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	FCC broadcast test greeted by skepticism The Federal Communications Commission's Consumer Broadband Test is drawing criticism from skeptics who are calling it too simplistic and inaccurate to yield useful data. Read More WHITE PAPER: Force10 Data Center Optimization Strategies Enhance the efficiency of your data center by improving power and cooling. Learn the strategies you can use to refine power efficiency, thereby boosting your TCO and lowering your budget. Read More In this Issue Molding the iPad into a Business Tool Microsoft's four big Windows Phone 7 priorities at MIX10 Banish Seven Bad Tech Habits Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix Microsoft admits Office patch gaffes FCC broadband plan could affect free TV Former Barclays programmer gets four years for role in TJX attacks FBI: Internet fraud losses more than doubled in 2009 Next phase of Cisco's Borderless Networks coming up Why the New Normal Could Kill IT WHITE PAPER: HP WAN Design – Don't Buy More than You Need This Gartner research note examines the methodology organizations should employ when designing a WAN. It offers advice on how to ensure that important applications are networked with sufficient performance and that there is not an "overspend" on less important applications and provides guidance on meeting unique network needs. Read Now. Molding the iPad into a Business Tool The Apple iPad has been available for pre-order for more than 24 hours now. Initial demand seems promising, although not everyone has embraced the concept of dedicating $500 or more to be an early adopter of a device that nobody really has all the details on just yet. Read More Microsoft's four big Windows Phone 7 priorities at MIX10 Microsoft will unpack the technical details of Windows Phone 7 at next week's annual MIX development conference. Here are the company's priorities for the its retooled mobile platform. Read More Banish Seven Bad Tech Habits Seven ways to improve your computing life by changing the way you use your computer. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix Microsoft is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer, but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday. Read More Microsoft admits Office patch gaffes Microsoft confirmed today that a security update for its Excel spreadsheet had turned English text in an important Windows tool into Chinese. Read More FCC broadband plan could affect free TV The Federal Communications Commission will spill the details of its national broadband plan during an open meeting next Tuesday and is scheduled to present the plan to Congress the following day. One proposed provision, dubbed a "Mobile Future Auction," addresses a looming spectrum shortage in the United States at the possible expense of some free TV airwaves. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now Former Barclays programmer gets four years for role in TJX attacks A former Barclays Bank programmer who helped launder money for the mastermind behind the data thefts at TJX Companies Inc. and other retailers, was sentenced to four years in prison by a federal court in Boston. Read More FBI: Internet fraud losses more than doubled in 2009 The Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual wide-ranging look at Internet crime found that online crime is indeed paying off - for the criminals as it cost users $559.7 million, up from $265 million in 2008. Read More Next phase of Cisco's Borderless Networks coming up Next week, Cisco is unveiling the "next phase" of its Borderless Networks strategy. The first phase was launched last October with the introduction of the ISR G2 branch routers, which are optimized for video and virtual services. Read More Why the New Normal Could Kill IT Plenty of seismic shifts have rocked and reshaped IT in the past. Some big rumblings' epicenters had origins in an unstoppable technology shift; other fissures had nothing to do with PCs and servers. Consider the recent shocks: the Internet revolution and dotcom bust; Y2K and 9/11; the consumerization of IT; and the unstoppable broadband and mobile explosion. Read More
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