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	11 cool robots you may not have heard of What do Mars, the Terminator, an ostrich and hair washing have to do with each other? Ask the robots. Read More WHITE PAPER: Google Apps Cloud Computing - What is the Value for Your Company? Cloud computing may be new, but one thing hasn't changed: management's insistence on justifying IT investments by return on investment and total cost of ownership. You still weigh a solution's advantages/disadvantages and benefits/costs. This paper reviews four organizations who gained savings, productivity and innovation with Google Apps. Read More In this Issue Top 10 Android smartphone browser alternatives 8 Amazon Kindle Fire Apps for Newbies Kindle Fire: Up Close With Amazon's Media Tablet First look: Firefox 8 adds Twitter search, tightens add-on controls Geekiest holiday cards WHITE PAPER: Citrix Worldwide Desktop Virtualization 2011 Vendor Analysis The IDC MarketScape for Desktop Virtualization 2011 is now available and positions Citrix as the only vendor in the Leaders Category, based on its comprehensive desktop virtualization technology suite and its strategic vision for its desktop virtualization product portfolio. Download the IDC MarketScape now. Read now Top 10 Android smartphone browser alternatives There are plenty of browsers you can use in place of the stock browser that comes with your Android phone. Here are 10 that are free. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Sybase IQ Supercharges Predictive Analytics This white paper introduces you to Sybase® IQ—a high-performance, scalable column-store database engine which has been repeatedly proven to meet the predictive analytics needs for a wide variety of businesses. Read now. 8 Amazon Kindle Fire Apps for Newbies Love your new Kindle Fire tablet but unsure of what apps to use? Let us help. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Customer Lifetime Value for IT With technology underpinning much of the customer experience, IT and marketing must adopt new technologies to innovate and grow revenues. Watch the video to learn how IBM SPSS Predictive Analytics enables marketers while reducing the burden on IT. View Now Kindle Fire: Up Close With Amazon's Media Tablet The Amazon Kindle Fire, one of the most anticipated tablets of the season, ships Tuesday. Here's a preview of some of its notable features. Read More First look: Firefox 8 adds Twitter search, tightens add-on controls Mozilla's Firefox 8 gives users more obvious control over add-ons installed by third-party programs. Read More Geekiest holiday cards Seasonal greetings, geek-style. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Geekiest holiday cards Holiday decorations appeared before the last of the Halloween skeletons were even boxed up. An endless loop of seasonal music is already playing in stores. Retail commerce forecasts are piling up. The countdown is on, and it's not too early to start thinking about holiday cards. Here are some clever geeky options for inspiration. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET Everyone who enters will win free training from Webucator. Grand prize: a SharePoint training class worth $2,375. All who enter will be awarded a self-paced class of their choosing. Enter here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/contests. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Barnes & Noble blows the lid off Microsoft's Android patent squeeze DOJ says you must be a felon if you clicked a link or opened email 8 Amazon Kindle Fire apps for newbies Survey: IT certifications lead to jobs, higher pay Barnes & Noble subpoenas Nokia over Microsoft Android lawsuit Unemployed Romanian hacker accused of breaking into NASA Will IT certs get you jobs and raises? Survey says yes Top 10 Android smartphone browser alternatives Tech M&A deals of 2011 Secret snoop conference for gov't spying: Go stealth, hit a hundred thousand targets
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