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Android topples Symbian as world's No. 1 mobile OS
For the first time in its short history, Android is now the number-one mobile operating system in the world. Read More


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Keep Mobile Employees Secure and Well Supported
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Network World's Products of the Week
Our round-up of intriguing new products from NEC, TopLayer, LogLogic, among others. Read More

Old-school tech steps to the forefront in Egypt
Necessity proves the mettle of yesteryear's inventionsAs both political unrest and government attempts to block Internet access continue vigorously today in Egypt, protesters are turning to old-school technologies - fax machines, ham radios and dialup modems - in their attempts to circumvent the censorship. From a BBC report: Read More

Tech M&A deals of 2011
Our running list of buyouts and mergers in IT for the year Read More


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Scrambling at Audit Time?
Does your organization treat compliance as a set of check boxes designed to meet the auditors' requirements? If so, you are wasting a lot of time, money and precious IT resources. This white paper is a roadmap for making compliance a painless, efficient, and routine part of your IT processes. Read now!

Cloud consulting firm hopes lightning can strike twice
Cloud consulting start-up CloudTP reunites colleagues from Cambridge Technology Partners, including co-founder Chris Greendale. Read More

Kaspersky vows anti-virus products are safe despite source-code theft
Kasperesky Lab says the anti-virus source code that one of its employees stole three years ago and distributed online cannot harm customers of the company's current products. Read More

Windows Phone 7 market share creeps up 2% in 2 months
Windows Phone 7 gains in smartphone marketshare, but has a long way to go against now-dominant Android and iOS. Read More


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Defragmentation in Virtualized Environments
Performance corrupting file fragmentation is severely compounded on virtual platforms and threatens to undo most of its efficiency benefits. Coordinating defrag resources between VMs was an insurmountable barrier until recent innovations eliminated conflicts. Learn More

Intel, HP, IBM invest in effort to create jobs in US
IBM, Intel and Hewlett-Packard on Monday said they would invest in an effort led by the White House to create jobs and promote growth in emerging technology areas such as cloud computing, health care and mobile applications. Read More

How to manage consumer devices on your network
Your user community is connecting to your corporate email system using all kinds of consumer devices, from iPhones to iPads and Android-based smart phones. Do you know what devices are coming into the network? Do you know what applications are on these devices? Do you have any means to control them, preferably based on your standard policies? Fiberlink Communications has new Mobile Device Management services that can help. Read More

All hail the Zuck: Facebook CEO Zuckerberg appears on SNL
Mark Zuckerberg, the ubiquitous CEO of Facebook, made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend alongside two actors who portray him. Read More

IBM unveils social networking connector
The IBM Social Business Toolkit can be used to link social network feeds into enterprise applications Read More



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The Mac App Store's hottest productivity apps
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