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Microsoft kills Courier tablet project
Microsoft confirms that it canceled development on a tablet device, codenamed Courier, which could have forced iPad prices down by offering more choices to customers. Read More


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Supercharge Your End Users with Desktop Virtualization
The Univ. of Texas Medical Branch unearthed a hidden benefit of desktop virtualization, namely a speedy recovery after a calamitous hurricane strike. This IDG eZine explores this and many other user benefits of desktop virtualization. Learn More Now

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Understand the Network Impact of 802.11n
As performance and reliability increase with 802.11n, the WLAN becomes a viable alternative to the wired network for mission- critical applications. This paper outlines the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More!

Symantec encryption buyouts raise open source, overlap questions
Symantec's announced acquisitions Thursday of data encryption specialists PGP Corp. and GuardianEdge Technologies have industry watchers wondering which products will stay and go, and how open source PGP will fare in the wake of the buyouts. Read More

Eight signs you're an Apple addict
You might be an Apple addict if... Read More

Palm users 'giddy' over HP's buyout
Palm blogs and forums were flooded with mainly positive reactions to Wednesday's news that HP will buy the struggling smartphone maker, and aggressively exploit Palm's WebOS in a wider range of mobile products. But there's an undercurrent of skepticism, concern, and worry. Read More


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Tolly Group Performance Report
Tolly Report: "Citrix NetScaler with nCore Outperforms F5 BIG-IP" shows you how Citrix NetScaler beat F5 in head-to-head tests - providing 3X faster Web traffic, lower latency and higher throughput. Learn More!

Interop: Avaya breathes new life into Nortel enterprise
Avaya's data networking business – obtained from its recent $900 million acquisition of Nortel's Enterprise Solutions group – grew 30% in the company's second quarter, while its government business grew 15%, indications that momentum has returned following Nortel's bankruptcy. Read More

A Palm technology timeline
From the Pilot to the Pre, a look at Palm's hits and misses. Read More

Nearly half of enterprises will migrate to Exchange 2010 soon
It's starting to look like Microsoft Exchange 2010 could almost rival Windows 7 for most popular upgrade this year. According to a recent survey of approximately 150 enterprise companies, the plan for nearly half of them is to migrate to the new e-mail platform within the next 18 months. Read More


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A Unified Communications Case Study
Unified Communications helped Sprint save millions of dollars. Find out how you can save! Learn More

China drops out of spam 'dirty dozen'
China has dropped out of one security vendor's 'dirty dozen' of the top spam-sending nations for the first time. Read More

Google patches Chrome for second time this month
Google patched three vulnerabilities in the Windows version of Chrome earlier in the week, marking the second time that it's plugged security holes this month. Read More

Cloud computing raises risk of patent litigation, attorney says
Patent litigation may be a small risk, but it is another issue to consider when assessing the pros and cons of cloud computing, says Nolan Goldberg, a patent and trade secret litigation attorney for Proskauer Rose LLP in New York. Read More

Podcast: Corporate IT can't pull the plug on IE6
Dan Ruby, research director for Online Insights at Chitika, discovered Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 usage peaked during business hours and dropped off when users went home, suggesting corporate IT is keeping the maligned Web browser alive on life support. Denise Dubie talks to Ruby about the research. (8:25) Read More



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