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Surprise! Windows Phone gaining traction
Microsoft on Monday is expected to unveil several AT&T-branded Windows Phone handsets -- a move that comes at a time when the company’s radically changed smartphone OS seems finally to be gaining traction.

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Linksys prevails in dual-band duel
Wireless routers are always something of a mystery. They combine a number of features into a single box and are usually complex to set up, but require little attention after that. 

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Godfather of Xen: Virtualization holds a key to public-cloud security
While conventional wisdom says virtualized environments and public clouds create massive security headaches, the godfather of Xen, Simon Crosby, says virtualization actually holds a key to better security.

iPad improvement: A great keyboard and network app
Gibbs has found a great portable keyboard for the iPad and an excellent network discovery tool.

Corporate-owned vs. employee-owned mobile devices
If an employee walked into work one day clutching his shiny new iPhone, iPad, Android or other mobile smartphone or tablet, wanting to use it for official corporate business, would you say yes?

Fabric wars: Cisco vs. Brocade vs. Juniper
The past three years have been very noisy on the data center fabric and architecture front. Every quarter seems to bring about a new convergence blueprint from another vendor - and a variety from one or two.

Epson MegaPlex lets you project iPad content on the big screen
Shaw reviews the MegaPlex MG-850HD projector, by Epson.

US energy agency demos blazingly fast network
The U.S. Department of Energy will debut in November one of the fastest networks ever built: a 100Gbps Ethernet network that will enable researchers to create more complex, real-world simulations in climate change, particle physics, astronomy and other scientific fields.