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	4G wireless vs. 5G wireless Using more spectrum and advanced antennas, vendors and operators plan to increase 4G mobile speeds. But the key to increasing speeds as researchers look at future networks, which will someday be dubbed 5G by marketers, is to shorten the distance between users and base stations, and allowing them to automatically be reconfigured. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study - Psomas As a high-growth firm, Psomas needed to accelerate application performance to accommodate a changing set of demands from the business as well as employees. With Riverbed Steelhead products deployed worldwide, their employees can now share work and leverage resources wherever they happen to be. Read now! In this Issue iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 4 Linksys wins dual-band duel Surprise! Windows Phone gaining traction The Ugliest Laptops Ever Made Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2011 Wi-Fi tethering 101: Use a smartphone as a mobile hotspot iPad vs. Everything else RIM bets on BBX to reel in app developers The 33 hottest tech arguments 5 office suites for Android phones RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Aerohive Networks Economics of Branch Office Networking Join Aerohive for a Webinar featuring Gartner on Thurs, Nov. 17 at 8am PT. Register to attend this event which features Vice President and Distinguished Analyst Mark Fabbi of leading analyst firm Gartner and Joel Vincent, director of product marketing Aerohive Networks as they discuss the economic benefits of a cloud-enabled branch office. Click to continue iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 4 You didn't realize that Apple is changing its design philosophy, overhauling its entire product line and doing a massive redesign for the iPhone 5, which may actually already exist and is only waiting for decent LTE chips. Read More Linksys wins dual-band duel Review: Six routers deliver 802.11n connectivity over 2.4 and 5GHz bands Read More Surprise! Windows Phone gaining traction Microsoft on Monday is expected to unveil several AT&T-branded Windows Phone handsets -- a move that comes at a time when the company's radically changed smartphone OS seems finally to be gaining traction. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Simplify, Improve, and Save with Dynamic Workload Management Join us in our conversation with John McKenny, BMC vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Mainframe Service Management (MSM), as we uncover the advantages of dynamic workload management. Learn More! The Ugliest Laptops Ever Made Beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Yeah, right. Take a look at 12 of the most unsightly portable PCs ever created (plus one bonus pick). Read More Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2011 Job cuts in the U.S. technology industry in 2011 are down significantly from a year ago and turnover levels in IT shops have returned to pre-recessionary levels, but that doesn't make the tens of thousands of people in the United States who have been laid off from electronics, telecommunications and computer industry jobs feel much better. Read More Wi-Fi tethering 101: Use a smartphone as a mobile hotspot Buried inside many of the latest smartphones is a capability that few people take advantage of. A feature called tethering lets a phone go beyond talk, email and Web surfing to act as a mobile hotspot that can supply Web access to nearby computers, tablets and other devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Performance Metrics and the Cloud Unlike static configuration management databases, which often contain information too outdated for real-time understanding, a dynamic operational service model provides relevant, timely information. Read More iPad vs. Everything else We debated whether to call this piece "iPad vs. Motorola Xoom" or "iPad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" or whatever the Android tablet du jour is. But really it's still "iPad vs Everything Else." Read More RIM bets on BBX to reel in app developers RIM is tailoring its upcoming BBX operating system to meet the needs of developers who want a simple and profitable way to sell their mobile applications. Read More The 33 hottest tech arguments Network World and IDG News Service have assembled this collection of primers examining today's most explosive and intriguing networking and IT issues, from vendor rivalries to product battles to technology trends. Read More 5 office suites for Android phones If you're stuck in a long line, in a waiting room or on the train with time to kill, you can do something more productive on your smartphone besides going through your social-networking sites or catapulting cartoon birds. Why not catch up on office work? Read More
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