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Apple no longer thinks different
Remember when Apple wanted us to "think different"? That was a pose, 'cause now they don't … Read More

Cisco switching transition "poorly managed and timed"
The product transition currently impacting Cisco's switching business was "poorly managed and timed" by the company, according to a bulletin issued this week by investment firm Oppenheimer & Co. As you recall, Cisco's switching business is down 7% in its fiscal second quarter, impacting profit margins and perhaps market share. Read More

Why are there so few Windows Phone 7 models on the market?
This week's news that Sprint is finally going start selling a smartphone next month running Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system, and reports that Verizon is expected follow suit, is good news for Microsoft's efforts to widen the distribution pipeline for the OS. But Microsoft's product strategy strikes me as somewhat timid, given that it still has only a handful of handset models. Read More

Is VoIP too secure?
It's hard to imagine, but roughly 10 years ago as VoIP was being rolled out corporate networkers were quite concerned about the security of VoIP. As we faced a move from voice going over a traditional (and, by the way, unencrypted) network, there was concern that VoIP would be much too easy to eavesdrop on - especially if it traversed the Internet. Read More

This Just In: Consumer Reports Identifies That Ol' Antenna Problem in Verizon iPhone
AntennaGate is apparently still with us.Consumer Reports has just published a review of the Verizon iPhone 4 that seems to indicate that the "AntennaGate" problem has indeed returned - and this time in an entirely different engineering release of the iPhone 4. This is weird, to say the least. Read More

Canonical calls original proposal a "mistake" and overrides Banshee team's decision
Canonical has gone back to the drawing board on its affiliate deal with Banshee saying the previous proposals to the Banshee team were "mistakes." Canonical is now enabling the Amazon store by default, and also giving a 25% cut of its revenue from Banshee and Rhythmbox's Ubuntu One Store to GNOME. Read More

W3C: Microsoft's Web privacy proposal "has no formal standing"
Progress of Microsoft's proposed W3C standard greatly exaggerated. Read More

Hollywood has had its fill of Apple brand placements
Oh, you'd never know it from scanning the headlines, but Hollywood is clearly signaling to Steve Jobs that his company's star is fading. Or at least that's my take. Read More

Egyptian father names newborn daughter Facebook
From the "Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time Department" comes news that an Egyptian couple has chosen to honor the role of social networking in that country's recent political uprising by naming their newly arrived baby daughter Facebook. Read More

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802.11u: Wireless 'superglue'?
There's been a lot of talk about the mobile operators using Wi-Fi offload to economically plug coverage gaps in their wireless WANs. So how do the network-to-network transitions actually happen? Read More

Five Things You Need to Know About LTE
LTE, or long-term evolution service, is poised to be the new world standard for mobile data. Here are five things that set it apart from its predecessors. Read More

Verizon iPhone suffers 'death grip,' says Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports today said that its lab tests show the Verizon iPhone 4 suffers from a "death grip" problem similar to last summer's revelations about AT&T's model. Read More

Tablet-centric Android needs work, say early reviews
Early users of the Motorola Xoom tablet have rendered their verdict of Google's tablet-centric operating system: Needs improvement. Read More

Apple MacBook Pro models now boast Thunderbolt 10G I/0
The newest MacBook Pro notebooks from Apple feature a new, blazingly fast 10-Gbps I/O technology and powerful multi-core processors. Read More

Chevron, TD Bank Hope to Tap Tablets' Potential
IT executives at Chevron and TD Bank are testing whether tablets like Apple's iPad and the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook can be used to improve decision-making processes in their companies. Read More

Microsoft reveals what went wrong and right on Windows Phone 7 update
Two days after it Windows Phone 7 users began reporting problems due to a "relatively small" firmware update, Microsoft has revealed some of the causes for what went wrong, and right, in the process. Samsung phone users have to wait a bit longer. Read More

