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Fed CIO: More Mobile Needed

The Federal CIO has issued a draft federal mobile strategy which outlines a multistage approach to increasing the use of mobile technology throughout the federal government.

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FCC Struggles to Meet Wireless Data Growth Demands

The FCC last week opened up the light spectrum that sits between individual television channels numbered 1 through 51. Wireless communications in those "white spaces" will be permitted as of Jan. 26, 2012.

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HP to Open Source WebOS Platform

HP will make the underlying code of webOS available under an open source license. Developers, partners, HP engineers and other hardware manufacturers can deliver ongoing enhancements and new versions into the marketplace.

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Smartphones and Tablets Drive Growing Data Usage

Today mobile service providers operate in a dynamic market as they face increasing demands for network bandwidth, growing competition from non-traditional service providers, and sophisticated consumer demands for great service and content.

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As Mobile Data Costs Fall Who Wins?

As Mobile data costs fall consumers will welcome the cost savings but the trend over the next five years may drive mobile data communications carriers into the red. 

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Are Books An Endangered Species?

For traditional print publishing, the party’s over. Just ask Amazon, they sell more e-book than print books today.

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Intel's Disappointing Smartphone Plan

Late to the game but not out of the (eventual) running.

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Microsoft to Buy Skype

Microsoft  has agreed to buy the voice-over-Internet company for $8.5 billion. A big win for Microsoft.

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Intel's New 3-D Chips: Leaner, Meaner, and More Mobile

Ivy Bridge - a promising breakthrough Intel says because the new transistors will provide up to a 37% performance increase and consume less than half the power than their 2-D counterparts.

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The Impact of Smartphones and Portable Computing Devices in the Workplace

A new report seeks to answer the question how does the demand from workers to use their personal devices impact business management and IT?

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The Emergence of the "App Internet"

New opportunities forecast for both developers and organizations that develop apps.

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AT&T Merger Will Inhibit Spectrum Reform

AT&T Inc's $39 billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile casts doubt on the U.S. government's ability to swiftly deliver policy to meet the booming demand for wireless services.

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CIOs See More Use of Tablets

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2011 is the Year of the Smartphone not the Tablet

Smartphone demand outstrips Tablet demand, just ask attendees at the World Mobile Congress as well as Gartner .

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Nokia Starts Shipping E7 Smartphone

Will add to it marketshare of 385 Million worldwide users.

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Consumer Based Cloud Computing

Consumers have embraced the cloud freely, will corporate users follow?

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India and Blackberry Partially Bury the Hatchet - For Now

India had threatened to outlaw Blackberry Messenger use in the country unless RIM provided a method for it to intercept and decode encrypted messages.

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iPad Holding Tablet Lead, Outstripping Holiday Mac Sales

Apple maintains its solid lead in the tablet PC market, as analysts sat the iPad was the big winner on Black Friday and over the Thanksgiving weekend.

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MS Redial: Win Phone 7 Must Woo Enterprise

MS's latest attempt to crack the smartphone market earned some initial praise, outcome relies on how well the phones fare in the enterprise.

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RIM Earnings Soar While Sub Adds Slow

RIM shipped 12.1 million Blackberries during its fiscal second quarter that ended August 28, up 45 percent from a year ago, but many were replacement units to existing customers.

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