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Will Mango put Microsoft back in the smartphone game? Deb Shinder highlights some of the major improvements to Microsoft's first major update to Windows Phone 7 code-named Mango. Two features have not been addressed that she considers deal breakers. Read more Resource of the day Be confident in your long-term data storage and protection strategies Are you confident that data that has sat untouched for years is still restorable? Learn how Quantum is taking long term-data protection to a new level with Extended Data Life Management (EDLM), the new next generation iLayer feature. More from TechRepublic   10 reasons to stay in IT Thinking about quitting IT? Alan Norton did -- more than once. See why he says there are 10 good reasons to hang in there. Read more How do you protect yourself from hacktivist groups? Anonymous and LulzSec are two groups that have made a lot of news for security cracking activities. Avoiding compromise by groups like these may be a social, rather than technical, problem. Read more Another legal quandary: Intellectual property and your social media contacts Can a company keep the social networking contacts you made during your tenure? Read more Is open source no longer a differentiator? In this programming news roundup, read about Mango SDK beta, PHP 5.4 alpha, IronPython 2.7.1 beta, a Gil cheat sheet, StackOverflow DevDays, and more. Read more Why we should allow DRM on open source platforms The problems with DRM are many, but that does not mean we should prevent people from using it. There are good reasons to let them suffer the consequences of their own bad choices. Read more News from ZDNet   Rise in fuel prices driving consumers to shop online [Ecommerce Infograph] The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India surveyed 5,000 shopper about their online retail experience and has published their observations on the growing segment. Read more Federal, state wiretap requests up 34% State and federal requests for wiretaps are on the rise, according to a new report. Here's a look at how much they cost and who officials are interested in. Read more Apple: Holy Grail for hackers? Hackers have posted a document that allegedly has user names and passwords for an Apple server. The find, posted via the AntiSec hacking campaign, appears to be a warning that Apple "could be a... Read more HP TouchPad: Hands-on impressions The HP TouchPad is available today and this morning I headed to my local Best Buy and bought a 16GB model. I have been testing the TouchPad today, and offer these first impressions of what I like... Read more Top 5 free apps for the HP TouchPad; Easter eggs bonus A common complaint about the HP TouchPad is the lack of apps in the store, but there are some good ones. These are my 5 favorite free apps on the TouchPad so far, plus two cool Easter eggs for the... Read more Building up cloud in Europe Winners of the EuroCloud Awards for customer success stories provide some valuable case studies for policy makers in Europe to consider as they open up public consultation on a strategy for cloud... Read more Samsung expands Series 9 laptop family for back-to-school shopping Samsung's Series 9 laptop line-up has proved to be a credible, Windows-based alternative to the MacBook Air, even if the notebooks have somehow managed to be even pricier than Apple's offerings.... Read more Does Google+ make Facebook the new MySpace? Google+ has the potential to topple the Facebook behemoth but it needs to be much better than Facebook to do so. Read more Google in talks to buy Hulu: report Google is among the top tech suitors for online video site Hulu, according to a new report. The others: Microsoft and Yahoo. Read more Review: Zenus iPad 2 leather cases are affordable, functional, and classy Leather cases for the iPad can easily run from $100 to $200+, but there are many less expensive options. Zenus has an attractive lineup of functional cases for $60 to $90. Read more Facebook wants to make TV more social Facebook wants to make finding TV content, and how you connect to your friends around that content, more social. Read more iPhone 5, iPad 3 launching this October? The general consensus these days is that the iPhone 5 will be released at some point this fall. A new report suggests that both the next generation of Apple's iPhone and even the iPad will hit... Read more Rumor: China wants to buy a stake in Facebook A new rumor suggests that China wants to invest as much as $1.2 billion in Facebook. Read more Rumor: Facebook to launch Skype video chat this Wednesday Facebook plans to "launch something awesome" at 10:00 AM PDT on Wednesday July 6, 2011. That something is reportedly Skype video chat. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking open the HP TouchPad Bill Detwiler cracks open the HP TouchPad. Inside the webOS tablet, he found hardware from Qualcomm, SanDisk, Samsung, Atheros, and Wolfson. View on site Today's recommended downloads 30 day trial of Foglight Experience Monitor Appliance (Quest Software) Recommendations for Implementing Cloud Security (IBM) Paper and Ink or Ones and Zeros: Protecting Your Documents (All of Them) (TechRepublic) Consolidating Your Network Storage Systems Auditing (Quest Software) Maximized Server Security, Performance and Value (TechRepublic)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Facebook page (click Like) Web master challenges: Creating realistic budgets Ryan Boudreaux discusses the challenge for web masters to work within tight budgets. What should you include as project line items and how can you get more money? Here are some tips. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business HP TouchPad reviews and photos HP TouchPad leapfrogs rivals in productivity Three areas HP TouchPad trumps Apple iPad Teardown of HP TouchPad: Made like a PC and straightforward to repair HP TouchPad: Unboxing, screenshots, and comparison photos

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[TechRepublic] Will Mango put Microsoft back in the smartphone game?

