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	Obama and Romney election apps suck up personal data, research finds Millions of US voters could be downloading smartphone apps created to promote the campaigns of President Obama and his Republican election rival Mitt Romney without noticing the intrusive permissions demanded by the software, GFI Software has reported. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Aerohive Networks Free Evaluation Guide from Aerohive Aerohive creates simple and powerful enterprise WiFi, VPN, and Routing solutions that push the envelope and keep you and your users buzzing. Discover how Aerohive can help you start small and grow to any size, eliminate downtime and complexity, and enforce secure access and connectivity. HIVE ON. In this Issue The wild world of wearable computers iPhone 5 parody video: Latest smartphone is ... a camera Pirated mobile Android and Apple apps getting hacked, cracked and smacked INSIDER How to avoid BYOD bandwidth woes Does a computer science degree matter anymore? HTC signals focus on business market with investment in enterprise app provider Nexus 7 sales could hit 8M by year's end, analyst says Windows Phone Expected to Pass BlackBerry in November WHITE PAPER: Aerohive The iEverything Enterprise Virtualization, cloud computing, and wireless technology are fundamentally changing enterprise computing, providing revolutionary gains in productivity and cost savings. Powerful enterprise applications can now be delivered to almost any device, anywhere, at any time. Learn more. The wild world of wearable computers Imagine wearing shoes that reveal your precise weight distribution when standing, walking, or running (Moticon); a tattoo that vibrates when you have incoming calls and messages (Nokia); or an armband that tracks how many calories you've burned in a day (Nike+ FuelBand). Read More iPhone 5 parody video: Latest smartphone is ... a camera A new parody video purporting to be a leaked official iPhone 5 promo reveals that the much anticipated next-generation Apple smartphone is just for taking pictures. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Traditional WLAN vs. ADTRAN's Virtual Wireless LAN (vWLAN) The substantial differences between a traditional hardware controller-based wireless LAN and ADTRAN's virtual wireless LAN (hypervisor-based) are detailed in ADTRAN's WLAN vs. vWLAN comparison chart. Learn more. Pirated mobile Android and Apple apps getting hacked, cracked and smacked Those popular mobile apps that everyone's buying from the official Android and Apple apps stores for business and fun are being torn apart by hackers who turn around and post these abused apps filled with malware, their content pirated or otherwise tampered, according to a study out today. Read More INSIDER How to avoid BYOD bandwidth woes While nobody is predicting that the proliferation of mobile devices in the enterprise will create a full-blown bandwidth catastrophe, IT managers will have to move quickly to ensure satisfactory performance for employees accessing company data over wireless links. Read More WHITE PAPER: Motorola WiNG 5 Wireless LAN: Delivering Better Quality of Experience Can your wireless network infrastructure handle the growing numbers of mobile devices taking significant bandwidth bites out of your network? The good news is that with smart, cost-effective wireless infrastructure investments, not only can you scale quickly to secure the growing number of devices you serve, but also optimize their performance. Learn More. Does a computer science degree matter anymore? The number of college students pursuing computer science degrees at U.S. universities rose in 2008 for the first time in six years, according to a just released study. Academia and policymakers are hailing the news, but the question facing CIOs and others in charge of IT hiring is: How much do computer science degrees matter? Read More HTC signals focus on business market with investment in enterprise app provider Taiwan's HTC has invested US$35.4 million in a U.S.-based provider of mobile enterprise apps, signaling that the smartphone vendor is trying to fill a market space once occupied by Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices, according to analysts. Read More Nexus 7 sales could hit 8M by year's end, analyst says Google could sell between six million and eight million of its $199 Nexus 7 tablets by year's end, according to a new estimate. Read More Windows Phone Expected to Pass BlackBerry in November One down, two to go. Read More
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