Apple iPhone Ranks First; Broadband 'White Spaces' Show Promise

Apple iPhone Ranks First; Broadband 'White Spaces' Show Promise

September 24, 2010

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Apple iPhone Ranks First In Customer Satisfaction

RIM's BlackBerry ranked second among smartphones in a J.D. Power study and LG topped the non-smartphone handset rankings.

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FCC Approves 'White Spaces'
The so-called "super Wi-Fi" technology is the first significant block of spectrum made available for unlicensed use in more than 20 years.

Netflix Adds More NBC Universal TV Shows

Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, The Office and Battlestar Galactica are among the shows that will be offered via Netflix's online video subscription service under the expanded licensing deal.



Google Chrome Web Store Prepares To Open

Developers can now open Google Checkout merchant accounts in preparation for the debut of the Chrome Web Store.



Facebook Blames Outage On Database Failure
Programming chief says lengthy downtime was traced to an automated system designed to detect and fix error conditions.

iPad Hits Target Stores Next Month
Apple looks to broaden the tablet's appeal beyond the technologically hip smart set.

Global CIO: Oracle's Success Breeds Fear And Loathing At New York Times
The Times does a hatchet job with strident but unproven claims about widespread fear and intimidation among Oracle customers.

Google Awards $10 Million To Non-Profit Projects

Five organizations will receive grants ranging from $1 million to $3 million to tackle various social and civic challenges.



Nokia Eyeing Windows Phone For US Comeback
Reports suggest that Nokia's new CEO has been given the power to change the company's OS strategy, and is already considering Microsoft's Windows Phone platform.

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Windows Phone To Take Third Spot By 2012
By Ed Hansberry
Right now the smartphone race has two key players for consumers, iOS and Android. Add the enterprise and business customer to the mix and Blackberry shows up as well. Windows Phone 7 hasn't even launched yet, but at lest one analyst thinks that within two years, it will be third in the field.

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Are you on a path to become an ITIL V3 Expert? You are not alone. Many consultants, practitioners and job seekers look at this certification as a means to improve their work and IT opportunities. How can you successfully prepare yourself for the long and arduous road to certification? Follow these simple habits of the successful ITIL Expert.

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If you're a small business with a website, you'll probably agree that having an online presence has taken your business to new heights. But when's the last time you took a look at that website to make sure it's still the efficient, powerful brand-management tool you envisioned it to be? A stagnant website could lead to stagnant sales.

Microsoft To Make Security Essentials Free To Smaller Businesses
By Keith Ferrell
Got 10 or fewer computers and users in your business and want to protect them for free? Next month Microsoft will make its Security Essentials anti-virus, anti-malware program available at no charge to businesses consisting of up to 10 users... as long as those users are running legit copies of Windows.

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Returning to our Solid State Form factor series; this entry we are going to begin the discussion about solid state integration. There are really two parts of the integration discussion; how will you integrate solid state disk into your storage infrastructure and the other is how will your vendor integrate solid state disk into their storage system? We'll tackle the vendor issue first since it may directly impact how you integrate solid state storage.

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