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	Mint robotic floor cleaner: Smarter than Scooba? In past gift guides, we've featured the Roomba and Scooba robotic cleaners (for rugs and hard floors), but now there are some more competitors out there. At the Pepcom Holiday Spectacular in New York this week, I saw the Mint cleaner, which aims to clean floors more efficiently than other robotic cleaners. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Best Practices for producing smarter products Join industry experts as they share best practices for designing and building smarter products. Learn how leading companies are using IBM Rational software to accelerate innovation, improve quality, increase productivity, and streamline compliance and auditability - so we can all live on a smarter planet. Learn more. In this Issue Video Game lets you play baby mama (Video) Two more reasons why your computer sucks (Video) Ooma shows how to make "free" iPhone calls (Video) NASA introduces its R2 robot and Shuttle-mission STS-133 WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard Software Secure Your Company: Free Web Filtering Offer View an online demo that shows how you can enforce your AUP and protect your company with iPrism Web Filter, and you'll not only be eligible to receive a free year of web filtering, but you'll also receive a free TCO analysis report. Learn More Video Game lets you play baby mama (Video) You definitely haven't seen something like this before. The makers of the popular Cooking Mama video games are coming out with "Babysitting Mama", a video game that lets you interact with a baby doll. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint "Business-class" Service for the Global Customer Can global customers that are not part of the world's largest global companies get the "business-class" service they deserve? Find out in this white paper. Read More Two more reasons why your computer sucks (Video) In February, I wrote a blog entry discussing why most computers end up sucking after two or more years. One of my sources for that article was iolo, and I caught up with them at this week's Pepcom Holiday Spectacular. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Email Archiving Deep Dive Mail servers continue to deal with ballooning message volumes and management challenges. Email archiving software provides a viable solution, particularly when granular government regulations apply. Learn More Now. Ooma shows how to make "free" iPhone calls (Video) As if the appeal of not having to pay for home phone service (other than the initial device cost) isn't enough for you, the folks at Ooma now have an iPhone mobile app that lets you avoid paying for voice minutes on phone calls. Read More NASA introduces its R2 robot and Shuttle-mission STS-133 In an interview with IDG News Service, NASA Payloads Specialist Scott Higginbotham explans the R2 robot that will be launched in Shuttle mission STS-133. Read More
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