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	IT Blogwatch: Amazon Kindle Fire tablet review roundup As expected, Amazon has launched its Kindle Fire tablet. Time for a roundup of reviews and reactions, IT Blogwatch-style, as bloggers ponder the $199 Android tablet that hides Android. Not to mention: The "exciting" world of cross-forest dogfood ... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap 2011 IT Roadmap Washington, DC - 12/7 Washington Convention Cntr IT Roadmap Washington, DC will be returning to the Washington Convention Center on Wednesday, December 7, 2011. IT Roadmap is a regional one-day technology event that features a full-day conference program, and an exposition hall with leading technology providers. Click to continue In this Issue Darlene Storm: How long does your mobile phone provider store data for law enforcement access? Jonny Evans: Opinion: Apple's plan for the connected home Darragh Delaney: Network breaches, vulnerabilities no longer required Barbara Krasnoff: Amazon's Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch: The "razors" of the mobile market JR Raphael: Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet: Some important perspective Preston Gralla: Expect Microsoft to get royalties from Amazon's Kindle Fire JR Raphael: Amazon's Kindle Fire may have a hidden 'app tax' Shark Tank: Unclear on the whole 'push' concept WHITE PAPER: Rackspace Understanding the Cloud Computing Stack Through this year-long series of whitepapers and webinars, independent analyst Ben Kepes will be building a cloud computing curriculum designed for technologists and non-technical users alike. The mission is to build widespread knowledge about the cloud revolution and encourage discussion about the cloud's benefits for businesses of all sizes. Learn more. Darlene Storm: How long does your mobile phone provider store data for law enforcement access? The ACLU has the previously unreleased dirt on how long your cell phone company is holding onto to your data. The Justice Department handed over a revealing chart meant to help law enforcement obtain mobile phone provider records. The data held by cellular companies ranges from text messages, pictures, IP addresses, browsing history, cell towers used and call logs. Read More Jonny Evans: Opinion: Apple's plan for the connected home Things change fast in the technology world, and Apple has played a big part in that change, but where to next for intelligent devices? Read More Darragh Delaney: Network breaches, vulnerabilities no longer required Some people presume that network attacks are the result of hackers accessing un-patched systems. However, most of the recent hacks and attacks that I have looked at, can be attributed to one or more of the following. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Amazon's Kindle Fire and Kindle Touch: The "razors" of the mobile market It looks like Amazon has finally learned the lesson of the razor: Sell a razor -- or a Kindle -- at a cut-rate price, and people will spend a lot of money buying blades. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Market Trends: Multienterprise/B2B Infrastructure Market Spending on multienterprise/business-to-business infrastructure technologies is poised to grow at a healthy pace during the next five years. Growth will be driven by the trend toward the provision of various B2B technologies via a software-as-a-service model, as well as via outsourcing services. Read Now! JR Raphael: Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet: Some important perspective Amazon's Kindle Fire has a lot to offer -- but if you think you're going to get the same kind of experience you see on other tablets, you may be in for a disappointment. Read More Preston Gralla: Expect Microsoft to get royalties from Amazon's Kindle Fire One of the surprise winners in today's announcement of the Kindle Fire should be Microsoft, which can expect to get significant royalties from what will likely be a hot-selling tablet. Microsoft has gone after other manufacturers of Android devices, and signed royalty agreements with them, including a deal today with Samsung. Expect one with Amazon to follow. Read More JR Raphael: Amazon's Kindle Fire may have a hidden 'app tax' Amazon's Kindle Fire may end up costing you extra money if you're an existing Android user. Read More Shark Tank: Unclear on the whole 'push' concept This IT pilot fish really appreciates software installations that can be pushed out to users over the network because techs don't have to physically touch each workstation. But one software vendor's version of "push" challenges that concept. Read More
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