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TOP STORIES - May 14, 2011 • Android@Home Aims to Make Home Automation a Cozy Concept • Your Lips Say Yes, but Your Body Says No • iOS Now Supports Amazon Cloud Player • Microsoft Research Turns Walls into Remote Controls You Can't Lose • Launching Spaceflight for the Masses SPOTLIGHT Google Maps Shows bin Laden Hideouts Pinpoint Osama bin Laden's numerous hiding places throughout his infamous career, up to where he met his violent end. READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Google Maps Alabama Tornado Havoc • New BlackBerry Bolds Thin, Powerful • Why Macs Outshine Windows PCs • Touch-Screen Musicians Virtually Jam FEATURED VIDEO Essential Steps for SMBs We look at five tech steps SMBs need to take to keep up with the times. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Chromebooks Steal Show at Google I/O • Reasons to Adopt Adobe CS 5.5 • Google I/O Delivers 'Honeycomb' 3.1, More • Why Motorola Delayed the Droid Bionic IN THIS ISSUE Android@Home Aims to Make Home Automation a Cozy Concept Google wrapped up its fourth annual developer conference by unveiling Android@Home, an ambitious play to power a home's lights, alarm clocks and many other key appliances with Android. Take a look at the new appliances and software, including Project Tungsten, which serves as a standalone endpoint for Google's Music beta and a bridge to the Android@Home network. READ MORE >> Your Lips Say Yes, but Your Body Says No Communication is key in your workplace, helping teams make quicker and better decisions to meet business objectives. But poor body language can make it harder to get your message across on the job. READ MORE >> Sponsored by IBM Most clouds aren't capable of supporting the types of workloads becoming increasingly common on a smarter planet. The IBM SmartCloud is different. It's designed for a myriad of workloads, including development and test environments. Adopt a cloud that's ready for your business. ADVERTISEMENT iOS Now Supports Amazon Cloud Player Support for Amazon's cloud service comes despite growing rumors that Apple will launch its own "iCloud," which could act as an online storage locker for music, movies and other media. READ MORE >> Microsoft Research Turns Walls into Remote Controls You Can't Lose Microsoft Research has come up with a way to turn any wall into a touch-sensitive surface. The technology, which relies on the body's ability to deflect electromagnetic radiation, could provide a new way for devices to be controlled from anywhere in the house. READ MORE >> Launching Spaceflight for the Masses As NASA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first American into space, another organization looks ahead to the day when ordinary citizens can orbit the globe--or moon--with plans for a modified Russian Soyuz TMA spaceship for commercial space flights. 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 >>

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