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Why Cisco wants Tandberg; Obama bars fed workers from texting and driving; what really happens to self-destructing data?

IE's slide quickens as Firefox, Chrome add share; Obama bars fed workers from texting and driving
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Cisco's struggle to move TelePresence down market prompts Tandberg buyout

Cisco's $3 billion bid for Tandberg is a gamble that videoconferencing can take off in the SMB and consumer markets, which to date haven't embraced Cisco's TelePresence systems. Read full story

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October 02, 2009

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  1. The dark side of DLP
  2. Five reasons to dive into Google Wave
  3. Cisco to buy videoconferencing vendor Tandberg for $3B
  4. Oracle throws a party, taxpayers pick up tab
  5. Twins Lars and Jens Rasmussen invented Google Wave
  6. Half of iPhone owners would drop AT&T like a bad habit
  7. The mobile phone: A history in pictures
  8. Juniper is about to make a strategic blunder
  9. Microsoft's Ballmer finds wallet a little lighter
  10. Top Microsoft execs outline 2010 challenges

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