Industry

Steve Jobs launches Apple’s iPad 2

No price changes, but new tablet is faster, thinner, lighter; ships March 11

Remote IT lets docs care for ICU patients from a distance

Telehealth efforts gain ground, reducing hospital deaths, costs

We need to ignite a Layer-1 revolution

No e-wallet will ever replace a John Wayne

Yet another reason why electronic wallets are unlikely to supplant leather ones

4 Personas of the Next-Generation CIO

Nokia plans €200 million factory in Vietnam

Nokia's initial investment will be followed by 'further, sizeable investments' in the future

Deal between IT shows to stimulate notebooks, mobile phones

Computex expects its MOU with CeBIT to help pair manufacturers in Eastern Europe with greater China

Chinese Twitter-like service passes 100 million users

Chinese company Sina says it will start experimenting with ways to make money from the microblog service

ITU, IETF push dueling standards on MPLS features

The IETF says having two standards for troubleshooting tools might threaten the Internet's health

Teardown shows Xoom costs more to build than iPad

Xoom tablet estimated at $360, $40 above Apple's iPad, mainly because of Motorola's dual-core chip and two cameras