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	2010's most popular iPad apps When the iPad celebrates its first birthday next month, it should raise a glass to Apple's App Store, which has provided users with an array of innovative applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Logitech The Business Benefits of Desktop Video Collaboration At your desktop: Advances in the quality and simplicity of affordable desktop video equipment allow organizations to tap the power of unified communications, which can significantly cut costs, increase efficiency, improve business performance and foster more collaboration, regardless of location. Read More In this Issue What's in your network? Videoconferencing early adopters: Heat Miser and Snow Miser [video] Tablet wars of 2011: The battle looms NASA satellite has stared at Mars for 3,340 days 10 great gifts and gadgets to spruce up your work cubicle 8 new and improved features of Acrobat X Study: Mobile phone users are more demanding, impatient these days WEBCAST: Aruba Networks Medical Center Shares Tips on Wi-Fi Application Assurance In this 15-min webinar, Rutland Regional discusses how they deliver reliable voice, video and medical device communications at the point of care. WLAN at Rutland was once a nice to have serving a select group & has now transitioned to what is deemed a utility serving a diverse group of users. Learn more now! What's in your network? Documenting your network may sound like a mundane task, but it's vitally important for IT managers to keep their network documentation up to date for a number of reasons. Read More Videoconferencing early adopters: Heat Miser and Snow Miser [video] The season of Christmas specials on TV is upon us, so there I was the other night watching "The Year Without a Santa Claus" with my children. The special itself is mostly forgettable, something about Santa getting a cold and canceling Christmas. But the highlight of the special are the two songs sung by the Heat Miser and Snow Miser, complete with a dancing chorus of smaller versions of the Miser Brothers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution for You The importance of a solid Active Directory (AD) bridge in your diverse IT environment can't be minimized. An AD bridge allows Unix, Linux and Mac systems to coexist with a Windows infrastructure. Further, it consolidates countless identities and passwords, reducing complexity and cost while improving security and productivity. Read Now Tablet wars of 2011: The battle looms The iPad rules the tablet world right now, but an Android army has begun its attack. Soon to join the fray are even more tablets, equipped with the Windows, WebOS, and Sugar operating systems. Here's what to expect in the year ahead. Read More NASA satellite has stared at Mars for 3,340 days NASA's Mars Odyssey satellite today set the record for longest exploration of the red planet. The orbiting satellite has been watching Mars for 3,340 days.  Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Achieving True Collaboration in Global Development Globalization has given organizations around the world unprecedented access to personnel and to marketplaces. For some, this has meant the growth of the distributed organization. For others, globalization has meant the routine outsourcing of functions that only a few years ago were considered core capabilities. Still others combine the practices. Click to Continue 10 great gifts and gadgets to spruce up your work cubicle Our guide to the coolest cubicle accessories has everything you could want, from USB-powered fragrances to in-office gardens. Read More 8 new and improved features of Acrobat X Adobe's latest refresh of its PDF creator/editor, Acrobat X (version 10), is available in three formats: Standard, Pro and Suite. Read More Study: Mobile phone users are more demanding, impatient these days A new study conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Ask.com shows that smart phone users are expecting more from their mobile devices than their desktop PCs, including getting immediate access to information and timely data on local businesses. Read More
	FILL OUT A SURVEY, GET REWARDED Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. DECEMBER GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win! SLIDESHOWS Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2010 Here's a look back at the year's most memorable – for better or worse – celebrity moments in technology. Top 15 Holiday Deals on Notebooks, Netbooks, and Desktops Black Friday is gone, Cyber Monday is history, and Cyber Week is over, but the deals are still around--if you know where to look. The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and retailers are offering great computer discounts to fit everyone's budget. Take a look inside to find netbooks for $300, desktops with widescreen monitors for under $600, and 15-inch laptops starting at $400. Check it out. MOST-READ STORIES Former contractor says FBI put back door in OpenBSD The 10 bloodiest battles Microsoft and Google fought in 2010 Goodbye Internet, we hardly knew ye? Why Mozilla doesn't back free Flash players Five ways Microsoft could save Windows Phone 7 Netflix touts open source, ignores Linux Favorite cheap network tools Apple quietly drops iOS jailbreak detection API How to revive an old computer with quick and dirty PC repair Microsoft may preview Windows 8 at CES
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