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Amazon may buy Palm from HP, report says | Cisco loses out as Brocade wins healthcare software company business

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2011 Ig Nobel Prizes honor offbeat research
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Amazon may buy Palm from HP, report says
There are a couple of HP stories to chew on this morning. First, VentureBeat is reporting that Amazon may purchase Palm from HP. Read More

Cisco loses out as Brocade wins healthcare software company business
A healthcare software provider has upgraded its Gigabit Ethernet network to improve service to customers and reduce errors during backup. Read More


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Data Security via Desktop Virtualization
By centralizing virtual desktops and data, companies can protect sensitive information while giving users more flexibility and choice. Read More

IBM X-Force: Mobile devices are a fast growing target of malware
Look for double the mobile exploits this year vs. 2010 and particularly watch out for mobile applications that are really malware, says IBM's X-Force security research team. Read More

RIM calls report of PlayBook's demise 'pure fiction'
Research in Motion said Thursday that it remains committed to the PlayBook tablet and the tablet market, discounting an analyst's report that said the death of the tablet is imminent. Read More


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This guide highlights the savings and benefits of investing in your businesses' first server. Learn the advantages in security, remote access, and managability. Read now

Taking Moneyball tactics to the enterprise
The success of the Oakland Athletics in using unique performance metrics, as shown in the movie Moneyball, could be repeated in corporate IT shops. Read More

Romance scams pick on divorced, lovelorn
Research out of the UK today says that perhaps as many as 200,00 people have been victims of online romance scams and the same study says over 1 million people personally know someone who has been scammed by one of these heartless fraudsters. Read More

Robotic cockroach crawls out of the lab into real world
With a name like Octoroach, you'd have to be one amazing robotic bug. UC Berkley researchers this week showed of two insect-like robots that could ultimately crawl into all manner of super-secret surveillance or emergency recovery applications. Read More

16 Essential Android Apps for IT Pros
There are hundreds of thousands of Android apps, including many that are useful for IT professionals on the job. Here are 16 must-have apps for IT pros, most of them free. Read More



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