Apple iPad, iOS influences show in Mac OS X preview
Apple has released a preview version of its next Mac OS X software, showing the influence of the iPad and iOS on the flagship computer UI. Read More

A brief history of the Apple MacBook family
A look into the origins of the MacBook Pro as Apple refreshes the line Read More

iPad meets IT - Three tools you need
Three things IT peeps need on their iThings Read More

iPhone Banking: How USAA Launched Mobile Apps for Customers
The financial services company built on existing technology to enable iPhone and Android users to deposit checks remotely. Read More

Is Microsoft banning open source for Windows Phone apps?
Microsoft's belief: no explanation is a good explanation.Somebody at Red Hat discovered that Microsoft's developer agreement for its online mobile marketplace doesn't allow the use of some open source code. Specifically, it bans code licensed under what the Agreement terms "excluded licenses," which turns out to refer to the GPLv3 and any others "that [require] the software or other software combined and/or distributed with it be (i) disclosed or distributed... Read More

Crime stats show 'Net users may be getting wiser
From the It's About Time Department comes news ... It's only one data point from one year, but if this metric reported by a federal crime-fighting agency portends a trend, we may be seeing the stereotypically gullible Internet user growing wiser before our eyes. From an IDG News Service story on our site: Read More

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State of the Market reports examine UC, cloud-based services
Today we'd like to share several reports hosted by Webtorials. The first is a 2011 State of the Market report on UC and Cloud Based Services for SMBs. The second companion piece is a second Webtorials State of the Market report on SMB Communications Plan and Priorities. Read More

Former Avaya chief D'Ambrosio takes reigns at Sears
Long-time tech executive Lou D'Ambrosio has taken the helm at Sears Holdings Corp. with the goal of reversing the department store's downward financial trend and possibly boosting its online business. (Network World named D'Ambrosio one of the 50 Most Powerful People in Networking in 2006) Read More

Is VoIP too secure?
It's hard to imagine, but roughly 10 years ago as VoIP was being rolled out corporate networkers were quite concerned about the security of VoIP. As we faced a move from voice going over a traditional (and, by the way, unencrypted) network, there was concern that VoIP would be much too easy to eavesdrop on - especially if it traversed the Internet. Read More

The morphing of VoIP into Unified Communications, Collaboration and beyond
VoIP has grown up to become 'collaboration' and this will be nothing short of a revolution in how we all do our jobs. Now that all of your communication methods can be combined, or unified into a single system that is interoperable with other systems, what happens next? Read More

LifeSize Adds Mobile Streaming
mobileThe convergence of wired and unwired takes another step this week with the launch of LifeSize's HD content streaming solution for mobile devices. LifeSize Video Center allows companies to push video conferences to mobile users via one-way video streaming. This announcement follows similar efforts from companies such as Vidyo, as well as Skype and Apple to bring video conferencing to smartphones and... Read More

CIPT1 8.0 Lab 4
Configuring an H.323 Gateway This video demonstrates how to configure an H.323 gateway in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM). Once added, this gateway allows the CUCM cluster to receive calls from the PSTN. Read More

The VA Wants To Use Open Source To Make Electronic Health Records Better
Setting up an open source "ecosystem" is the goal of new RFIFor years now the health care industry has been in search of a uniform, unified, interchangeable health record format that would allow different systems and different providers to share and use information seamlessly. Even with HIPAA, Hi-Tech and everything else, there has not been on health record format that has become the standard. Now the Veterans Administration is enlisting the help of open... Read More

Cisco gets the message, ditches hosted e-mail service
Foray into a mature, crowded market proves unwise, unsustainableSecond-guessing is always easy ... and sometimes warranted. (2011's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries) Take, for example, this morning's news that Cisco has decided to pull the plug on its year-old hosted e-mail service, Cisco Mail, citing as a reason the apparently newfound realization that IT executives have come to view e-mail as more of a commodity than a strategic application. You don't say. Read... Read More