30 Most Anticipated Tech Products of 2011

	Qualcomm to acquire Wi-Fi specialist Atheros | Microsoft, Googler tussle over bug timeline
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	TOP STORY: 30 Most Anticipated Tech Products of 2011 From Windows 8 to the iPhone on Verizon, here are 30 tech products we're looking forward to seeing in 2011. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Synchronize Your Time with Symmetricom (Symmetricom) Symmetricom designs and manufactures precision time and frequency products for synchronizing today's complex computer, communications, and instrumentation systems. Our comprehensive range of network time servers make it possible for an enterprise's systems to be automatically and accurately synchronized to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Click to continue Qualcomm to acquire Wi-Fi specialist Atheros Qualcomm has entered into an agreement to purchase chip maker Atheros for $3.1 billion, or $45 per share, in cash, the company said on Wednesday. Read More Microsoft, Googler tussle over bug timeline Microsoft and a Google security engineer are sparring over a bug the researcher reported to Microsoft last July. Read More WHITE PAPER: Scalable and Reliable Systems Management for Cloud Computing (IBM) With the advent of cloud computing, massive and automated system management has become more important for successful and economical operation of computing resources... Read Now Help desk calls on the rise At a time when IT is supposed to be getting easier to manage, more people are calling help desks for assistance than ever before, according to a new study. Read More With CES raining tablets, some will get flooded out With as many as 100 different models of tablet computers from dozens of makers expected to be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, market consolidation is a certainty. Read More WHITE PAPER: A Technical Overview of MPP Analytic Databases (ParAccel) Tackle the most complex analytic challenges and glean insight from vast amounts of data. Learn how a columnar-based, massively parallel processing analytic database can provide high performance analytics against complex SQL workloads the most challenging analytic queries. Read now! At CES, Lenovo marries Windows and Android in potential iPad-killer The major device manufacturers are unveiling a plethora of tablets based on Google's Android operating system as well as Microsoft's Windows. One early contender from Lenovo puts both operating systems on the same machine and gives users a complete notebook and tablet experience. Read More CES 2011: Asus shows four tablet PCs Taiwan's Asus unveiled four tablet PCs at CES on Tuesday, the first of many expected at the IT fair this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: A Powerful Platform for Virtualization (PC Mall) Download this HP white paper to learn how the next-generation ProLiant servers can help companies achieve rapid ROI and dramatically lower their operational expenses. Read More Microsoft warns of critical unpatched bug for Vista, XP Microsoft today confirmed that a publicly disclosed critical bug affects all of the current but older versions of Windows, and issued workaround advice but not an out-of-bound patch. Read More Where network and systems management is headed next Depending on where they stand in the overall environment, network and systems management companies hear different concerns from their enterprise IT clientele. Here's a look at how the year will shake out in a number of different areas. Read More Cisco at a quiter table in Vegas this year Cisco looks like it will be glued to TV at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas later this week but the real focus will be on tablets, according to analysts sizing up the upcoming event. Read More CA Court Rules Smartphones Can Be Searched Without A Warrant The California Supreme Court ruled that police can search a suspect's cell-phone text messages without a warrant, based on past cases where cigarette packs can be searched. Read More Court reverses Microsoft victory in patent case A U.S. appeals court restores a jury verdict in a patent infringement case against Microsoft. Read More
	BECOME AN INSIDER Get premium content, in-depth reviews, practical tips and exclusive research. All for just signing up. Sign up for free today. SLIDESHOWS The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 It's hard to pick the weirdest and wackiest tech stories of 2010 considering there is so much nuttiness to choose from. But we'll give it a shot. Here we take a look at a number of stories that gave us pause in 2010. 2010's most popular iPad apps As the iPad celebrates its first birthday, it should raise a glass to Apple's App Store, which has provided users with an array of innovative applications. Late last week, Apple released a list of the 10 most popular iPad applications, with productivity apps making up the bulk. MOST-READ STORIES Espionage via spoofed White House eCard Wikipedia meets $16M fundraising goal ... the hard way Oversupply sends DRAM prices to one-year low CES 2011 Preview: Gadgets galore 2011 Outlook: Better than 2010 and really wild Microsoft blames server problem for Hotmail outage Toshiba to show no-glasses 3D TV at CES Will there be a jobless recovery for IT in 2011? Are you ready to flatten your data center network? How to take your enterprise Wi-Fi network to the next level Get more IT peer perspective online: LinkedIn Group | Facebook | Twitter
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