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	Hands-on review: Xoom battles iPad 2 to a draw We got our hands on the two hottest products in the tablet computing market -- the Motorola Xoom and the iPad 2 -- and put them to the test. This was a 15-round heavyweight fight, and in the end, the Xoom stood toe-to-toe with the reigning champ, iPad 2. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Emerson Network Power 10 Strategies for Data Center Monitoring Today's data center operations requires the ability to collect, consolidate and analyze information using advanced devices and management software. Join Emerson Network Power to discover the 10 data center monitoring strategies that will build the foundation for robust data center infrastructure management on March 16 at 4 p.m. EST. Register now! In this Issue Breaking down carriers' '4G' wireless spin Add-on lets IE6 apps live forever Memory breakthrough could lead to weeks between mobile recharges Can Your Security Policy Handle IPv6? Cisco stock hit by Japan quake Specialty Android apps for business users Network features make Amazon's private clouds more useful Google to give e-wallet evolution a goose Microsoft: IE9's better because rivals 'dilute' browser efforts Intel targeting security in the cloud with McAfee Former AMD CEO nets 22% pay increase, $12 million parting gift RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Aruba Networks Option 1: Secure enterprise Wi-Fi for personal iPads Worried about securing enterprise data on employee's personal iPads & iPhones? Not sure how to configure & manage these consumer devices without manually touching every device? Aruba Networks' Mobile Device Access Solution (MDAC) provides a clientless mechanism for IT to secure, provision & manage employee-owned devices while minimizing IT overhead Click to continue Breaking down carriers' '4G' wireless spin Every marketing team at every carrier has now jumped on the "4G" bandwagon to such an extent that the term has no real meaning anymore. Verizon's release this week of the LTE-ready HTC ThunderBolt sparks a fresh look at the topic. Read More Add-on lets IE6 apps live forever I'll bet that many Microsoft customers noted the launch of Internet Explorer 9 yesterday wistfully, wishing they could have joined the party at SXSW but couldn't because they're still stuck in IE6. One company is offering to build a bridge for them so they can migrate with their IE6-engineered Web apps to the Windows 7 operating system and at least IE8, and soon IE9. Read More Memory breakthrough could lead to weeks between mobile recharges University of Illinois engineers have developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory could someday provide consumers with hand-held devices that go without recharging for weeks or even months. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Why Cloud Backup: Top 10 Reasons Cloud server backup solutions reduce the burden of tape management and backup operations headaches, by automatically storing the data safely offsite to protect for disaster recovery purposes. This white paper discusses the top ten reasons why organizations are turning to cloud server backup. Read Now Can Your Security Policy Handle IPv6? The move to IPv6 got a shot in the arm with the Feb. 3 announcement that the last five /8 blocks of addresses were allocated by IANA, signaling that unallocated IPv4 addresses are now completely gone from the global pool. While this has NOT caused mass hysteria or prevented anyone from accessing World of Warcraft (a comforting thought to WoW junkies everywhere), it should be a wakeup call. Read More Cisco stock hit by Japan quake The earthquake and tsunami in Japan could result in significant shortages of certain electronic components, potentially leading to a price hike for these devices and the products that use them. Read More Specialty Android apps for business users An Android smartphone can do a lot more than play games and surf the Web. InfoWorld presents the apps that serious Fandroids should know about. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Putting the Top 10 SIEM Best Practices to Work This e-book, provides guidance to operationalize security and put the top 10 best SIEM practices to work. Rather than an exhaustive examination of SIEM, it offers insightful details with regards to how IT organizations and information security professionals can gain more assured value from SIEM. Read now! Network features make Amazon's private clouds more useful Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added a number of networking features to its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) offering, allowing users to build data centers in the cloud that can be private, accessed from the Internet or both, the company said on Tuesday. Read More Google to give e-wallet evolution a goose Google will soon lend a public push to the advancement of Near Field Communications technology that enthusiasts believe will one day allow e-wallets to replace the leather kind. Read More Microsoft: IE9's better because rivals 'dilute' browser efforts Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 9 late Monday, claiming that it's the best browser for Windows because rivals "dilute" their energies on other operating systems. Read More Intel targeting security in the cloud with McAfee Intel on Tuesday said it will use assets acquired from McAfee to provide cloud security services to protect the growing number of mobile devices that face malware and cyberattack threats. Read More Former AMD CEO nets 22% pay increase, $12 million parting gift Dirk Meyer received compensation worth $5.5 million in his final year as CEO at Advanced Micro Devices. But that's not all he left with. AMD expects to pay Meyer $12 million in severance in 2011. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Google Chrome 10 Google has released the stable version of Chrome 10 and users are now being automatically updated. As always, Chrome's new features focus on security, speed and simplicity, with greater JavaScript performance, sandboxing technology for Adobe Flash, password encryption and an easier-to-use settings interface. Here's a look at the new features. MOST-READ STORIES Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing 'Anonymity is authenticity,' Zuckerberg 'wrong' Quake damage to Japan cables greater than thought Happy Pi Day: More than 3.14... pictures of cool Pi creations Cisco releases first all-in-one security agent DHS chief Napolitano: Algorithms a big key in solving security iPad 2: Don't take it apart, or risk cracked glass IE9's final release is Monday. Will it make a difference? 15 best iPad apps for newbies
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