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Will Mango put Microsoft back in the smartphone game? Deb Shinder highlights some of the major improvements to Microsoft's first major update to Windows Phone 7 code-named Mango. Two features have not been addressed that she considers deal breakers. Read more Resource of the day Gain a Competitive Edge with Analytics How are organizations applying analytics today? Read the results of this survey of nearly 3,000 executive managers and analysts to find out. Discover how to bolster your analytics capabilities to gain the competitive advantage. More from TechRepublic   10 reasons to stay in IT Thinking about quitting IT? Alan Norton did -- more than once. See why he says there are 10 good reasons to hang in there. Read more How do you protect yourself from hacktivist groups? Anonymous and LulzSec are two groups that have made a lot of news for security cracking activities. Avoiding compromise by groups like these may be a social, rather than technical, problem. Read more Another legal quandary: Intellectual property and your social media contacts Can a company keep the social networking contacts you made during your tenure? Read more Is open source no longer a differentiator? In this programming news roundup, read about Mango SDK beta, PHP 5.4 alpha, IronPython 2.7.1 beta, a Gil cheat sheet, StackOverflow DevDays, and more. Read more Why we should allow DRM on open source platforms The problems with DRM are many, but that does not mean we should prevent people from using it. There are good reasons to let them suffer the consequences of their own bad choices. Read more News from ZDNet   Rise in fuel prices driving consumers to shop online [Ecommerce Infograph] The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India surveyed 5,000 shopper about their online retail experience and has published their observations on the growing segment. Read more Federal, state wiretap requests up 34% State and federal requests for wiretaps are on the rise, according to a new report. Here's a look at how much they cost and who officials are interested in. Read more Apple: Holy Grail for hackers? Hackers have posted a document that allegedly has user names and passwords for an Apple server. The find, posted via the AntiSec hacking campaign, appears to be a warning that Apple "could be a... Read more HP TouchPad: Hands-on impressions The HP TouchPad is available today and this morning I headed to my local Best Buy and bought a 16GB model. I have been testing the TouchPad today, and offer these first impressions of what I like... Read more Top 5 free apps for the HP TouchPad; Easter eggs bonus A common complaint about the HP TouchPad is the lack of apps in the store, but there are some good ones. These are my 5 favorite free apps on the TouchPad so far, plus two cool Easter eggs for the... Read more Building up cloud in Europe Winners of the EuroCloud Awards for customer success stories provide some valuable case studies for policy makers in Europe to consider as they open up public consultation on a strategy for cloud... Read more Samsung expands Series 9 laptop family for back-to-school shopping Samsung's Series 9 laptop line-up has proved to be a credible, Windows-based alternative to the MacBook Air, even if the notebooks have somehow managed to be even pricier than Apple's offerings.... Read more Does Google+ make Facebook the new MySpace? Google+ has the potential to topple the Facebook behemoth but it needs to be much better than Facebook to do so. Read more Google in talks to buy Hulu: report Google is among the top tech suitors for online video site Hulu, according to a new report. The others: Microsoft and Yahoo. Read more Review: Zenus iPad 2 leather cases are affordable, functional, and classy Leather cases for the iPad can easily run from $100 to $200+, but there are many less expensive options. Zenus has an attractive lineup of functional cases for $60 to $90. Read more Facebook wants to make TV more social Facebook wants to make finding TV content, and how you connect to your friends around that content, more social. Read more iPhone 5, iPad 3 launching this October? The general consensus these days is that the iPhone 5 will be released at some point this fall. A new report suggests that both the next generation of Apple's iPhone and even the iPad will hit... Read more Rumor: China wants to buy a stake in Facebook A new rumor suggests that China wants to invest as much as $1.2 billion in Facebook. Read more Rumor: Facebook to launch Skype video chat this Wednesday Facebook plans to "launch something awesome" at 10:00 AM PDT on Wednesday July 6, 2011. That something is reportedly Skype video chat. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking open the HP TouchPad Bill Detwiler cracks open the HP TouchPad. Inside the webOS tablet, he found hardware from Qualcomm, SanDisk, Samsung, Atheros, and Wolfson. View on site Today's recommended downloads Finance and IT: Greater Collaboration in a New Economy (IBM) Paper and Ink or Ones and Zeros: Protecting Your Documents (All of Them) (TechRepublic) Take a Free "QuestDrive," No Install Required (Quest Software) 30 day trial of Foglight Experience Monitor Appliance (Quest Software) Help Diverse Platforms Play Well Together (Quest Software)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Facebook page (click Like) Web master challenges: Creating realistic budgets Ryan Boudreaux discusses the challenge for web masters to work within tight budgets. What should you include as project line items and how can you get more money? Here are some tips. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business HP TouchPad reviews and photos HP TouchPad leapfrogs rivals in productivity Three areas HP TouchPad trumps Apple iPad Teardown of HP TouchPad: Made like a PC and straightforward to repair HP TouchPad: Unboxing, screenshots, and comparison photos

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[TechRepublic] Will Mango put Microsoft back in the smartphone game?

