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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

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TOP STORY: AT&T LTE service to launch by midyear
AT&T will commercially launch its 4G LTE services sometime this summer, the carrier announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show. Read More

WHITE PAPER: The Converged Network of the Future (Brocade Communications Inc.)
Discover how enterprises can realize greater scalability, seamless mobility, and reduce management complexity in increasingly virtual and cloud-oriented IT infrastructures when robust FCoE based converged networking solutions play a role in network evolution. Read now!

Steve Ballmer at CES: Can he solve Microsoft's tablet problem?
Steve Ballmer's CES speech could be crucial for Microsoft in the tablet market. Read More

What it's like to make the wrong job switch
Some of you know the drill: You've been in the same job a long time and you start to feel bored, frustrated, complacent, or maybe a mix of those things. You get an offer from another company that promises you more money, more travel and more opportunity to make a mark on the security world. Then you get there and discover it's not the job you signed up for. Now what do you do? Read More

WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Web Security Report (Blue Coat Systems)
With this report you'll get a summary of findings from Blue Coat Labs and gain insight into the current state of Web security. Read More

Top 12 tech embarrassments of 2010
The year in tech had plenty of highs -- and plenty of lows. Here are 12 mortifying moments we won't soon forget. Read More

Overclock Your Smartphone, If You Dare
WARNING: Overclocking is not for the faint of heart. Do not attempt to hack your phone unless you understand and accept the risks of turning it into a useless "brick." Read More

WHITE PAPER: Securing Virtual Data Center Testing (HP TippingPoint)
Learn how this technology is put to test as a comprehensive solution for securing virtual environments. Read More

CES: Lenovo shows its first tablet, the LePad
As expected, tablets are already making news at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show with Lenovo showing off its LePad Tuesday night. Read More

Sprint Will Sell a 4G-Friendly MiFi in February
As 4G networks begin showing up in US cities, Novatel Wireless's Wi-Fi mobile hotspot remains the hottest product in personal mobile networking. Verizon, Virgin Mobile and AT&T are already selling them, and Sprint joined the party today with the announcement of a 3G/4G MiFi of its own. 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!

Toshiba's Android tablet unveiled, due in coming months
Toshiba will join the tablet race later this year with an Android-powered computer based on an Nvidia Tegra processor, it said Tuesday. The device, which doesn't yet have a name, was one of several shown Tuesday in Las Vegas on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show. Read More

HTC EVO Shift For Sprint First Of Many 4G Devices At CES
The tidal wave of 4G phones at CES is just beginning with this morning's launch of the HTC EVO Shift 4G from Sprint. The follow-up to last year's popular HTC EVO 4G, the first 4G phone on Sprint's WiMAX network, sports a full QWERTY keyboard, runs Android 2.2 and supports HD video capture. Read More

Top 20: Useful and Cool iPhone and iPad Accessories
Check out these 20 sleek, sexy iPhone and iPad accessories. Read More

Dictatorship Of The Open Source Proletariat
I hope everyone had a happy new year holiday and welcome back to the real world. In a move that I am sure many will use to  vindicate those who think of open source advocates as a bunch of "long haired, hippie, pinko, commie, leftists - it seems the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin is ordering that the Russian government transition to open source by the second quarter of 2012. Read More

Military set to develop smart, robotic cameras
DARPA has contracted with 15 teams to begin building programs that will let machines or robots have visual intelligence similar to humans. In a move seemingly strait out of the Terminator movies, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency this week said it has contracted with 15 companies or universities to begin building software and hardware that will give machines or robots visual intelligence similar to humans. Read More


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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

  1. 30 most anticipated tech products of 2011
  2. Worm planted in fake Microsoft security update
  3. HTC EVO Shift vs. the original EVO 4G
  4. At CES, Lenovo marries Windows and Android
  5. U.S. begins sophisticated wireless jamming project
  6. New high-speed I/O interface debuts at CES
  7. Skype launches mobile video calling app
  8. CES 2011 Preview: Gadgets galore
  9. Oversupply sends DRAM prices to one-year low
  10. Asus unveils three tablets and a slate

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