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	Meet RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook Research in Motions heats up the tablet wars with BlackBerry PlayBook that aims to outshine Apple and Samsung when it comes to business appeal. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Washington, DC IT Roadmap: coming to DC on October 19! IT Roadmap returns to Washington DC on Oct. 19th! Prepare your enterprise for 2011 at the industry's most cost-effective and practical one-day conference & expo, featuring up to 30 best-practice sessions with expert analysts, exclusive networking and a private IT expo. Hear executive speakers from: FINRA, GW University, Northrop Grumman and more! Register now to attend! In this Issue A brief history of Android What's Hot in Fall's Coolest Games Best deals in tech Roku adds Hulu Plus to its streaming TV devices Plantronics offers three-microphone Bluetooth headset Nintendo details 3DS launch dates, pricing With PlayBook, RIM jumps into tablet game Cool Tools: Plantronics Savor M1100 Mint: A "smarter" robotic floor cleaner? DOWNLOAD: SolarWinds NEW Free Tool - Monitor, Shutdown & Restart VMware® Machines SolarWinds latest FREE tool, VM Console, lets you shut down and restart VMware machines quickly and easily (without logging into vCenter™ or vSphere™) and also gives you constant visibility into your VMware environment & up/down status of your VMware apps. Get it now! A brief history of Android How Android rose to prominence in the smartphone market. Read More What's Hot in Fall's Coolest Games From free-to-play fantasy epics to lightsaber-swinging action sequels, here are the most anticipated games of the new season. Read More Best deals in tech Some of the best gadget deals out there, starting with the Garmin nüvi 255W. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Oakwood Worldwide finds $120,000 USD savings with HP EVA Learn how Oakwood Worldwide deployed a virtualized storage solution to minimize yearly lease expenditures while gaining control over provisioning and deployment using the HP EVA8400 SAN. Read Now Roku adds Hulu Plus to its streaming TV devices Is there an Apple TV vs. Roku war brewing? Roku Inc. today confirmed a partnership with Hulu to offer the Hulu Plus service on all of its Roku streaming TV players. Read More Plantronics offers three-microphone Bluetooth headset I've had a chance to try out the latest premium Bluetooth headset from Plantronics – the $99.99 Savor M1100 is the first Plantronics headset to feature three microphones for noise reduction and cancellation, and also includes features such as voice recognition, A2DP stereo streaming and access to a new online voice service – Plantronics Vocalyst. Read More Nintendo details 3DS launch dates, pricing Nintendo Nintendo announced launch details Wednesday for its 3DS, the first portable game device with a 3D screen. The 3DS doesn't require the user to wear glasses to see a 3D image. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks, Inc. The Antidote to DNS Cache Poisoning and Other DNS Attacks Domain Name System (DNS) provides one of the most basic but critical functions on the Internet. If DNS isn't working, then your business likely isn't either. Secure your business and web presence with Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). Learn more! With PlayBook, RIM jumps into tablet game The BlackBerry PlayBook, which RIM says is enterprise-ready, takes aim at Apple's iPad with full support of Flash as well as Java. Read More Cool Tools: Plantronics Savor M1100 Sept. 27, 2010 - Keith Shaw shows some of the features of the new Plantronics Savor M1100 Bluetooth headset, which includes voice recognition, A2DP single-ear stereo and an on/off switch that saves battery life. Read More Mint: A "smarter" robotic floor cleaner? Sept. 17, 2010 - Evolution Robotics talks about its new Mint robotic floor cleaner, which aims to be more efficient in how a robot can clean the floor. Read More
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