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IW ON YOUR iPAD JOIN IW ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW IW ON TWITTER IW ON LINKEDIN Manage Subscription | Newsletter Feedback    Friday, October 28, 2011 REPORTS & WHITEPAPERS   |   MOST POPULAR   |   SLIDESHOWS & VIDEO   |   WEBCASTS   |   RESOURCES   MUST READ FCC's Broadband Plan: What Would Steve Jobs Think? By Jonathan Feldman Would you spend $4.5 billion to put a 486 PC in every farmer's barn? That's basically what the FCC is proposing to do, and the lack of consideration of new models of telecom is troubling. RELATED • Carriers Latest FCC Proposal Would Cost You • Feds Spur Ultrafast Broadband App Development • Feds Inject $12 Million Into Rural Health IT HP Will Keep PC Division Hoping to end months of corporate turmoil, CEO Meg Whitman promises to clarify HP's mission and to take another stab at the tablet business using Windows 8. Motorola, RIM Struggle To Sell Tablets Motorola's latest quarterly numbers show it shipped a meager number of its Xoom tablet. RIM, on the other hand, stoops to a buy-two-get-one-free... HP, Nokia, SAP Face The Future HP decides it still likes PCs, Nokia relaunches its smartphone efforts, and SAP breaks a record. It's a glass half-full week for tech. Samsung Beats Apple In Smartphone Sales Samsung shipped 28 million smartphones in its most recent quarter, easily sailing past sales of the Apple iPhone. Feds Use Internet To Improve Customer Service Agencies disclose plans to use technology to improve services to citizens and an Obama administration executive order. HP Mines Data To Predict Consumer Behavior Pilot project was right 90% of the time when social media data was combined with company data. Smartphone Sensors Pose Security Threat Newly discovered vulnerability shows a phone's accelerometer can detect vibrations from key presses on a nearby keyboard. MORE NEWS QUOTE OF THE DAY All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. -- Victor Hugo ALSO SEE • HP Mines Data To Predict Consumer Behavior • Smartphone Sensors Pose Security Threat • New Research: Mobile Device Management • CIO's Watch List: Key Outsourcing Trends • 10 Epic Android Apps • Unbeatable Performance For your Cloud App Foundation • Take Our Data Center Networking Vendor Evaluation Survey JOIN THE CONVERSATION Posted By qqqqqq: "Rim just introduced the playbook, its under a year old and its the second most popular tablet out there, you would never tell by the biased journalism RIM receives." In reply to: Motorola, RIM Struggle To Sell Tablets View Entire Response | Post Your Own Reply Posted By Algonquian_Cougar: "At what point do we get the Software Operating System without the Error creating corruption inset in the lines of code we paid for." 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Facebook: Latest 'Hack' Was Old, Invalid User IDs Hacking group "Team Swastika" released apparent Facebook usernames and passwords, but the social network says the data isn't tied to live accounts.   SLIDESHOWS Stylish HTC Rhyme Is Priced Upscale The Rhyme, HTC's newest Android Gingerbread phone, has color-coordinated accessories aimed at consumers. The phone is available on Verizon Wireless and has excellent battery life, but it's priced a little high for the features it offers.   View Now ALSO SEE • 10 Epic Android Apps • 10 Innovative iOS 5 Apps MORE SLIDESHOWS VIDEOS Smartphone Operating Systems -- PyramidPreview Pyramid Preview: Smartphone Operating Systems: Ecosystem analysis and trends shaping the future of the global smartphone market   Watch ALSO WATCH • Location Based Services--PyramidPreview • Driverless Driving MORE VIDEOS   WEBCASTS Unbeatable Performance For your Cloud App Foundation Join us for this complimentary Webcast, and learn about the driving principles behind the new Oracle Coherence 3.7.1 release such as its major features and functionality. 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