News from ZDNet | | Microsoft does an about-face; offers free Security Essentials to small businesses In an about-face, Microsoft is now planning to offer its free Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus/antimalware suite to small businesses, and not just consumers. Read more | | Tablet landscape to get crowded; 8 models by Q1 2011 The tablet computer space is going to heat up -- really soon -- and Apple's dominant iPad is going to be challenged by a raft of late-mover products from the likes of Samsung, Dell, RIM, Acer, Asus, Lenovo and Cisco. Read more | | Survey: Ideal Android Tablet Has 10-Inch Screen, Loaded With Apps & Under $300 There will soon be dozens of Android tablets on the market. But in terms of what most consumers want, there is still a Platonic ideal. Read more | | Beyond 802.11n: Gigabit Wi-Fi You think 802.11n's 300 Mbps is fast? Just wait until you see Wi-Fi's forthcoming 1 Gigabit per second devices. Read more | | Updated Android Gmail app gets a divorce from the OS The Android Gmail app is now available as a direct download rather than being tied to full system updates. Read more | | Salesforce's Benioff: "Clouds aren't in a box" At a presentation to introduce Chatter 2, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff takes some jabs at Larry Ellison's definition of cloud computing. Read more | | Oracle OpenWorld: Dell talks evolving tech, tablets Michael Dell delivers a keynote that is less about Dell and more about how the technology (that Dell offers) is having a real impact for businesses. Read more | | Tech innovators: Mobile app progress requires smarter wireless First off, thanks to Larry, Sam and Andrew for letting me sneak in a Between the Lines post or two this week while I'm in Boston attending the annual EmTech@MIT conference put on by Technology Review at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Given the continued ramp-up in mobile tech adoption... Read more | | What Oracle has not learned about open source The company seems to think it can buy open source like it did its old application ecosystem and force the rest of the open source world to pay its monopoly rents. The company also thinks a mainframe box is a cloud. Read more | | Why the Super WiFi skeptics are wrong While most spectrum orders are destined for carriers or their lobbyists, this order will be addressed to equipment manufacturers. Read more | | Adobe: Can it wean itself off the Creative Suite dependence? It's an ugly day for Adobe. The company's fiscal fourth quarter outlook disappointed, shares are getting hammered and analysts are questioning whether Adobe will really garner much growth from its latest Creative Suite, CS5. Read more | | Comcast: TV Everywhere out of beta next month; Cord cutting a myth Comcast CFO Mike Angelakis said that the company will soon be on the offensive for online video and said that so-called cord cutting---consumers that give up cable TV for the Internet---remains rare. Read more | |
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| Consumers should reward carriers that offer an open platform TR member dcolbert discusses the recent tech industry buzz about the abuses of wireless carriers and Android handset manufacturers. He argues that consumers should reward carriers that offer unlimited caps, unrestricted devices, and reasonable prices. |
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