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	How to get the best cell phone service possible Verizon Wireless's "Dead Zone" ads may be creepy, but they capture the essence of a problem familiar to many cell phone users: When you're indoors, even within your carrier's coverage area, the network's signal sometimes simply isn't strong enough to support voice calls or data services. A slew of products now address the problem -- but they don't come cheap. Read More DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Now. In this Issue The 8 best iPad apps -- so far Microsoft to patch unhackable Windows 7 bug later today Hardware to drive IT spending growth in 2010 Can Rivals Force Apple iPad Price Drop? IBM unveils Power7 blades, new edition of AIX How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi New data breach system tries user pop-ups Skinput makes the entire body a touch interface Fast mobile broadband costs vary greatly worldwide Rich more likely to use eHealth records but poor benefit more, survey finds WEBCAST: Oracle Identity and Access Governance – What You Need to Know Live Webcast: Wednesday, May 5th at 1pm ET/10 am PT. Oracle presents a timely event featuring the Burton Group's, Kevin Kampman, who will provide an overview of the latest technology for identity management. Get guidance on compliance, security, identity management and other topics and participate in a live Q&A. Register Today! The 8 best iPad apps -- so far Is one of these the "killer app" for the iPad? Read More Microsoft to patch unhackable Windows 7 bug later today Microsoft will play it safe by patching a Windows 7 bug that it says can't be exploited. Read More Hardware to drive IT spending growth in 2010 Industry watchers forecast an increase in computer hardware and equipment purchases, followed by investments in software, which both will contribute to a strong economic environment in 2010. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint SIP Addresses Unified Communications Deployment This white paper gives strategic guidelines for deploying UC. Read why SIP matters. Read More Can Rivals Force Apple iPad Price Drop? Upcoming Microsoft, Google and Hewlett-Packard tablets might be too little competition, too late, analysts say. But consumers stand to benefit from competition driving down prices. Read More IBM unveils Power7 blades, new edition of AIX IBM is beefing up its server line-up with the first blades based on its Power7 processor, the company announced Tuesday. It is also introducing a new, low-end edition of its AIX operating system for smaller businesses and enterprises doing consolidation projects. Read More How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Picture this: You're at a café with your laptop and latte in hand, getting ready to review new sales leads and the quarterly financial projections. First you hop on the free Wi-Fi that the shop's management provides. Then you connect your laptop to a projector so that the entire café can take a look, and finally you hand out some printed copies of your confidential product specifications to the other patrons so that they can follow along. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software SMART Steps Toward Consolidated Workload Automation Consolidating job scheduling into a single, comprehensive workload automation solution is a critical first step to effective workload automation (WLA). Enterprise Management Associates share 5 critical steps to smarter WLA in this valuable white paper. Read More New data breach system tries user pop-ups Security giant Check Point has announced a data leak prevention (DLP) system with a neat trick up its sleeve. If it detects that sensitive data is being misused, it tells users through pop-ups. Read More Skinput makes the entire body a touch interface Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon University publicly unveiled work at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Atlanta Monday that makes an entire body a touch interface. Called Skinput, the system listens to the sounds made by tapping on parts of a body and pairs those sounds with actions that drive tasks on a computer or cell phone. Read More Fast mobile broadband costs vary greatly worldwide Operators all over the world are rolling out mobile broadband services that offer 21M bps using HSPA, but what they charge customers differs dramatically, from US$75 per month in Australia to just $25 monthly in Austria. Read More Rich more likely to use eHealth records but poor benefit more, survey finds The results of a recently-conducted survey of thousands of personal health record users showed the wealthy were more likely to use online technology to access their health information, but that the poor were far more likely to benefit from it. Read More
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