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Android 'Ice Cream Sandwich' adoption still stuck in the low single digits
Although it's been over half a year since Google unveiled Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich"), the platform has been adopted by just under 3% of all Android devices. Read More


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iPhone 5 Rumor Rollup for the week ending March 30
The first days of spring found new iPhone 5 rumors soaring on eagles' wings into the iOSsphere. Read More

iPhone to the rescue: Helps save 2-year-old in a well
Firefighters in China lowered an iPhone into a 40-foot deep dry well to aid them in rescuing a 2-year-old boy who fell in, according to a report from the U.K.'s ITN. Read More

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A sampling of BYOD user policies
Just say the words "bring your own device" and IT staffers start to rub their foreheads. Allowing users to attach their consumer devices, including smartphones and tablets, to the network might seem like a bad idea, but with a clear user policy that is re-signed annually, you can reduce a lot of organizational risk. Read More


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5 steps from Scheduler to Enterprise Workload Automation
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Device to suck out phone data in under 2 minutes prevents military mission failure?
Do you recall when the ACLU warned that State Police were violating Fourth Amendment rights when using high-tech mobile forensics to suck data out of cell phones in under two minutes? The Michigan State Police were none too happy and issued a reply about the extraction devices. Read More

What do you want mobile phones to do in the next 40 years?
It's hard to believe that next year will be the 40th anniversary of the first handheld mobile phone call. What's also hard to fathom is that first call, between the father of the cell phone Martin Cooper, then of Motorola made to Joel Engel of Bell Labs was made on a phone that weighed over two pounds and cost nearly $4,000 and had a battery life of about 30 minutes. Read More

Endpoint Security: The Next Generation
When you mention endpoint security in conversation, it's not unusual to get some type of visceral response -- eyes rolling, sighs, etc. Security professionals and the industry at large think of endpoint security as a commodity or "necessary evil." Some of my fellow analysts have gone so far to say that endpoint security as a category is dead (that's an old analyst trick for declaring that you've... Read More


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Fact: The demand to respond faster and with greater insight to business demands, based on data, is increasing. Fact: More organizations are turning to business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing for insightful decision-making. Learn more

Windows 8: The Metro Start Screen Stops Me
Microsoft has been praising Windows 8 as a reimagining of Windows, but CIO.com's Shane O'Neill can't see past the shoddy design of the Metro start screen. Read More

Inside the fastest 3D Nano printer ever
Vienna University of Technology says its 3D printer creates images in world record time Read More

Google buys payments company TxVia to boost Google Wallet
Google has acquired TxVia, a payments technology company, to complement its own payments capability, the company said Monday. Read More

ACLU: Most US police don't seek warrants before tracking cell phones
Many law enforcement agencies across the U.S. track mobile phones as part of investigations, but only a minority ask for court-ordered warrants, according to a new report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union. Read More

New iPad gets raves from survey and Consumer Reports
Overheating issues? Easily breakable? "Whatever," say consumers. The new iPad is still the best tablet around. Read More



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