Mobile World Congress 2012: This year’s hottest gadgets

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	Mobile World Congress 2012: This year's hottest gadgets Highlights from this week's confab in Barcelona Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Xirrus Wireless is taking over the enterprise The evolution of Wi-Fi continues, delivering increased performance, security, & reliability for the modern workforce. To better understand the pressures being placed on wireless networks due to the explosion of mobile devices & applications, Xirrus commissioned a report to examine "the future of Wi-Fi in the enterprise" by GigaOM Pro, download now. Click to continue In this Issue Speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi set for fast, wide rollout 850,000 Android phones activated daily, says Google No more rumors: Apple hosting iPad event March 7 3 questions for Microsoft's Windows Phone chief RSA teams to bolster security for Apple, Google, RIM devices Cisco bridges Wi-Fi, cellular nets MWC: New software virtualizes multiple Android instances on smartphone Make way for iPad 3: Best Buy slashes iPad 2 prices Giving up your iPhone Nokia unveils 41-megapixel imaging sensor technology The ultimate tips box Video Highlights from Mobile World Congress Carrier IQ hopes customers will come back after scandal Intel lays out strategic mobile roadmap WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Effectively Manage IT Compliance IT compliance is mandatory for your business – but it doesn't have to be difficult, and when properly controlled is a boon for your company. In this four-part eBook, see how the many parts of IT compliance can be effectively managed throughout the business. Get it today. Read Now! Speedy 802.11ac Wi-Fi set for fast, wide rollout Mobile carriers embracing Wi-Fi is one of the sub-themes of Mobile World Congress. And the particular flavor of Wi-Fi that's generating buzz here is 802.11ac, which promises to boost handset throughput to over 300Mbps. Read More 850,000 Android phones activated daily, says Google Android's growth continues to be impressive if the latest numbers given by Google are accurate. Read More No more rumors: Apple hosting iPad event March 7 Apple has sent out invitations to an event that presumably will involve the unveiling of the much anticipated iPad 3 tablet computer. Read More 3 questions for Microsoft's Windows Phone chief Terry Myerson, head of Microsoft's Windows Phone division, made a cameo appearance at Nokia's Mobile World Congress 2012 press conference Monday, where Nokia announced a mid-priced Windows Phone, the Lumia 610. Myerson briefly talked about the new beta release of Skype for Windows Phone, about the fact that there are now 65,000 apps for the platform, and that handsets with the OS are now available in China and 27 other markets. He also discussed how Microsoft has lowered the system requirements for handsets, to create a broader range of lower prices. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware Performance Analytics: How Normal is Your Data This VMware paper takes a technical look at a variety of IT performance data (operating system metrics, quality-of-service metrics, business performance metrics, etc.) to determine how well these metrics can be modeled as "normally distributed." Read Now! RSA teams to bolster security for Apple, Google, RIM devices RSA, the security division of EMC, today said it would collaborate with several mobile and virtualization platform vendors to integrate RSA two-factor authentication and risk-detection technologies. Read More Cisco bridges Wi-Fi, cellular nets At Mobile World Congress this week, Cisco unveiled products designed to provide cellular-like roaming among Wi-Fi hotspots, and disclosed deployments among several wireless service providers. Read More MWC: New software virtualizes multiple Android instances on smartphone A new virtualization technique lets users create two separate Android "spaces" on their smartphone or tablet, one for personal use and a kind of walled garden for work use. The beta software, from Cellrox, is being demonstrated this week at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. Read More Make way for iPad 3: Best Buy slashes iPad 2 prices Best Buy over the weekend began advertising a $50 price cut on the iPad 2, seemingly signaling that Apple's iPad 3 is really on the way. Read More WHITE PAPER: Internap New eBook: A Colocation Buyer's Guide Whether you're determining if colocation is the right fit for your business or you are currently in the process of selecting a colocation provider, you'll find this eBook an essential must read for making the right decision for your business. Learn More Giving up your iPhone Now you know that your cellphone is causing real harm what will you do? Read More Nokia unveils 41-megapixel imaging sensor technology The most spectacular part of Nokia's presentation Sunday at Mobile World Congress was the unveiling of new a super imaging system, a sensor -- developed with Toshiba and other Nokia partners, coupled with Carl Zeiss optics -- that can capture 41 megapixels. Read More The ultimate tips box Got problems with insider threats? Need help securing your wireless LAN because of employees bringing their own devices on to your network? Know how to protect your Android device? Read More Video Highlights from Mobile World Congress Read More Carrier IQ hopes customers will come back after scandal Carrier IQ said it hopes that operators, some of which have disabled its software after a privacy uproar late last year, are now realizing how valuable the data its software collects is. Read More Intel lays out strategic mobile roadmap Intel used to talk endlessly about Moore's Law -- doubling the transistors that can be put on an integrated circuit about every two years -- as the source of ever-greater benefits for everyone in the PC value chain every two years like clockwork. But today, fittingly at Mobile World Congress, Intel CEO Paul Otellini in effect declared that the company could no longer wait on Moore's Law. Read More
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