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Wolfe's Den: Top 5 Enterprise 2.0 Roadblocks
Our columnist identifies the challenges which could derail social enterprise tools, as Cisco and IBM battle to turn businesses into Facebook-like collaboration environments. With counterpoint from JP Rangaswami, Murali Sitaram, and Ted Schadler.
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Verizon, Motorola, Google, Adobe Intro Droid X
The flagship Android handset will launch with Android 2.1, rather than 2.2, and features an 8 megapixel camera, 1GHz processor, and 4.3-inch touch screen.
Firefox 3.6.4 Adds Crash Protection
Third-party plug-ins will be isolated when they crash or freeze, allowing the browser to continue running with the option to restart plug-in content by refreshing the page
Health IT Boot Camp To Accelerate Professional Certification
The five-day crash course in health IT and e-medical records can lead to professional certification for IT pros and clinicians.
Borders Bundles Kobo Electronic Reader With Gift Card
Responding to Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook price cuts, Borders is including a $20 gift card and credit toward future purchases.
Droid X Puts iPhone 4 On Notice
Motorola's new Droid X should give iPhone 4 shoppers pause. It has a bigger screen, better camera, and the Verizon Wireless network backing it up.
Google Finds Flaws In Android Security Report
SMobile Systems' suggestion that two-thirds of Android apps are 'suspicious' fails to consider Android's security mechanisms, Google says.
SAS Plans In-Memory Apps Built on HP Hardware
Analytics vendor will bow retail and financial applications optimized for pre-integrated HP hardware.
iPhone iOS 4 Upgrade Kills 3G Access?
User reports indicate that Apple's operating system update is blocking connections to AT&T's data networks—at least for some.
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Making Sense of SMB Cloud Storage Options
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