Monday, October 26, 2009

Wireless helps hone data center efficiencies; AT&T exec implies iPhone exclusivity in U.S. to end

AT&T exec implies iPhone exclusivity in U.S. to end; First look: RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9700
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Wireless helps hone data center efficiencies

Enterprise efforts to consolidate data centers and install virtualization software are taking a big bite out of the number of power-hungry application and storage servers required to support enterprise data. But after taking this critical first step, what else can you do to boost efficiency? Read full story

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First look: RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9700
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AT&T adds most iPhones in a single quarter
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Nokia sues Apple over iPhone 'free ride'
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AT&T weighs higher fees for data hogs
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RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 officially announced; Nov. U.S. Launch
Research In Motion this morning decided to acknowledge what most Web-watching gadget-enthusiasts have known was coming for months: the BlackBerry Bold 9700. The business-oriented Bold 9700 is expected to become available in the United States on T-Mobile and AT&T in November, and the device could find its way to T-Mobile Germany customers and Canadians on Rogers even earlier.

Analysis: Nook could pre-empt the rumored Apple tablet
Nook e-book reader announced by Barnes & Noble offers several novelties, including an Android operating system, two screens and the ability for users to lend e-books, but its biggest impact could be on the widely rumored tablet computers expected from Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

Arm unveils chip to make smartphones faster, cooler
Arm Holdings unveiled a new Cortex chip for small devices that it hopes will help it ward off incursions into its primary market by Intel's Atom processor.

First public white spaces broadband network is alive in Virginia
The first public white spaces network officially launched on Wednesday in Claudville, Virginia. It is uses sensing technology from Spectrum Bridge with software and Web cams supplied by Microsoft and PCs supplied by Dell. The project was funded the TDF Foundation.

RIM develops a better BlackBerry browser
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WiMax coming to Chicago next month
WiMax will finally go on sale next month in Chicago, a city that was to have been one of the first places where the high-speed wireless service was offered in the U.S.

Verizon Droid phone briefly unveiled on Motorola Web site
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