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	QR codes come to the 'hood As I was out walking the dog today, I noticed that the "For Sale" sign in front of the house a few doors down had acquired a new and unusual enhancement: a huge Rorschach inkblot-looking thingamajig. It took me a moment to realize that what appeared to be "artwork" was, in fact, a QR, or "quick response," code. Read More WEBCAST: Quantum Corporation Tape's Evolving Data Storage Role Industry research shows that the best technology for a company's storage needs is a combination of technologies. Join Greg Schulz, founder and senior advisor of The Server and StorageIO Group, for a discussion of trends and perspectives of the storage industry, and how you can gain more value out of your IT data center resources. View now! 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The ebook will help you determine which solutions best meet your business needs and how to achieve optimal results from your data. Read now 10 useful Android apps for IT pros Good news for network administrators, tech support staffers and other IT pros who use Android smartphones: There are hundreds of Android apps designed to help you get your work done faster, better and -- best of all -- remotely. Do a little searching and you'll find tools that enable you to remotely access desktops, monitor servers, tether your laptop to your phone and more. And the vast majority of these tools are free. Read More Despite new Flash Builder, still no Flash for iPhone, iPad Adobe's coming updates to its Flash Builder and Flex cross-platform software development tools, announced Monday, don't do anything to address the exclusion of the Flash Player from Apple's iOS products. Read More Verizon to drop new one-year contracts starting April 17 Verizon Wireless confirmed it will eliminate its one-year contract plan on smartphones and other mobile phones, effective April 17. Read More Cisco urged to fold more than Flip Flip shouldn't be Cisco's only fold in the challenging consumer market, industry watchers say. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! Android devices can be managed remotely with new app Rsupport this week launched a new application that will let IT departments remotely support and manage their users' Android-based devices in the enterprise. Read More Top 15 Innovative Mobile Apps to Watch in 2011 Mobile apps are becoming increasingly influential, as they have the potential to spread to millions of tablets and smartphones. Here are 15 that we think will make a difference in 2011. Read More Gartner Tablet Forecast Oddly Overlooks Microsoft Research firm Gartner omits Microsoft from a recent four-year tablet forecast after predicting a Windows Phone 7 surge for the same time period. But can a smartphone succeed today without a tablet counterpart? Read More Closing Symbian code won't have much impact Nokia's recent decision to close the source code for its Symbian smartphone OS likely won't affect most application developers or consumers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing? In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More LTE wireless for real-time, remote video streaming announced Verizon Wireless and LiveCast Media today announced 4G Mobile Reporter for use with Verizon's LTE network to send live high-definition video wirelessly with a laptop and USB modem. Read More Clorox cleans out BlackBerries in favor of iPhones, Android devices While IT managers are finding it nearly impossible to say no to employees who want to use smart phones and tablets in the workplace, they're also faced with securing the devices, which often means locking applications down and monitoring them through a company server. Read More FCC passes wireless data roaming rules The Federal Communications Commission today approved an order mandating that mobile data service providers offer data roaming agreements to one another. Read More HTC adds dual-core Sensation smartphone to its lineup HTC's latest smartphone, the Sensation, has a dual-core 1.2GHz processor from Qualcomm that holds the promise of faster graphics and is due to ship in Europe in the second quarter, the company said at an event in London on Tuesday. Read More
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