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	From Einstein to Xbox: The IFA consumer electronics exhibition turns 50 The IFA has a storied past as well as notable celebrities and some "first" technology ever seen in Europe. From Einstein to Xbox, the IFA has shown it all. Some products, like the 3DTV, were ahead of their time. Others, like the MiniDisc...well, just never got off the ground. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xerox Xerox Enterprise Print Services: improved business results Xerox has the tools, methodologies and experience to help reduce your total cost of ownership by up to 30% or more. We give you complete control over your enterprise print infrastructure and provide full transparency of all internal and external print-related spend. Read Now. In this Issue Back-to-school tech bargains: Week 4 Video: iPad helicopter fun to fly, steep learning curve 6 useful Wi-Fi tools for Windows Eight great virtual appliances for VMware, free for the downloading WHITE PAPER: Sprint "Business-class" Service for the Global Customer Can global customers that are not part of the world's largest global companies get the "business-class" service they deserve? Find out in this white paper. Read More Back-to-school tech bargains: Week 4 9 more of the best tech deals the web has to offer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Brocade FCoE Solutions for I/O Convergence Fibre Channel over Ethernet is extending the reliability benefits and service of Fibre Channels to LANs and other Ethernet networks. Learn how this approach enables flexible, scalable, and simplified data center fabrics that support increasingly powerful applications and growing amounts of data. Read now! Video: iPad helicopter fun to fly, steep learning curve The four-fan AR.Drone wirelessly streams video back to the controlling device. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Pay-as-You-Grow: Flexible Capacity in the Datacenter Purchase just what you need today, scale up as demand grows and avoid costly over provisioning. Read now! 6 useful Wi-Fi tools for Windows Free or cheap apps can help troubleshoot your wireless network, turn your laptop into a hot spot and more. Read More Eight great virtual appliances for VMware, free for the downloading The combination of free open source and virtual machines is hard to beat; here are some of the handiest virtual appliances. Read More
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