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Gartner: 54.8 million tablets will be sold in 2011 Gartner hinted that media tablets---think Apple's iPad---may test sales of mobile devices in 2011 as 54.8 million units are shipped. Read more |
Microsoft: More Windows Phone 7 stock due in the coming weeks Microsoft spent hundreds of millions to shift gears, staff up a new Windows Phone team, create new and more locked-down smartphone reference designs and launch/advertise the new Windows Phone 7s. It seems the one thing that money hasn't been able to buy the Redmondians is sufficient supply. Read more |
Digital Underclass: What Happens When the Libraries Die? Libraries will need to be replaced with digital equivalents as publishing moves towards eBooks. As a result, will a new "Digital Underclass" be created from the base of technology have-nots? Read more |
Mac OS X security flaw publicized after Apple fails to patch The vulnerability, which only affects Apple Mac OS X v10.5, could allow hackers to take complete control of a vulnerable machine via malicious PDF files. Read more |
Riverbed launches cloud WAN, storage appliances Riverbed made good on its plans to become more cloud focused. The company launched a cloud-friendly WAN optimization and storage appliances Read more |
Red Hat announces Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat today announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the latest release of its operating platform. The company said the new version is designed to support the new enterprise architectures of today, whether physical, virtual or cloud-based. The company said the new release includes "hundreds of technical... Read more |
20 Largest iPad Rollouts by Enterprises Or Schools Apple's iPad tablet is continuing to invade schools and enterprises, with news of Medtronic's 4,500 iPad deployment. Here's the list of the 20 largest adopters. Read more |
Seesmic dons its enterprise boots...at last Seesmic is morphing from consumer to enterprise. It's about time. But how will Seesmic survive in the tough world of enterprise applications and the proliferation of social tools? Read more |
iPhone 4 is a fragile beast The iPhone 4 might be powerful, but it also seems to be a fragile thing. Read more |
RockMelt: The Next Social Browser I think RockMelt is a cool concept that was designed and engineered exceptionally well. Read more |
OS X Everywhere? Not likely. OS X Server may be a great product, but Apple releasing it into the wild just doesn't seem to be in the cards, despite the wishful thinking of its supporters. Read more |
Sprint ZTE Peel brings 3G connectivity to iPod touch Want some 3G access on your iPod touch? Sprint has the answer with the ZTE Peel sliding case. Read more |
Linux open source drivers for Xbox Kinect released It didn't take long for the hacking community to come up with open source drivers for the Kinect ... no Xbox required! Read more |
Rumor: Microsoft is developing ESPN-branded Xbox 360 First the Nintendo Wii goes red, and now it looks like Microsoft might be doing the same thing to the Xbox 360...with a big ESPN logo slapped on the side. Read more |