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Will Mango put Microsoft back in the smartphone game? Deb Shinder highlights some of the major improvements to Microsoft's first major update to Windows Phone 7 code-named Mango. Two features have not been addressed that she considers deal breakers. Read more Resource of the day KPMG, HP simplify HP records management - A Case Study With program management assistance from KPMG, HP establishes a foundation to automate its records management using HP TRIM software. Download case study here More from TechRepublic   10 reasons to stay in IT Thinking about quitting IT? Alan Norton did -- more than once. See why he says there are 10 good reasons to hang in there. Read more How do you protect yourself from hacktivist groups? Anonymous and LulzSec are two groups that have made a lot of news for security cracking activities. Avoiding compromise by groups like these may be a social, rather than technical, problem. Read more Another legal quandary: Intellectual property and your social media contacts Can a company keep the social networking contacts you made during your tenure? Read more Is open source no longer a differentiator? In this programming news roundup, read about Mango SDK beta, PHP 5.4 alpha, IronPython 2.7.1 beta, a Gil cheat sheet, StackOverflow DevDays, and more. Read more Why we should allow DRM on open source platforms The problems with DRM are many, but that does not mean we should prevent people from using it. There are good reasons to let them suffer the consequences of their own bad choices. Read more News from ZDNet   Rise in fuel prices driving consumers to shop online [Ecommerce Infograph] The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India surveyed 5,000 shopper about their online retail experience and has published their observations on the growing segment. Read more Federal, state wiretap requests up 34% State and federal requests for wiretaps are on the rise, according to a new report. Here's a look at how much they cost and who officials are interested in. Read more Apple: Holy Grail for hackers? Hackers have posted a document that allegedly has user names and passwords for an Apple server. The find, posted via the AntiSec hacking campaign, appears to be a warning that Apple "could be a... Read more HP TouchPad: Hands-on impressions The HP TouchPad is available today and this morning I headed to my local Best Buy and bought a 16GB model. I have been testing the TouchPad today, and offer these first impressions of what I like... Read more Top 5 free apps for the HP TouchPad; Easter eggs bonus A common complaint about the HP TouchPad is the lack of apps in the store, but there are some good ones. These are my 5 favorite free apps on the TouchPad so far, plus two cool Easter eggs for the... Read more Building up cloud in Europe Winners of the EuroCloud Awards for customer success stories provide some valuable case studies for policy makers in Europe to consider as they open up public consultation on a strategy for cloud... Read more Samsung expands Series 9 laptop family for back-to-school shopping Samsung's Series 9 laptop line-up has proved to be a credible, Windows-based alternative to the MacBook Air, even if the notebooks have somehow managed to be even pricier than Apple's offerings.... Read more Does Google+ make Facebook the new MySpace? Google+ has the potential to topple the Facebook behemoth but it needs to be much better than Facebook to do so. Read more Google in talks to buy Hulu: report Google is among the top tech suitors for online video site Hulu, according to a new report. The others: Microsoft and Yahoo. Read more Review: Zenus iPad 2 leather cases are affordable, functional, and classy Leather cases for the iPad can easily run from $100 to $200+, but there are many less expensive options. Zenus has an attractive lineup of functional cases for $60 to $90. Read more Facebook wants to make TV more social Facebook wants to make finding TV content, and how you connect to your friends around that content, more social. Read more iPhone 5, iPad 3 launching this October? The general consensus these days is that the iPhone 5 will be released at some point this fall. A new report suggests that both the next generation of Apple's iPhone and even the iPad will hit... Read more Rumor: China wants to buy a stake in Facebook A new rumor suggests that China wants to invest as much as $1.2 billion in Facebook. Read more Rumor: Facebook to launch Skype video chat this Wednesday Facebook plans to "launch something awesome" at 10:00 AM PDT on Wednesday July 6, 2011. That something is reportedly Skype video chat. Read more Featured multimedia   Cracking open the HP TouchPad Bill Detwiler cracks open the HP TouchPad. Inside the webOS tablet, he found hardware from Qualcomm, SanDisk, Samsung, Atheros, and Wolfson. View on site Today's recommended downloads Key Steps to Proper Planning, Execution and Analysis of Performance Testing Methodology Four steps to standardizing IT service management How to Perform Rapid Test Data Preparation, Subsetting and Masking Simpler virtual server protection that costs 70% less FICO inspires IT value with HP Service Manager   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the people, products, and companies that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow: My Twitter feed: @jasonhiner My Facebook page (click Like) Web master challenges: Creating realistic budgets Ryan Boudreaux discusses the challenge for web masters to work within tight budgets. What should you include as project line items and how can you get more money? Here are some tips. TechRepublic newsletters   Get IT advice and techniques, mobile news, Mac tips, and product reviews in these TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Five Tips 10 Things Smartphones Macs in Business HP TouchPad reviews and photos HP TouchPad leapfrogs rivals in productivity Three areas HP TouchPad trumps Apple iPad Teardown of HP TouchPad: Made like a PC and straightforward to repair HP TouchPad: Unboxing, screenshots, and comparison photos

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