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Google Unveils 'Next-Generation' Search



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TOP STORY: Google Unveils 'Next-Generation' Search

MORE NEWS: AT&T Looks Beyond iPhone For Growth

ANALYTIC REPORT: E-Health: One Step Closer To All Those Stimulus Bucks

WHITEPAPER: Build Your Case for Distributed Asset Management

BLOG: IBM Launches Business Analytics For Public Sector

WEBCAST: Can The Virtualized Desktop Deliver? (Attend and get a free t-shirt!)

RESOURCES: Video Review: OWLink's Fiber Optic Magic Box


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TODAY'S TOP STORY

Google Unveils 'Next-Generation' Search
Caffeine architecture is designed to yield improvements in speed, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.

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AT&T Looks Beyond iPhone For Growth

The wireless carrier is looking at devices beyond smartphones to generate revenues from its mobile data network.



FairPoint Grilled By Regulators

Vermont is considering revoking FairPoint's license to run the landline and Internet assets it acquired from Verizon, given the volume of customer complaints.



Wireless Spectrum Market Booming

Spectrum Bridge's online marketplace for wireless spectrum buyers and sellers booked more than $8 million in revenue in the second quarter.



In-Dash Car GPS Driving Market

Sales of the more expensive installed navigation devices are growing much faster than portable GPS units.



Slacker Radio Offers Free BlackBerrys

The Internet radio company is eating the upfront costs of a BlackBerry Curve for users who sign up for a two-year cellular service plan.



Intel, Micron Roll Out Tiny NAND Chip

The 32-gigabit, multi-level cell, NAND flash chip was built using the companies' 34-nm manufacturing process, which produces 3-bits per cell.



Sprint: Prepaid Cell Service Profitable

Despite the popularity of Sprint subsidiary Boost Mobile's unlimited plan, contract subscribers aren't switching to the prepaid plans.



Explorer 8 Flunks Antitrust Review

Microsoft has issued a patch to bring Web browser into compliance with competition rules.




ANALYTIC REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS

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E-Health: One Step Closer To All Those Stimulus Bucks
With a key requirements-setting exercise done, policy-makers, vendors, and most important healthcare providers prepare to embrace electronic healthcare systems in a much bigger way.
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Strategic Security: A Struggle For Balance
In this InformationWeek Analytics report, we'll examine the security stasis vs. strategic maturity question and delve into results of our survey of nearly 600 business technology professionals.
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Build Your Case for Distributed Asset Management
It's gotten to the point where you can no longer manually track and manage all of your company's hardware and software assets. The Distributed Asset Management Business Case Builder is a free downloadable PowerPoint presentation designed to educate your senior management about the benefits an asset management solution can bring your organization so you can get the tools you need to succeed. Download Now

How to Develop a Business Continuity Plan
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IBM Launches Business Analytics For Public Sector
Posted by Bob Evans
Moving rapidly to position itself as a global leader in the white-hot market for business analytics and optimization, IBM's new public-sector practice will pursue projects in electronic medical records, intelligent utility grids, transportation systems, public safety, regulatory systems, customs and border management, cybersecurity, education, and other fields.

ALSO SEE

HP To Offer Prepaid Netbooks
Posted by Marin Perez
Hewlett-Packard is throwing an interesting new twist to the netbook market, as the company will offer Japanese customers computers that can use prepaid mobile data via a SIM card slot. This is a pretty stark contrast to what most carriers are trying to do, and I think it's the best model for increasing mobile data usage.

Where Is MMS For The iPhone?
Posted By Eric Zeman
It was two months ago that AT&T said it would enable the iPhone's MMS capability by the end of the summer. Labor Day, the unofficial end of the summer season, is just a few short weeks away. Where's MMS?

Cash For Clunkers Part 2: 'Moolah For Mainframes'
Posted By Bob Evans
The White House is secretly planning to follow "Cash For Clunkers" with a new scam called "Moolah For Mainframes" that will reward CIOs for replacing mainframes with smartphones and turning data centers into wetlands. The top-secret plans also say the Administration will launch a government-run IT company in 2010 "to keep those greedy private IT companies honest."

GM Volt's Whack EPA Mileage Estimates
Posted By Cora Nucci
The answer to the Web's most annoying question has been revealed. GM's viral "what is 230?" marketing campaign littered Twitter and Flickr, YouTube, blogs, Facebook, and cable for days, and now we finally know what it means.

Skyfire Resumes Alpha Testing Of BlackBerry Browser
Posted By Eric Zeman
Skyfire offers a capable mobile browser for both the S60 and Windows Mobile platforms. It had been working on a version for BlackBerries, but hit a few speed bumps. Now, things appear to be back on track, and Skyfire Alpha 3.5 is available for its BlackBerry testers.

WEBCASTS

Can The Virtualized Desktop Deliver? (Attend and get a free t-shirt!)
Join Adobe web conferencing expert James Lockman to learn how to ensure your web conferencing solution is secure. You will gain insights on security importance, control and compliance features and what to consider when implementing secure web conferencing. It happens August 14, 2009 / 10:00 a.m. PT/1:00 p.m. ET More Information & Registration


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RESOURCES AND EVENTS

Video Review: OWLink's Fiber Optic Magic Box
OWLink makes technology that allows all of your home electronic equipment to be consolidated onto a fiber optic cable and then be displayed and controlled from the television.
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Image Gallery: Top Video Programs for Bloggers
Why blog when you can vlog it? We look at tools from Adobe, DeskShare, Corel, Cyberlink, and Microsoft that allow basic video editing and quick uploads.
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Register for Interop New York and gain a complete understanding of the most important innovations in Interop's comprehensive conference and expo, where you'll see the full range of IT solutions to position your organization for growth. At the Jacob Javits Center, Nov. 16-20, 2009.
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