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	Palm's new smartphones failing to fuel sales | Wireless carriers need to find ways to keep customers profitable
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	Microsoft recruited top notch guns for Waledac takedown Four days ago, top-notch computer security researchers launched an assault on Waledac, a highly sophisticated botnet responsible for spreading spam and malicious software. Read More WEBCAST: HP Improve Tracking of VM Devices Virtualization has a major impact on the network and those who manage it, making it difficult to gain visibility to inter-VM traffic. This Webcast addresses the challenges – from operating expenses and compliance to security and management. Learn best practices to alleviate some of the burden virtualization has placed on the network. Listen now In this Issue Palm's new smartphones failing to fuel sales Wireless carriers need to find ways to keep customers profitable Gartner predicts 20 percent growth for chip industry in 2010 IBM: Vulnerabilities fell in 2009, but other risks abound News podcast: Network World 360 Are Hollywood hackers bogus or bright? 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Read More Wireless carriers need to find ways to keep customers profitable There are already so many wireless users in North America that carriers need to think of ways to reap additional profits from their existing customers, rather than finding new ones, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read More Gartner predicts 20 percent growth for chip industry in 2010 The global chip industry will rebound sharply from the global recession and post 20 percent year-on-year growth in 2010, market researcher Gartner said Thursday. Read More VIRTUAL EVENT: IBM NWW Making the Planet Smarter Hear from technology leaders, clients and business partners on today's enterprise data management challenges and how leveraging IBM's data management portfolio can deliver better business outcomes, at lower cost, while providing capabilities that scale across enterprise applications, databases and platforms. Register Today! 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