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Sprint's WiMax service to include local features
Sprint's Xohm WiMax service will offer localized information on a portal using a subscriber's location data. Read more...

iPhone gets two AT&T data plans for international travelers

Apple forgets to fix iPhone passcode bug

Opinion: After the Core 2 Duo chip, what's next for Apple laptops?

Use BI to cut cell phone bills

Nokia expands 'N' series of smart phones

HP, Acer launch netbook price war

Google drops Bluetooth, GTalkService APIs from Android 1.0

iPhone business apps: Designing for usefulness

iPhone 3G reception 'normal,' say Swedish engineers

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Solid-state disk lackluster for laptops, PCs
Laptops and PCs seem like the perfect place to install solid-state disks because they have no moving parts, are lighter and are touted to have several other advantages over magnetic disk. But using SSDs in laptops and PCs now means getting much less capacity at a much higher price over what's available in hard disk drives -- with no major performance boosts, either.

Review: 3 power plug meters help you save money and energy
Tech devices can use a lot of electricity, even when they're off. These power plug meters can tell you how much, and how to save money and energy.

Olympic tech's winners and losers
While the medal count is final, a few awards should be in order for IT winners and losers at the games.

Five insane upgrades that you should never do (and how to do them!)
We've tried and tested five risky upgrades that no sane user should ever try -- but that deliver genuine benefits. If you like to walk on the wild side, grab your screwdriver and follow along.

Elgan: Better batteries? Gadgets get everything but!
Even more advances are on the horizon: wireless power, a power brick and other advanced technologies may help yet.

Ultraportable laptops: Their rise and possible fall
Netbooks, ultraportables, mini-notebooks -- whatever you call them, devices like the Asus Eee PC have been grabbing headlines. Are they here for the long term, or are they only a flash in the pan?

Opinion: Making sense of 3G speeds
Only rigorous and extensive testing can determine whether the speed of Apple's iPhone 3G is living up to its expectations, says Glenn Fleishman, and in the end, it may be customers' word of mouth and sales trends that provide the definitive answer.

Wi-Fi tweaks for speed freaks
Is your wireless connection painfully slow more than 10 feet from the router? Do you have random dead spots in your home or small office? These easy tips and tricks will help you solve those problems and get the most out of your Wi-Fi network.

FAQ: iPhone 3G reception -- What's the problem?
More and more iPhone 3G owners are complaining about dropped calls, weak signals and slow data speeds, leaving analysts and owners wondering whether the popular device -- or AT&T's network -- is flawed.

Elgan: While Windows sleeps
These new technologies are perfect metaphors for what's happening in the industry, Mike Elgan says. In both cases, Windows is asleep while Microsoft's own partners give users what they really want.

Here are 15 devices and add-ons that make the back-to-school computing experience extraordinary.
As Facebook-like apps infiltrate the enterprise, they're integrating the workforce in unforeseen ways.
If you want to expand the visual capabilities of your laptop, you can add two monitors without spending a lot of time or money.
The latest iteration of Asus' groundbreaking mini-notebook adds a faster CPU, a larger display and a better keyboard.
Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.
Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?
Business Transaction Management: Facilitating the Management of Virtual Environments
(Source: Optier) The evolution of complex, multi-tier IT environments poses a growing number of virtualization management challenges, consequently hampering an organization's ability to monitor and control application performance effectively across the physical and virtual layers.

Business Transaction Management (BTM) focuses on business transactions as the focal point for managing applications. BTM increases operational efficiency by tracking, prioritizing and providing granular visibility into every transaction across virtual and dynamic IT environments.

Discover how organizations have also utilized BTM to enhance capacity planning, application performance management and SOA.

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