Nokia N8 hands on; Stuxnet scenario; T-Mobile 4G; HP's forgotten businesses [TECH UPDATE]

Today's Top Picks   Hands-on with the Nokia N8, a smartphone Symbian fans will love The highly anticipated Nokia N8 is now shipping to customers who pre-ordered them and if you are a Nokia or Symbian user you will appreciate the device. Can it bring in outsiders too? READ FULL STORY   Recommended Powerful BI: Not Just for Big Business Anymore Business Intelligence is not just for Big Business any more. Now that's Intelligent. Learn how SMEs are handling the pressure of balancing cost reduction with compliance, and gaining intuitive insight into performance. Watch the webcast now.   Stuxnet: A possible attack scenario Symantec security researcher Liam O Murchu posits a possible Stuxnet worm attack scenario. His speculation is driven by the technical features of the sophisticated malware threat. READ FULL STORY   Android in the cross-hairs: if you can't compete with it, litigate it Android's success in the mobile industry by smartphone handset manufacturers has attracted litigation by industry rivals due to their own failure to compete in the legitimate open marketplace. READ FULL STORY   The new reality: Technology must be self-evident We have started to witness the triumph of the self-evident user experience. See what it will mean for the future of the tech industry and IT jobs. READ FULL STORY   Recommended Powerful BI: Not Just for Big Business Anymore Business Intelligence is not just for Big Business any more. Now that's Intelligent. Learn how SMEs are handling the pressure of balancing cost reduction with compliance, and gaining intuitive insight into performance. Watch the webcast now.   Leo Apotheker needs to target HP's forgotten businesses Can HP afford to converge itself in another direction? Can it afford not to? Leo Apotheker has a heck of a listening tour ahead of him. READ FULL STORY   T-Mobile stretching the truth on '4G' speeds T-Mobile is touting its Android myTouch smartphone and "lightning fast 4G speeds," but the claims are based on theoretical benchmarks you'll never hit in the real world. READ FULL STORY Will VMware miss the mobile virtualization curve? VMware is interested in mobile virtualization, but appears to be facing an innovator's dilemma. READ FULL STORY Facebook: Social Breadcrumbs in the Dock When you work in a large company, there's often an awareness that your email is accessible to your employer so that communication method tends to be used very conservatively for business. READ FULL STORY Tech conferences: strive for intimacy and quality Since moving to San Francisco in 2007, I have attended well over 50 tech conferences: from Web 2.0, to Macworld, to Google I/O, to SxSW. READ FULL STORY WebP: Google's new attempt at speeding up the web Anything to make the web faster is good in my books -- but I have a question. Why are we worried about fractionally speeding up the web when we live in a broadband world that's just getting faster anyway? READ FULL STORY   Top SmartPlanet Pick   Lockheed Martin on the smart grid: '440 million new hackable points' Today, a saboteur can turn off your power by climbing a utility pole. With the smart grid, someone could interrupt your service--and that of your whole city--from China. What are utilities doing to protect us? We asked Lockheed Martin. READ FULL STORY Want more? Sign up for SmartPlanet's daily newsletter   Hot Topic Spotlight   Study: 'Employees not sociable at work'; Gen Y needs to change everything A new study shows that the current workforce are not 'sociable' at work. Unless the Generation Y change this, the relics of the 'employment Cold War' will remain for future generations. READ FULL STORY More talked-about posts: Get angry: Congress can't even agree to mildly discourage outsourcing Chrome, IE9 gain in browser wars Featured Photo Gallery   10 firewall tools to meet your budget Jack Wallen briefly evaluates the pros and cons of 10 firewall tools (four of them free) that might fit your needs. VIEW THE GALLERY More photo galleries: Hands-on with the Nokia N8 Symbian^3 smartphone Windows Phone 7's app lineup (photos) Featured Product Coverage   Toshiba unveils 'world's first' 3D flatpanel that doesn't require glasses Toshiba unveiled another "world's first" gadget today at CEATEC 2010 in Tokyo, and this one is a biggie: a 3D flatpanel TV that doesn't require any glasses. READ FULL STORY More product coverage: Acer Aspire One D255 netbook announced with bargain-basement pricing Panasonic MW-20 digital photo frame doubles as stereo system Like gadgets? 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