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	Desperate to connect? Consider satellite A dual-mode phone usually sports cellular and Wi-Fi connections. However, there's now a handset option with cellular and satellite communications for emergency responders and others who may find themselves frequently beyond the reach of any terrestrial mobile network (folks in the desert or on an offshore oil rig, for example). Read More WEBCAST: Aruba Networks Managing a Global Wireless LAN-Best Practices from Intel IT In this webinar, Intel IT explains how they overcame challenges associated with managing their global WLAN across 150 Intel sites in 63 countries, supporting more than 45k simultaneous users every day. Intel highlights best practices for managing a global WLAN and how they cut support costs. Learn more! In this Issue The iPhone Quiz Is Apple really targeting enterprise mobility? Tablets won't kill the PC anytime soon, says analyst Microsoft urges Windows Phone 7 developers to "obfuscate" app code A week with Windows Phone 7 iPad, WikiLeaks, Chatroulette among top AOL search terms for 2010 Got a Tablet Strategy? 10 Weirdest Celebrity Tech Ads Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices Verizon set to disclose LTE details Wednesday Best BlackBerry Battery-Saving Tips: Master Class Clearwire quietly launches WiMax in Miami Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 Europe's Hylas-1 broadband Internet satellite launched WHITE PAPER: Pareto Networks The Cloud-based Telework Solution By combining a cloud-based model with user-friendly devices, Pareto Networks has pioneered a new approach to remote access with the simplicity, centralized control, visibility, and economies of scale needed for broad deployment to permanent telewokers. Read now! The iPhone Quiz Arguably the Apple iPhone is one of the hottest consumer status symbols, but how well do you really know it? Read More Is Apple really targeting enterprise mobility? Gartner analyst sees signs of a shiftGartner mobile analyst Nick Jones says Apple plans to give new attention to the enterprise market in 2011. The analyst group, and enterprise users have complained for years that Apple hasn't been "enterprise friendly. "[M]aybe they've been listening because I think in the last year there's been a definite shift," Jones writes in his blog. He predicts a more aggressive enterprise campaign in 2011.... Read More Tablets won't kill the PC anytime soon, says analyst Although tablets have started cutting into sales of personal computers, don't expect PCs to go extinct anytime soon. Read More Microsoft urges Windows Phone 7 developers to "obfuscate" app code Partners with PreEmptive Solutions for limited-time free coding toolMicrosoft is promoting the idea of code "obfuscation" as a way to make Windows Phone 7 apps more secure, and it's doing so via a partnership with PreEmptive Solutions. The vendor now offers a special Windows Phone version of its code obfuscation tool along with a set of cloud-based service that collects, manages, and reports analytical data captured from the downloaded WP7 apps. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Cloud as the Next Generation of Service Delivery Exceptional growth in data is driving a need to transform the delivery of services. Understand the "road map" to transform and learn how IBM adds value at every step from virtualization, consolidation, automation, and ultimately cloud computing. Learn More A week with Windows Phone 7 It may not make you swoon, but this mobile OS is competitiveFor reasons I cannot understand, I found myself at Union Square in San Francisco on Black Friday. This is unlike me, being one who prefers Christmas shopping at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday when crowds are lightest. But I went to Union Square -- one of the busiest retail centers in the country -- anyway to snap some holiday photos (see above) on a Windows Phone 7 smartphone, which I found to be one of its... Read More iPad, WikiLeaks, Chatroulette among top AOL search terms for 2010 Apple's iPad and iPhone dominated AOL's list of year-end hot shopping search terms, though technology terms had a fairly weak showing on AOL's overall hot searches list, which beats the rush of year-end trend reports by coming out at the end of November. Read More Got a Tablet Strategy? UCPerhaps the hottest consumer electronic device this year is the tablet. Thanks to the success of the iPad, tablet choices are mushrooming, led by the Samsung Galaxy (and if reviews are accurate, it represents the best alternative to a market currently dominated by Apple). Read More 10 Weirdest Celebrity Tech Ads Read More WHITE PAPER: Socialtext Web-Oriented Architecture is Changing Enterprise IT Companies want to surface key events from traditional systems of record inside social applications where employees can collaborate and take action to improve core business processes. This paper discusses the trend and requirements necessary to build an enterprise architecture to perform the integration. Read now! Wireless bundle to bring contactless payments to mobile devices Inside Contactless has announced a new packaging of its NFC silicon and firmware with a third-party security controller. The combination promises a complete system for secure mobile payments that can be easily integrated into a smartphone or tablet. Read More Verizon set to disclose LTE details Wednesday Verizon Wireless is scheduled to disclose details tomorrow of its plan to launch a LTE 4G wireless network in 38 U.S. cities. Read More Best BlackBerry Battery-Saving Tips: Master Class The longer your smartphone lasts on a single charge, the better, right? CIO.com's mobile expert Al Sacco details the techniques power users swear by to boost BlackBerry longevity. Read More Clearwire quietly launches WiMax in Miami Clearwire began offering commercial WiMax service in South Florida on Monday, the first time it has launched in a new market without opening retail stores or buying local advertising. Read More Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 2010 begins Oracle's reign of terrorMaybe it's the post-holiday letdown, but looking back on 2010 I'm not sure the open source community has that much to be grateful for this year. Not only have we missed another year for the Linux desktop, but there's been plenty to gripe about in 2010. Last week, at least for those of us in the United States, was time to give thanks. And while I have plenty to give thanks about personally, I can't... Read More Europe's Hylas-1 broadband Internet satellite launched A satellite that promises to bring broadband Internet to several areas of Europe was successfully launched late Friday. 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 Top IT Turkeys of 2010 Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks for all of the people and things we love, to cherish what's most important to us. But that's for another slideshow. This one's all about taunting the companies, products and people who most resembled a turkey over the last year. So cut me a hockey-puck-shaped slice of jellied cranberry sauce and read on. Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide. MOST-READ STORIES Five reasons to be grumpy about 2010 EFF backs red-faced porn watchers vs. copyright trolls Best networking tweaks for Linux 10 weirdest celebrity tech ads Help those with personal cyberstalking terrorists Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM WikiLeaks: China was behind Google hack Comcast outage encourages DIY DNS fix for some 10 things we love about Lync 2010 Report says Apple iPad 2 to have two cameras, USB port
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