gaming, streaming and dozens of other functions into just the right form factors. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Reduce the Cost and Complexity of "Reactive" eDiscovery To completely understand the value of an archive in electronic discovery, it helps to understand why companies started using archiving to support legal processes in the first place. Read this white paper to learn best practices for choosing an archive solution that scales and your companies needs. Read now! In this Issue CES 2011 Preview: Gadgets Galore Sprint's EVO Shift 4G: Cheaper, smaller and with a real keyboard Motorola splits into Droid, wireless gear divisions Android knocking on iPhone's door With CES raining tablets, some will get flooded out Qualcomm reportedly close to buying Atheros Skype launches mobile video calling app Virtual, mobile, social endeavors drive IT in 2011 The complicated new face of personal computing Researchers hack GSM mobile calls using $9 handsets iPhone 4, T-Mobile G2 Most Buzzed About Phones for 2010 iOS apps to entertain you Work smarter with these iOS apps Military set to develop smart, robotic cameras At CES, Lenovo marries Windows and Android in potential iPad-killer How Many Devices are Enough? Android OS in 2011: 12 Developments to Keep Apple Nervous 15 Crazy Japanese Tech Gizmos The 36 Best iPhone Games WEBCAST: Brocade Wireless LANs Go Enterprise-Class with 802.11n The growing use of wireless devices and the dramatic increase in traffic is driving organizations to upgrade their legacy wireless LANs to 802.11n. Review this new video and find out how to prepare your network for this transition. Learn more! CES 2011 Preview: Gadgets Galore What devices will rock our world in 2011? Read More Sprint's EVO Shift 4G: Cheaper, smaller and with a real keyboard While most sequels try to be bigger and better, the sequel to Sprint's EVO 4G is settling for smaller and cheaper. Read More Motorola splits into Droid, wireless gear divisions Motorola is taking a big gamble that its popular Droid smartphones will continue to thrive even if Verizon Wireless – the major seller of Droids – starts hawking iPhones, too. Read More Android knocking on iPhone's door While the iPhone is still the most popular smartphone operating system in the United States, Android is hot on its trail and closing in fast. Read More With CES raining tablets, some will get flooded out With as many as 100 different models of tablet computers from dozens of makers expected to be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, market consolidation is a certainty. Read More Qualcomm reportedly close to buying Atheros Wireless technology provider Qualcomm is in advanced talks to acquire Atheros Communications, a major vendor of Wi-Fi chips, according to news reports on Tuesday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Automating IT Configuration Controls This whitepaper discusses how to define, track and enforce IT policies; automate IT compliance processes; and reduce the effort and cost of managing business applications. Read More Today! Skype launches mobile video calling app Nearly a year following its launch of HD Video conferencing for TV sets in the living room, Skype has released an iPhone application that can be used to make mobile video calls over both 3G and WiFi networks. The announcement came in advance of this year's 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) being held this week in Las Vegas. Read More Virtual, mobile, social endeavors drive IT in 2011 Caution still pervades the economic forecasts, but it's not deterring IT executives from aggressively expanding their virtualization efforts, extending mobility initiatives, and tackling newer priorities such as cloud computing and enterprise social media adoption. Read More The complicated new face of personal computing New platforms such as tablets and smartphones, loads of new virtualization technologies, and the need to access the desktop from any device, anywhere, forever change personal computing. Read More Researchers hack GSM mobile calls using $9 handsets Researchers have demonstrated an alarmingly simple technique for eavesdropping on individual GSM mobile calls without the need to use expensive, specialised equipment. Read More iPhone 4, T-Mobile G2 Most Buzzed About Phones for 2010 All that talk about faulty antennas didn't seem to harm Apple's reputation too much. For the second year in a row, Apple dominates the list with the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS taking the #1 and #5 spots, respectively. The T-Mobile G2 snagged second place while the Motorola Droid X took third. Motorola appeared twice in the top ten with the Droid Pro taking the #7 place. Read More iOS apps to entertain you No matter how you spend your off hours--watching movies, savoring a good book, or blasting video game baddies from here to kingdom come--Apple's iOS devices have quickly become essential leisure time companions. Our editors have searched the App Store's virtual aisles for mobile software that lets you do more with your down time. From streaming media to serving up a great meal, the following App Collections offer plenty of choices for filling up your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch with entertaining options. And of course, games are well-represented with a trio of collections that test your skill at sports, strategy, and shooting things up. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Strategies for Solving the Datacenter Space The lack of flexibility caused by outdated, inefficient datacenters has also begun to affect business agility. Learn about the range of technologies that can help you drive more efficiency in your datacenter. Learn More Today! Work smarter with these iOS apps All work and no play may make for a dull existence, but the work still has to get done. Fortunately, we've found some mobile apps that will help you focus on the task at hand and maybe even add a little flair to your daily to-dos. Read More Military set to develop smart, robotic cameras DARPA has contracted with 15 teams to begin building programs that will let machines or robots have visual intelligence similar to humans. In a move seemingly strait out of the Terminator movies, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency this week said it has contracted with 15 companies or universities to begin building software and hardware that will give machines or robots visual intelligence similar to humans. Read More At CES, Lenovo marries Windows and Android in potential iPad-killer Lenovo builds an all-in-one tablet and notebookSomeday, Apple's iPad and rival tablet computers may completely replace the PC for a large number of users. But for now, tablets are mainly a companion device, a diversion for those times you'd like a fun, portable computer and don't need to do real work. But that may all change this week at CES, the consumer electronics show expected to attract more than 100,000 visitors to glitzy Las Vegas. Read... 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 Android OS in 2011: 12 Developments to Keep Apple Nervous Android is set to go leaps and bounds again, with a bunch of high-end smartphones, new cool apps, better performance and a tablet-specific version. Read More 15 Crazy Japanese Tech Gizmos From an electronic unicycle to light-saber chopsticks, you've got to see these ... uh ... innovations. Read More The 36 Best iPhone Games We've sifted through the thousands of games and have settled on these 36 titles to enthusiastically recommend. 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 Espionage via spoofed White House eCard Wikipedia meets $16M fundraising goal ... the hard way Oversupply sends DRAM prices to one-year low CES 2011 Preview: Gadgets galore 2011 Outlook: Better than 2010 and really wild Microsoft blames server problem for Hotmail outage Toshiba to show no-glasses 3D TV at CES Will there be a jobless recovery for IT in 2011? Are you ready to flatten your data center network? How to take your enterprise Wi-Fi network to the next level
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