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	Android news and rumor roundup for week ending Aug. 24 Releasing a new flagship Android device within even a few weeks of the upcoming iPhone 5 is probably not the greatest idea in the world, and that has cut into the amount of blockbuster Android goodness you can expect from this column. Nevertheless, plenty is going on in the world of Google Android. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Commvault Break free from traditional backup! From a single console and simple interface, Simpana® software allows you to break free from limiting legacy backup approaches. Built from the ground up on a single platform and unifying code base, Simpana holistically manages data across the entire enterprise, transforming it into a protected, well-managed, easily accessible information asset. Join the Simpana revolution! Start exploring resources to learn how. In this Issue NASA's hot radiation mission New VMware products, services target small, medium businesses at VMworld INSIDER How IT Innovation and Mobility Empower Unilever New Amazon Kindle Fire models coming Sept. 6? Google+ sucks up to more big shots with vanity URLs FCC approves Verizon spectrum deal with roll-out demands 8 IT Lessons Learned From the 2012 Summer Olympics Dumbest & craziest sports technology moments of 2012 Building a PC: My components Retail battle: Microsoft opens store steps from Apple Oakland says AT&T cell towers interfering with police radios Home Wi-Fi routers could operate as emergency network, say scientists WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The iEverything Enterprise Virtualization, cloud computing, and wireless technology are fundamentally changing enterprise computing, providing revolutionary gains in productivity and cost savings. Powerful enterprise applications can now be delivered to almost any device, anywhere, at any time. Learn more. NASA's hot radiation mission NASA is set to launch its Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) to explore the most intense areas of radiation around Earth Read More New VMware products, services target small, medium businesses at VMworld Businesses with less than 1,000 employees get special attention next week at VMware's VMworld conference in San Francisco where it will introduce products and partnerships to make virtualization friendlier to firms with limited resources. Read More INSIDER How IT Innovation and Mobility Empower Unilever Rod Hefford, CIO for Global Customer Development and Supply Chain at Unilever, discusses they key goals of their Compass strategy, how IT is organized to drive innovation globally. Hefford also explains how mobility is empowering Unilever to respond to changing market conditions and customer needs, and is fostering a virtuous cycle of improvement. Read More New Amazon Kindle Fire models coming Sept. 6? Amazon Thursday issued media invitations to a Sept. 6 event that is widely believed to be a Kindle Fire tablet announcement. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Traditional WLAN vs. ADTRAN's Virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) The substantial differences between a traditional hardware controller-based wireless LAN and ADTRAN's virtual wireless LAN (hypervisor-based) are detailed in ADTRAN's WLAN vs. vWLAN comparison chart. Learn more. Google+ sucks up to more big shots with vanity URLs Google this week is greatly expanding availability of custom URLs for users of its Google+ social networking site, a move designed to make it easier for people and companies to promote their presence. Read More FCC approves Verizon spectrum deal with roll-out demands The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has conditionally approved a multibillion swap of wireless spectrum between Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and four of the biggest cable TV system operators in the U.S. Read More 8 IT Lessons Learned From the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 London Olympics weren't just about athletic prowess. This year's games saw more data leave Olympic Park and move around the world than ever before. The applications, infrastructure and technical know-how required to pull this off offers valuable lessons for CIOs as they plan IT projects. Read More Dumbest & craziest sports technology moments of 2012 From phony websites to regrettable tweets to Apple Siri chatter, it's clear athletes and technology often don't mix well Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Cisco Bring Your Own Device This paper explores the challenges mobile devices create for IT, offers key considerations before adopting a BYOD strategy and highlights a comprehensive architecture from Cisco that enables freedom of choice for users while affording IT security and control. Learn more. Building a PC: My components I recently built my first gaming/general-use PC and below is a list of the parts I eventually settled on for it. Read More Retail battle: Microsoft opens store steps from Apple Retail battle: Microsoft opens store steps from Apple Cheering employees and fans welcomed the opening of the first Microsoft Store in Massachusetts. Follow Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb From: networkworld Views: 27 2 ratings Time: 01:25 More in Science & Technology Read More Oakland says AT&T cell towers interfering with police radios AT&T Wireless has partially disabled service at 16 cellphone towers in Oakland after the California city said they were interfering with its emergency communications system. Read More Home Wi-Fi routers could operate as emergency network, say scientists German researchers have proposed using home Wi-Fi routers as a backup mesh network in the event that cell and phone systems in cities and towns are overwhelmed during emergencies. In a recently-published paper PDF, Kamill Panitzek and colleagues at the Technical University in Darmstadt in Germany describe how home routers could be linked to one another to form a huge informal backbone for use by fire, police and ambulance services. Read More
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