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	Harness wireless for WAN bargaining power Two telecom experts strongly advise exploiting your growing wireless network service requirements during contractual negotiations with WAN vendors to win wire-line concessions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Logitech Different setups. Different locations. With one tiny Logitech Unifying receiver,you get wireless freedom and convenience to work wherever you choose without the hassle of multiple receivers. This tiny wireless receiver stays plugged into your laptop and lets you easily mix, match and unify up to six compatible wireless mice and keyboards to the same receiver. Learn more now. In this Issue Why would anyone want to buy Palm? Opera Mini finally makes it to the App Store Intel puts Google's Android on Atom smartphones Rich more likely to use eHealth records but poor benefit more, survey finds Steve Jobs confirms no more support for original iPhone How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Fast mobile broadband costs vary greatly worldwide Creme for iPhone The 8 best iPad apps -- so far High atop Ball State University with Wimax Twitter Gets Official iPhone, Blackberry Apps Google Android Tablet: Coming Soon? Microsoft Unveils 'Social' Kin Phones DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Free Download from RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Download Now. Why would anyone want to buy Palm? As sales of its webOS phones continue to falter, Palm is reportedly seeking a buyer. But what does the company's failing product line, in hardware and software, really offer? Read More Opera Mini finally makes it to the App Store Opera Software announced Monday that Apple approved an iPhone version of its Opera mini mobile browser. By Monday evening, the free browser was available for download from the App Store. Read More Intel puts Google's Android on Atom smartphones Intel has ported Google's Android mobile operating system to smartphones based on its Atom microprocessors, an Intel executive said Tuesday. Read More Rich more likely to use eHealth records but poor benefit more, survey finds The results of a recently-conducted survey of thousands of personal health record users showed the wealthy were more likely to use online technology to access their health information, but that the poor were far more likely to benefit from it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Understand the Network Impact of 802.11n As performance and reliability increase with 802.11n, the WLAN becomes a viable alternative to the wired network for mission- critical applications. This paper outlines the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More! Steve Jobs confirms no more support for original iPhone Over the weekend, a German iPhone user emailed Steve Jobs and asked whether or not Apple would continue support the original iPhone via software upgrades. Hey Steve! Is Apple supporting/updating the iPhone 2G in the Future? Cheers Niko Sent from my iPhone Jobs, who apparently is loathe to use more than 5 words in an email simply responded, "Sorry, no." To be fair, this isn't altogether surprising... Read More How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Picture this: You're at a café with your laptop and latte in hand, getting ready to review new sales leads and the quarterly financial projections. First you hop on the free Wi-Fi that the shop's management provides. Then you connect your laptop to a projector so that the entire café can take a look, and finally you hand out some printed copies of your confidential product specifications to the other patrons so that they can follow along. Read More Fast mobile broadband costs vary greatly worldwide Operators all over the world are rolling out mobile broadband services that offer 21M bps using HSPA, but what they charge customers differs dramatically, from US$75 per month in Australia to just $25 monthly in Austria. Read More Creme for iPhone The iTunes store is flush with Twitter clients for iPhone and iPod touch, so it takes a little effort for a new app to set itself apart. Crème from Directionality Studios is a great-looking app with some unique features, though it's not as full-service as one might hope for the price. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. The Full Story on WAAS Cost Saving Benefits Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) can deliver a very favorable ROI within 11 months says Forrester Consulting in this informative report. WAAS lets you effectively choose how to deploy applications, store data and provision infrastructure services between branch and data center locations. Learn More The 8 best iPad apps -- so far Read More High atop Ball State University with Wimax Ball State University student Ryan Lasure, atop a 10-story building on campus, explains the Wimax usability project he's involved in at the school (see video). He says 150 students have been given Wimax USB dongles to provide them with free broadband wireless, and in return the school is measuring their reaction to the speed, distance (works as far away as about 2 miles from campus) and software being... Read More Twitter Gets Official iPhone, Blackberry Apps Twitter introduced on Friday its first official applications for smartphones, on the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. The apps are part of Twitter's bid to extend the Twitter experience on all major mobile platforms the company says. No word on official Android or Palm WebOS apps yet. Read More Google Android Tablet: Coming Soon? Watch out, iPad: Google may be getting into the tablet game. In a move reminiscent of its recent step into mobile phone design, Google is reportedly working on its own custom Android-powered tablet. Read More Microsoft Unveils 'Social' Kin Phones Rumors of a line of Microsoft-branded social networking phones have been floating around the blogosphere for months, but now they're finally officially. Meet the Kin 1 and 2: The newest members of the Windows Phone family. The Kin phones pick up right where the Sidekick left off with full QWERTY keyboards and a variety of social networking and media features. Both will be available from Verizon starting in May. Read More
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