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TOP STORIES - April 25, 2011 • RIM PlayBook Tries to Tackle iPad's Dominance • Skype Fixes Android App Vulnerability • T-Mobile's Bobsled Brand Offers VOIP Calling for Facebook • LifeSize Brings Passport HD Video Conferencing to Skype • Why the PlayBook and the iPad Shouldn't Be Compared SPOTLIGHT iPhone 5 Rumors Spark Questions The rumor mill is heating up over the next iPhone model and there are many questions Apple needs to answer for its own good. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Facebook Shares Data Center Secrets • What Android Tablets Need to Beat iPad • Windows 8 Rumored Features Roundup • Cloud Democratizes Smart Planet Imagery FEATURED VIDEO Stop Risky Behavior Employee education is key to help guard against exposing your business. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Green Cars Hit Fast Lane at NY Auto Show • Why iPhone 5 Should Be Released in 2012 • Apple Battles Google, Amazon in Cloud • Features We Expect to See in iPhone 5 IN THIS ISSUE RIM PlayBook Tries to Tackle iPad's Dominance RIM rushes onto the competitive tablet market to take on the iPad and Android devices with its 7-inch PlayBook. For business users, the PlayBook offers tight integration with BlackBerry devices, handsome hardware, front- and rear-facing cameras, and security. As a consumer device, though, RIM may have some distance to cover before it can truly become a tablet competitor on the scale of Apple or Samsung. READ MORE >> Skype Fixes Android App Vulnerability The security hole that would have allowed a third-party app to access Skype data has been closed in the latest version of Skype for Android. READ MORE >> Sponsored by ShoreTel ShoreTel's brilliantly simple IP Phone system with UC delivers the lowest TCO on the market by cutting out the costly service and support of competitors' systems. Easy to deploy, easy to use, ShoreTel frees your enterprise's time and resources, so you are free to do what you do best. The ratings speak for themselves: year after year, IT pros vote ShoreTel #1 in Nemertes Research. Get the report today. ADVERTISEMENT T-Mobile's Bobsled Brand Offers VOIP Calling for Facebook Along with new 4G devices, T-Mobile is introducing the Bobsled by T-Mobile brand--an app that makes it simple to place VOIP calls to Facebook friends. READ MORE >> LifeSize Brings Passport HD Video Conferencing to Skype LifeSize executives say their Passport HD video collaboration product will now interoperate with Skype's technology. Through the deal, LifeSize gets access to Skype's 600 million users, while Skype gets to build out its enterprise capabilities. READ MORE >> Why the PlayBook and the iPad Shouldn't Be Compared RIM's BlackBerry Playbook tablet has taken a beating from industry analysts and reviewers because it's not an iPad clone. However, the PlayBook is not supposed to be an iPad clone. It's a different type of mobile device. The PlayBook is geared toward giving enterprise users a larger screen on which to run business applications. READ MORE >> How to Get Started with Cloud Computing View this panel discussion with IBM cloud computing leaders on how enterprises can get started with cloud computing -- reviewing which workloads make sense to move first and the right type of cloud for workloads. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Oracle Databases on VMware vSphere 4: A Guide This document will also show that the same best practices, tuning tips and tricks, and skill sets necessary to deploy Oracle databases in physical environments can be leveraged when deploying Oracle databases in virtual environments. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Demystifying the Cloud - A Conversation with Dell's CIO & CTO! May 10, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern / 1:00 p.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Join Dell's Chief Innovation Officer Jim Stikeleather and Chief Technology Officer Kris Fitzgerald as they untangle the nebulous world of cloud computing. These luminaries will explain the various types of cloud services, and they'll also show how to best utilize and customize cloud computing for your environment. REGISTER >> Embracing Business Intelligence to Keep Pace With Today's Fast Moving Market Apr 28, 2011 at 1:00 p.m Eastern / 10:00 a.m. Pacific (60 minutes) Join eWEEK for this live, interactive webcast, sponsored by SAP, and hear from industry experts regarding the importance of embracing business intelligence to better use your information. Attend this online-only event and learn how predictive analytic can help your company learn sort through the data barrage, pull out what is relevant and use it accordingly. REGISTER >>

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