Cisco unveils Internet TV and more at CES

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	TOP STORY: Cisco unveils Internet TV and more at CES Cisco unveiled a suite of video products designed to combine digital TV, online content, social media and other communications applications into an all-inclusive home and mobile video session. Read More WEBCAST: Mobile Powerplay: Secure, High Performance, Unified (Cisco) The mobile revolution is here—and here to stay. iPhone, iPad, Droid--employees bring their mobile devices into the workplace, and they want access to personal and professional information. This brings a new set of concerns for IT and the business: IT needs to ensure that the corporate network and the access remains secure. Register Now Microsoft's Most Glorious Failures Sometimes Microsoft fails because the product simply stinks (paging Microsoft Bob), but these flops were mostly good ideas that fell victim to bad timing or poor execution. Read More Spam volumes drop as Rustock, other botnets go quiet The infamous Rustock botnet, responsible for almost half of all spam sent last year through its command-and-control system exploiting over a million compromised PCs, has suddenly slowed to a crawl, Symantec said today, noting the unexplained event has led to a substantial drop in spam. Read More WHITE PAPER: Storage Virtualization isn't About Storage (IBM) With real storage virtualization, according to the report, you can improve operational efficiency and drive down costs. And you can do this without sacrificing – or while even improving flexibility – giving you the ability to "continuously migrate" applications as a part of normal business operations. Read Now Microsoft bashes Apple at CES while previewing next-gen Windows Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky took a shot at Apple during CES, saying users are being inconvenienced because there is no convergence across the iPhone, iPad, iPod and MacBook. Read More PHP floating point bug crashes servers A bug in the PHP scripting language could crash Web servers with large floating point numbers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Virtualization Reduces Costs and Complexity (IBM) The paper explains virtualization in the context of mid-sized businesses and shows how they can reduce costs, improve services and simplify management. Click to Continue Amazon readies launch of Android Market competitor Amazon is preparing to open an Android app store to compete with Google's Android Market, and has launched a beta portal where developers can submit applications for Android-based smartphones, according to a company blog post. Read More Netgear launches routers, home networking products at CES 2011 Netgear goodies for 2011 include HD over Wi-Fi, filling in Wi-Fi deadspots, Power Line adapters, shared 4G connections and Gigabit routers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches (F5 Networks) This white paper will show how you can implement ADCs in a "firewall sandwich" to improve availability, scalability, and manageability across the IT infrastructure. Read now! Video: Keith Shoots (literally) a Hard Drive Keith Shaw gets his hands on a shotgun and takes aim at a digital storage device at CES 2011. Read More Next generation TV over the Internet: This revolution will be televised While television and the Internet have both reshaped the way we consume information, there has been very little interaction between the two. Read More Qualcomm's Atheros buy is way more than Wi-Fi Qualcomm's $3.1 billion buy-out of chipmaker Atheros is a move from pure-play cell phone business to "communiputing" in a highly connected world. Read More iPad competitors face rocky market, says Forrester While the iPad was a runaway hit for consumers in 2010, Forrester analyst Ted Schadler says its competitors should temper expectations if they expect rapid adoption in the enterprise market. Read More Sourcefire acquires Immunet for cloud-based anti-malware With the $21 million acquisition of Immunet, Sourcefire becomes more of a full-service security firm, competing more directly with traditional anti-malware vendors Symantec, McAfee and others. Read More FCC contest looks for open Internet apps The FCC launches an apps contest to measure broadband providers' compliance with net neutrality rules. Read More
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