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Monday, February 23, 2009

Bring in the iPhone clones; Proposed law might make Wi-Fi users help cops; A real green data center

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Bring in the iPhone clones
By John Cox
The 2009 Mobile World Congress did not disappoint with the sheer volume of new devices, all with a new "angle" to introduce to the mobile phone market. The gold standard is still the Apple iPhone 3G, and industry leaders like Samsung, LG, HTC and many more took a stab at trying to steal the smartphone spotlight. We take a look at the top "iPhone killer" contenders and break down what each "newbie" has to offer. View slideshow

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Proposed law might make Wi-Fi users help cops
A proposed U.S. law would require Internet service providers to store information about every user of their services and keep that data for at least two years, in a bid to crack down on Internet-based predators and child pornographers.

What does a real green data center look like?
Collocation facility provider Internap recently opened its latest data center in Somerville, Mass., which was built with green design principles in mind to reduce the consumption of power, manage the dissipation of heat and control humidity. The effort will help the company run the facility less expensively and won it a $453,000 rebate from the local power company.

A $99,999 keyboard is the best bargain I’ve seen yet
Kopczynski: Boy, times are tough when people start selling electronics at extreme prices. Just look at how much this keyboard is on Amazon.

Celebrities on Twitter
Monash: Twitter has had a chat-with-celebrities vibe from the getgo. Originally, this meant tech celebrities. Many people probably signed up for Twitter largely because Robert Scoble promised to follow everybody's tweets. Within a few weeks of starting Twitter use myself, I was on the phone with Dave Winer, talking about -- how meta is this? -- rearchitecting Twitter. In a number of cases, it has seemed that I am the tech celebrity somebody has followed onto Twitter and/or gushed over chatting with.

Study: most downloaded iPhone apps are hardly used
Cox: An analysis by Pinch Media has found after being downloaded, iPhone applications are rarely used. Paid applications fare somewhat better, but also suffer a steep and swift decline in how long and how often they're used.

Study: Federal gov't can save billions in IT spending
The U.S. government could save billions of dollars by moving to more open-source software, cloud computing and virtualization, a recent study suggests.

Mac sales suggest decline for first time in 6 years
Heisler: Investment firm Piper Jaffray released a report earlier this week showing that recent data indicates that Mac sales are declining on a year to year basis for the first time in 6 years.

Of CEOs and politicians
Cisco Subnet blogger Brad Reese discusses Chicagoans Sen. Roland 'Tombstone' Burris and Nortel CEO Mike Zarifovski as two guys struggling for credibility.

Today on Layer 8 we wonder if anyone would ride a thousand mile elevator?
NASA announced two ambitious Centennial Challenges that it hopes will garner more powerful wireless technology and build ever-stronger tethers for linking sometimes huge objects in space. The 2009 Power Beaming and Tether Challenges goes hand-in-hand with the development of future solar power satellites and a futuristic project known as the Space Elevator.

February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
Up for grabs: One American Express gift card worth $250 from Global Knowledge; One Microsoft training course worth $2,995 from Global Knowledge; 15 copies each of the hot book titles Voice over IP Security, and CCNA Wireless Official Exam Certification Guide and 15 copies of Exchange Server 2007 How-To: Real Solutions for Exchange Server 2007 SP1 Administrators. Get all the entry details here.


Tweet to compete
Tweet to competeSmart social networking has become essential for most IT execs.

2009 MWC highlights
Top 10 hot spot safety tipsMobile World Congress: Cool gadgets and hot new tech from the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry.

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02/23/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Want to close your LendingTree account? Sorry, no can do
  2. Forget the Oscars: Sit back for the 404 Awards
  3. Security researcher Kaminsky pushes DNS patching
  4. HP cuts pay, benefits after poor financials
  5. Conflicker worm gets an evil twin
  6. Stimulus bill aims for 'national broadband plan'
  7. The ultimate browser security face-off
  8. Kanye West designed X-rated Mario-like video game
  9. 9 dirty tricks: Social engineers' favorite pick-up lines
  10. JTAG Hacking


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