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	Hot stuff: Summer gadget guide 2011 Geeks like to play outdoors too -- as long as they have the right equipment. These 10 high-tech toys are perfect for summer adventures. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective Redraw Your Technology Roadmap Get inside the trio of mega-trends in mobility, IT consumerization and cloud computing. "Cloud" has transformed from last year's buzzword to this year's reality. You will hear Boston IT leaders' advice on how to adapt to the demands of our new hyper-connected world at CIO Perspectives Boston – July 20, 2011. Click to continue In this Issue Microsoft ignores IE slide, touts IE9 success on Windows 7 Google loss in Nortel patent bids undermines Android, analyst says Gmail gets a Google+-like makeover How Japan's data centers survived the earthquake From CIO.com: 3 Steps for Better Data Center Capacity Planning How insecure is your mobile device really? Kodak patent case against Apple, RIM sent back to judge First commercial GSM call marks 20-year milestone Preston Gralla: Report says Windows Phone 7 to nearly overtake iOS in 2012 Josh Stephens: The always-connected world of modern medicine Jonny Evans: Apple 2012: Becomes world's biggest notebook vendor Barbara Krasnoff: Drowning in the seas of social networking WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Unleashing Cloud Performance In this whitepaper, we explore how WAN optimization from Riverbed can deliver on the promise of accelerated cloud performance for widely distributed enterprises. Learn more now! Microsoft ignores IE slide, touts IE9 success on Windows 7 Chrome and Safari continued to chip away at Internet Explorer's usage share last month, while Firefox remained stalled for the fourth straight month, a Web statistics firm said today. Read More Google loss in Nortel patent bids undermines Android, analyst says Google's failure to win a bid on 6,000 Nortel patents raises doubts about its commitment to Android and its large community of developers and device manufacturers, intellectual property analyst Florian Mueller said Friday. Read More Gmail gets a Google+-like makeover Google is giving Gmail users a glimpse of design updates that will roll out over the next few months. Read More How Japan's data centers survived the earthquake Read More From CIO.com: 3 Steps for Better Data Center Capacity Planning Capacity planning is no longer just a process aimed at forecasting hardware needs; it's the key to understanding and optimizing the cost of running business services through platform selection. Forrester recommends updating today's capacity planning process with three new steps to account for cost-value analysis, governance, and global planning. Read More How insecure is your mobile device really? They can definitely make it easy for sensitive data to get into the wrong hands, but you can do some simple things to reduce (not eliminate) the risks. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems, Inc. The Right Unified Communications Solution The advantages of today's unified communications are numerous, and there are many choices among solutions. A Cisco white paper is available to help you make the right decision. The paper outlines ten differentiators—from mobile device support to social software—that you should consider before deciding on a unified communications upgrade. Click to continue Kodak patent case against Apple, RIM sent back to judge A ruling on Eastman Kodak's patent case against Apple and Research In Motion may be delayed until August after the U.S. International Trade Commission sent the issue back to a judge who had earlier ruled against Kodak. Read More First commercial GSM call marks 20-year milestone On June 1, 1991, the first commercial calls over GSM were made in Finland and Sweden, Nokia Siemens and Ericsson noted Friday as they celebrated the anniversary by recollecting the early days of the technology. Read More Preston Gralla: Report says Windows Phone 7 to nearly overtake iOS in 2012 Windows Phone 7 has had a less-than-stellar 2011, but a new report claims that by next year, Windows Phone 7 will nearly overtake iOS, with Android significantly beating both. Read More Josh Stephens: The always-connected world of modern medicine This week I've been hanging out at the hospital, spending time with my family and learning about medical IT. My wife's a doc so I'm constantly around the medical side of medicine but it's been a while since I spent time with the technology. Wow, have things changed... Read More Jonny Evans: Apple 2012: Becomes world's biggest notebook vendor Apple will become the world's biggest notebook vendor in 2012, beating Hewlett-Packard to first place with a commanding slice of the mobile computing market, if iPad and MacBook product sales are combined. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Drowning in the seas of social networking So how many social networks can one person handle at once? Read More
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