4 sweet smartphones from CES 2012

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	4 sweet smartphones from CES 2012 Who needs ultrabooks? Some of the coolest devices at this year's CES so far have come from our old friend the smartphone. Read More WHITE PAPER: Bradford Networks (BYOD) Unleashed in the Age of IT Consumerization IT departments need to understand what devices are trying to connect to their networks, so they can provide convenient, secure access to those that are authorized, including personal iPads and smartphones. This white paper explains how IT departments can implement a practical and secure strategy and offer the convenience mobile devices provide. Read more In this Issue T-Mobile launches VoIP services for iPhone Media Player, security bypass are focus of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012 11 High-Tech Toilets: The Videos Mozilla moves forward with plan for enterprise version of Firefox CES 2012: Enormous iPod dock weighs in at 900 pounds CES 2012: Lenovo shows off tornado chaser truck CES: Analysts predict the future of technology CES 2012: Sensics offers virtual-reality Android with gesture control What does 2012 have in store for Anonymous? ICANN CEO defends new gTLD plan Cisco gains SAN share as Brocade looks for buyer Apple's HDTV and the challenge of subscription programming Desktops: Back from the Dead? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Diskeeper Corporation V-locity 3: Prevents wasted I/Os to SAN See for yourself how much better your SAN performs when the NTFS file system has been optimized. Download trialware now. V-locity automatically prevents unnecessary I/O generation at the initial data write/read with zero resource conflicts. Servers run faster and more efficiently. Try it free for 30-days. T-Mobile launches VoIP services for iPhone T-Mobile is offering a calling service for iPhone and iPad users, even though it doesn't sell those devices. Read More Media Player, security bypass are focus of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012 Seven bulletins, one deemed critical, and a handful of new Microsoft security issues all arrived today as part of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012. Read More 11 High-Tech Toilets: The Videos Last year we presented the "20 high-tech toilets" slide show, but those all had static images. What people really want to see are the toilets in action, at least in terms of some tasteful videos of how some of these things work. Read More Mozilla moves forward with plan for enterprise version of Firefox Mozilla is advancing its plans to release a version of Firefox tailored for organizations whose IT departments manage it for their employees from a central console. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective IT's Role in a Better Customer Experience Capital One Auto Finance is investing $40 million this year to create a better customer experience, with IT playing a central role. Their CIO Don Goin will discuss why IT and data are everything in this fiercely competitive business at CIO Perspectives Dallas, February 16th! Click to continue CES 2012: Enormous iPod dock weighs in at 900 pounds Called the iNuke, it measures 8 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet and runs on 10,000 watts. Read More CES 2012: Lenovo shows off tornado chaser truck Keith Shaw gets a quick tour inside a tornado chaser truck courtesy of Lenovo, which was showing off the truck at its CES 2012 booth. The truck uses lots of Lenovo gear to help researchers gather data from tornadoes, blizzards and other storms. Read More CES: Analysts predict the future of technology At least one panel discussion here is focused not on what people can buy now, but what they will be able to buy at CES in the future, at least 10 or more years out. Read More CES 2012: Sensics offers virtual-reality Android with gesture control At the Digital Experience event at CES 2012, Computerworld's Sharon Gaudin tried out the Sensics virtual reality Android goggles, which includes gesture control and lets you watch and play your apps while wearing a giant helmet. Read More WEBCAST: Aternity Banish Poor Application Performance Are you ready to gain the proactive ability to rapidly respond to end user problems (before they call the help desk)? Then you won't want to miss a special event that will show you the latest innovation in end user monitoring. Learn more What does 2012 have in store for Anonymous? Anonymous had a busy year in 2011 pushing its hacker-activist agenda on companies around the Web, to the point where just the sound of the hacker group's name can send shivers down the spine of many a CIO. Read More ICANN CEO defends new gTLD plan The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will open up applications for new generic top-level domains this week, even with continued objections to the plan, the group's CEO said. Read More Cisco gains SAN share as Brocade looks for buyer Has Brocade finally found a buyer? Reports that it was close tickled the company's stock this week. Read More Apple's HDTV and the challenge of subscription programming The noise surrounding Apple's alleged foray into the HDTV market has grown increasingly louder over the past few months. And while some are quick to boldly proclaim that Apple will upend the Television industry in much the same way it revolutionized music and phones, the reality is much more nuanced. Read More Desktops: Back from the Dead? In the age of tablets, smartphones and Ultrabooks, nothing says old school like a desktop. But HP is giving the old war horse some new paint, and surprise -- it's worth checking out. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS CES 2012 ultrabooks and tablets Ultrabooks! Ultrabooks! That's the official biggest buzzword for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ultrabooks! In honor of these purportedly magical super-thin laptops, we've decided to make a compilation of some of the ultrabooks you'll see at CES next week. And for good measure, we've thrown in a tablet that will garner a lot of attention as well. Enjoy! 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 Will Microsoft's WiFi-NC set new network standard? IPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 31 CES: Gigabit Wi-Fi takes center stage Samsung plans smart TVs with face recognition, voice and gesture control 5 reasons Linux Mint is better than Ubuntu Cautious optimism: Details of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday of 2012 IPad 3 to sport HD camera on front, upgraded camera on back 9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012 30 years ago, a battered AT&T cried Uncle Sam Cisco cranks up Internet TV volume at CES
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