Apple's iPad finds a place in the enterprise; Santa connects with sick kids via videoconference

	Santa connects with sick kids via videoconference | 4 Android tablets vie for your attention
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	TOP STORY: Apple's iPad finds a place in the enterprise Apple's iPad is easily the IT product of the year -- it's reshaped the computing landscape for consumers and opened new opportunities for media companies hoping to get readers, viewers, and gamers to pay for their content. But will it have an equivalent impact on enterprise IT, beyond its current status of must-have gadget for the up-to-the-minute executive? Read More WEBCAST: Hosted VoIP: What about Service Quality? (MegaPath) Learn the basics on how hosted voice services work. Join Joel Thomas and get insight into small business advantages for adopting hosted voice, types of businesses that benefit most from hosted VoIP, and quality indicators for evaluating service providers. Learn More Now. Santa connects with sick kids via videoconference Dozens of patients at Children's Hospital Boston videoconferenced with Santa on Wednesday. Read More 4 Android tablets vie for your attention After nearly a year of having the market pretty much to itself, Apple's iPad finally has some serious competition. The first Android-based tablets are starting to ship, and they will soon be followed by a wide variety of portable devices, some of which should give the iPad a run for its money. Read More WHITE PAPER: Information Security and Multi-Compliance (Tripwire) It's common for information security managers to be held responsible for situations where they have little control or influence. This Prescriptive Guide outlines the steps information security managers can take to break the compliance blame cycle and build an information security program that works. It's common for information security managers to be held responsible for situations where they have little control or influence. This Prescriptive Guide outlines the steps information security managers can take to break the compliance blame cycle and bu 10 tech accessories you're paying too much for The holiday shopping frenzy is in full swing, and gift buyers everywhere are picking up the hottest high-tech items on their lists -- from digital cameras to laptops, and everything in between. Read More 20 projects that kept NASA hopping in 2010 NASA budget, space shuttle, commercial space development just a few big projects on the space agency's plate Read More WHITE PAPER: Data Protection 2.0: It's Not Just Names and Numbers Anymore (Tripwire) Data Protection 2.0: It's Not Just Names and Numbers Anymore Meet this data protection challenge head on with a new way to categorize sensitive data that helps you reduce data breach risk and take more control of your most critical assets. Discover how. Read more! Get a huge Windows software bundle for $19 Do you like top-rated software? And saving money? And helping people in need? Then today's your lucky day. Read More iPad 2 to be thinner, have better sound An unnamed Chinese source has claimed that the next-generation iPad will be thinner than its predecessor, with better speakers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Automation Makes Perfect (Tripwire) Organizations that automate compliance processes have better audit outcomes and realize an average increase in profits of 6.4%. Learn how built-in role-based workflows take error-prone, mundane tasks out of the compliance equation and allow for automatic remediation of non-compliant configurations. Read More! Roll of dishonour: Worst software failures of 2010 SQS and Ovum highlight the worst software failures and the year's worst wireless products. Read More Angry Birds: This tear's Tickle-Me-Elmo for geeks Angry Birds is a worldwide phenomenon, and resellers are hoping to capitalize on the fad this holiday season with jacked-up prices on hard to find Angry Birds plush toys. Read More Smartphones open the Web to more Chinese 2011 will be another big year for smartphones in China, putting access to the Internet in the hands of more Chinese and making mobile computing widespread among those who can't afford a laptop. Read More Viridity Software's new CEO: It's not all about green IT New CEO Arun Oberoi doesn't exactly bristle at Viridity Software getting lumped into the Green IT vendor category, but he wants to make sure the Burlington, Mass., company is seen as more than that. Read More
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