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10 reasons your Wi-Fi speed stinks (and what you can do about it)

Posted May 9, 2012 - 4:44 pm

Is your 802.11n router not keeping up with your 100Mbps downpipe, dropping HD video streams and copying files at mindboggingly slow speeds? We've got 10 remedies that will help.
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Location-based services: are they there yet?

Posted May 5, 2012 - 7:50 am

Mobile apps that use your location to offer services are no longer new. But are they truly useful to businesses? We look at Facebook, Foursquare, Google Latitude and Yelp to see how they're doing.
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The future of the $200 tablet

Posted April 26, 2012 - 7:18 am

The low-end, under-$200 tablet market is on the brink of a transformation -- and that means you'll soon be able to get a lot more value for a lot less money.
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Open for business: It's the year of the corporate app store

Posted April 16, 2012 - 6:11 am

As smartphone and tablet usage skyrockets, IT seeks a way to distribute its own apps
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Mobile malware: Beware drive-by downloads on your smartphone

Posted March 23, 2012 - 7:31 am

While Jeff Schmidt, the CEO of JAS Global Advisors, was surfing the Web on his new Android smartphone (his first Android phone) earlier this year, what appeared to be an ad popped up on his screen. The "ad" looked like the prompt that appears when his phone rings. He clicked the button on the ad to pick up the putative call, and the ad began downloading a binary file--malware--onto his Android phone. Schmidt had been hit by a drive-by download, a program that automatically installs malicious software on end-users' computers--and increasingly, smartphones--without them knowing.
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Power your mobile strategy with a cloud

Posted March 20, 2012 - 7:27 am

Using a private cloud to handle back-end infrastructure tasks for your mobile workforce is the way to go. To get there, be prepared to make an investment of time and resources.
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MDM: Part of the mobile security solution?

Posted March 19, 2012 - 11:27 am

The good news for enterprises: Mobile devices are packed with power. A new iPhone is 100 times lighter, 100 times faster, and 10 times less expensive than the luggable notebooks of the early 1980s.
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Is mobile virtualization ready for your business?

Posted March 19, 2012 - 7:07 am

Virtualization is a reality in most date centers these days, but now IT executives are looking at mobile virtualization as a result of the BYOD culture. By running two instances of an operating system on a smartphone, you can relegate personal apps and services to one OS and business services to a more secure OS.
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15 best Windows 8 apps to get you started

Posted March 17, 2012 - 6:56 am

ITworld's Sandro Villinger tried ALL of the Windows 8 apps. Here's the best of the bunch.
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Plugging a SaaS access hole

Posted March 12, 2012 - 6:07 am

Our manager's company has a lot of sensitive data on Salesforce.com servers, and until now, we could access it from any device.
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How and when to build a mobile website

Posted February 15, 2012 - 12:39 pm

If you have a B2C or B2B digital presence and/or the people you do business with are mobile, it's time you had a mobile strategy.
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Smartphones in a sub-zero environment: Can your phone stand the cold?

Posted February 1, 2012 - 1:14 pm

Some smart phone manufacturers don't allow their devices to be used in cold weather while others guarantee smooth functioning even in -20 degrees Celsius (-3⁰ Fahrenheit).
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10 devices to test drive Windows 8

Posted January 19, 2012 - 12:18 pm

Off-the-shelf devices that Microsoft uses in its labs to put Windows 8 through its paces
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Canonical CEO: Ubuntu tablet OS will battle Android, iOS

Posted January 11, 2012 - 7:06 am

Jane Silber believes there's plenty of room for a new player in tablets, TVs, and maybe even smartphones
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5 hot technology policy agenda items you need to watch

Posted January 6, 2012 - 8:55 am

From providing more spectrum space for wireless providers to battling online piracy to creating cybersecurity policy to protecting intellectual property, expect things to heat up in Washington this year. So pour yourself a cup of coffee and read on to learn how lawmakers will impact the tech world in the year ahead. .
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CES 2012: Gadget video sneak peek

Posted January 4, 2012 - 1:31 pm

13 cool gadgets we'll see at next week's consumer gadget-a-thon.
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The real force behind BYOD

Posted January 3, 2012 - 4:14 pm

You can blame the iPhone, Salesforce.com, and Facebook, but the truth is that business itself has driven the shift to employee-directed tech
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RIP technology: 10 products and services that died in 2011

Posted December 28, 2011 - 7:47 am

Humans are list-making animals. At no time is that impulse more prevalent than December, when we set ourselves the task of churning out year-end retrospectives. In the tech universe, those lists generally call out the best products, the splashiest debuts, and the most promising technologies of the year (see, for instance, PCWorld's own "100 Best Products of 2011"). But there are tech losers each year, too--products, concepts, and services that kick the proverbial bucket. Some, like the vile Rustock botnet (taken down in March), we were glad to see go.
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Top 10 small business tech predictions for 2012

Posted December 22, 2011 - 8:44 am

From more affordable virtualization to cloud everything to gigabit wireless to NAS appliances, small businesses have a lot to watch for in 2012. To help you plan for the year ahead, check our picks for top tech trends of 2012 -- all cast with the needs of small businesses in mind.
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Timeline: RIM's very bad year

Posted December 21, 2011 - 4:28 pm

You get the feeling that executives in Research in Motion will especially relish singing "Should old acquaintance be forgot" this year.
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20 best U.S. airports for tech travelers

Posted December 17, 2011 - 9:17 am

Where you'll find the most electrical outlets, USB ports, charging stations, internet kiosks, and work desks, and the fastest (and free) wi-fi.
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Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2011

Posted December 16, 2011 - 2:52 pm

Scarlett Johansson, Justin Bieber, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga and Alec Baldwin all make tech news, voluntarily or not
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Mobile mania spurs demand for unified communications

Posted November 30, 2011 - 11:09 am

Unified communications isn't easy or cheap, but for companies that want to differentiate their customer service, it's becoming a must-have. Insider (registration required)
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Is 2012 the year Android invades the enterprise?

Posted November 27, 2011 - 9:23 am

For CIOs, the year 2012 will be one of huge opportunity and incredible risk as Android phones and tablets drive deeper into the enterprise, mobile device experts say. CIOs will be in a bit of a bind with employees pressuring IT to support new-fangled consumer devices that may not be enterprise-ready.
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20 cool gifts for geeks

Posted November 26, 2011 - 9:14 am

Hard to believe, but once again it's time to put together our holiday wish lists. Here are 20 of our favorite products submitted and tested and "Cool Yule Elf" approved.
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