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	See the first Windows Phone 7 smartphones Dell, HTC, LG and Samsung today unveiled smartphones running the Windows Phone 7 OS. The GSM phones will be available in the U.S. on AT&T and T-Mobile beginning in November. CDMA phones, such as the HTC 7 Pro on Sprint, will be available in first half of 2011. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Read More! ESG Whitepaper talking about Windows Data Consolidation in Mid-Sized Virtual Server Environments. This paper focuses on the challenges of virtualizing Windows environments and the need to consider network storage as a part of the overall solution. NetApp and VMware's joint solution is also examined in detail. Read now! In this Issue 10 reasons to fear Google's self-driving car VeriSign: We will keep our lead in IPv6 Apple trademarks 'There's a app for that' Beefy Alcatel-Lucent switch targets Cisco, Juniper Angry Birds maker is angry with Microsoft Video: Take a look at Windows Phone 7 handsets Why Windows is good for business Is your future in IT a job in the boonies? Microsoft folds Live Labs into Bing search engine team The new push to measure software's true cost WHITE PAPER: NetApp Storage for Windows Environments This paper discusses how consolidating your Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint Server data along with your Windows files using NetApp storage for Windows environments reduces the cost of physical storage as well as ongoing management costs in Windows environments. Read More! 10 reasons to fear Google's self-driving car Not to slow the wheels of progress or anything but …Google's research into self-driving cars received a world of attention over the weekend because, well, because it's Google. And while the concept of autonomous vehicles is not new, allow me this opportunity to ask if we have thought enough about: Self-driving 18-wheelers, for instance. Or what happens when one self-driving car can't resist texting the other wicked cute self-driving car? Read More VeriSign: We will keep our lead in IPv6 VeriSign, the back-end operator of the Internet's.com and .net domains, says it has a head start on transition to the next-generation Internet Protocol known as IPv6 and that it intends to keep its lead over competitors. Read More Apple trademarks 'There's a app for that' Having elevated the phrase from a marketer's imagination to part of the lexicon in less than two years, Apple last week was awarded a trademark on the ubiquitous "There's an app for that." The company had filed its application for the trademark on Dec. 4, 2009, citing a first use on Jan. 26 of that year. Read More WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. 30 Minutes to Faster Web Pages Join this discussion and learn the importance and nuances of load testing, measuring scalability, setting page performance and transaction response rates, and what to do when things go wrong. You'll even hear performance improvement tips that are quick to implement and free. View Now Beefy Alcatel-Lucent switch targets Cisco, Juniper Alcatel-Lucent this week will reawaken its enterprise switching business with a core switch designed to go up against Cisco's Nexus and Juniper's high-end Ethernet box. Read More Angry Birds maker is angry with Microsoft When Windows Phone 7 launches it may offer a host of cool games thanks to Xbox LIVE integration, but Rovio Mobile's Angry Birds isn't one of them. That fact didn't stop Microsoft from borrowing the familiar fuming birds to promote Phone 7 on its Website, according to WMPower User. Read More Video: Take a look at Windows Phone 7 handsets Windows Phone 7 smartphones look great and integrate with Exchange and Xbox. Will that be enough? Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Consolidate and Virtualize Your Windows Environment Joint NetApp-VMware whitepaper on Windows consolidation. This whitepaper explores the reasons for consolidating Windows environments and the benefits of doing so with a joint NetApp-VMware solution. Read More! Why Windows is good for business The Linux and Mac operating systems fill a relative niche in the world of technology, yet that has never stopped loyal followers of either platform from being a very vocal minority Quixotically tilting at windmills and proudly asserting the superiority of their given OS. Read More Is your future in IT a job in the boonies? More and more tech jobs are moving to rural America; is it more than 'Green Acres' meets 'Big Bang Theory'? Read More Microsoft folds Live Labs into Bing search engine team Microsoft will fold its Live Labs research team, which focused on Web technologies, into its Bing search engine unit, the company said on its Web site. Read More The new push to measure software's true cost The idea that software acquires a "technical debt" that is paid in real dollars is getting new attention and research. Read More
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