Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Phone maker publicly says ‘No’ to WP7; Watchdog warns about Schmidt policing privacy

Watchdog warns Obama about Schmidt policing privacy | Windows Phone 7 practically useless without Windows Live

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Phone maker publicly says 'No' to WP7
Robert Mullins: China's ZTE sees no reason to make a phone running Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Quest Software

It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing?
In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Siemens

Finding the Value in Unified Communications
This paper examines the four stages of return companies can see from their UC investments: Lower communications costs are followed by lower operational costs, then better productivity, and finally a true competitive advantage. Read More

Watchdog warns Obama about Schmidt policing privacy
Ms. Smith: Will Eric Schmidt go from being Google CEO to being Obama's voice on privacy as the next Commerce Secretary? Privacy watchdogs oppose the idea. Read More

Windows Phone 7 practically useless without Windows Live
Robert Mullins: I am demoing an HTC Arrive from Sprint and discovered that Microsoft really, really wants you to sign up for Windows Live – to the point where a Windows Phone 7 smartphone is practically a brick without it. Read More


WHITE PAPER: EMC

IDC: New Strategies Driving Disk-Based Solutions
In this brief, IDC discusses the challenges of using tape and the benefits of disk-based data protection solutions with data deduplication, especially if a business is experiencing unabated data growth, a lack of recovery performance, and increased costs associated with physical tape. Read the brief. Read now

The problem with (salary) numbers
Sean McCown: It may look good on paper to fire your most experienced (expensive) people, but deep down you know it won't really save you money. Read More

Microsoft and Google collaborate to bring HTML5 video to IE9
Jon Brodkin: Not long ago, Microsoft and Google were trading insults over HTML5 video. Now they say they will collaborate to bring WebM to Internet Explorer 9. Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP

Technology Fueling the Next Phase of Storage Optimization
ESG examines trends influencing the adoption of deduplication and the limitations of existing solutions and details how HP is best positioned to deliver highly efficient deduplication solutions based on its new HP StoreOnce deplication technology Read now

How DHS is Monitoring Keywords and Social Media
Ms. Smith: DHS updated its privacy policy due to the personally identifiable information that can be collected. The list of keywords and sites monitored by NOC and DHS was not mentioned, but here is the previous list of terms and sites. Read More

Add-on lets IE6 apps live forever
Robert Mullins: Browsium replicates IE6 engine to run apps in IE8/9 Read More

No more Zune hardware devices, Microsoft (sort of) confirms
Jon Brodkin: Microsoft re-focuses Zune strategy on software:"The Zune is finally dead," various media outlets are reporting. Read More

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SLIDESHOWS

Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs
Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free.

First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5.

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