| Editor's note
Read how and why the cloud went mainstream in 2011 and then catch up on the latest stories on where T-Mobile goes now that the AT&T deal is off, the proposed U.S. ban on using cellphones while driving, and the hard drive shortage. -Jason 2011: The year the cloud went mainstream Thoran Rodrigues looks back over the year in cloud technology and makes a case for 2011 bringing the cloud out of the mists and into the IT mainstream. Read more | News from ZDNet | | | T-Mobile scores spectrum and roaming agreement with AT&T deal fallout T-Mobile gained $3 billion as a part of the AT&T deal fallout, along with more AWS spectrum and a long term UMTS roaming agreement. Read more | | T-Mobile's future: Zombie carrier The most likely scenario for T-Mobile is that it becomes a zombie carrier. It lacks the heft to compete with its largest rivals. Read more | | Nearly half of Americans favor ban on drivers using cell phones: poll A recommended ban on all mobile devices while driving has sparked controversy, but many Americans actually support the idea, according to new research. Read more | | With hard drives in short supply, Seagate and Western Digital slash warranties With hard drive shortages owing to recent flooding in Thailand affecting the PC industry, what should disk manufacturers do in addition to profit from higher prices? Why, cut warranty lengths,... Read more | | 2011 Year in Review - Microsoft's year A tour of the highs and lows of Microsoft’s year. Read more | | Galaxy Nexus: How to make the battery last all day The Galaxy Nexus has everything you could possibly want in a smartphone, but it comes at the cost of battery life. Here's a simple change to greatly help out in that area. Read more | | SAP runs VMware to provision private clouds that support complex and critical training applications In this specific cloud, typically we have between a couple of hundred and a couple of thousand VMs running. Overall, at SAP we're running more than 20,000 virtual machines (VMs). And, in fact, I... Read more | | Understanding Microsoft's big-picture plans for Hadoop and Project Isotope With codename "Project Isotope," Microsoft is packaging up analytics tools and services for its coming Hadoop on Windows Azure and Windows Server distributions and making them available to users... Read more | | What cloud and SOA will bring in 2012: seven 'half-baked ideas' More Big Data power, more data center power, more user power, more opportunities await organization in the year ahead. Read more | | How to decide: should you buy an iPhone or an Android phone? Well, here goes. You fanbois out there, holster your arrows. I'm gonna do this one snark-free. Read more | | 5 tips to be a productive home worker Folks are working at home in greater numbers than ever, and a few simple tips can help make the best of it. Read more | | Looking back with Facebook's Timeline: Nostalgic or horrifying? Taking a look down memory lane with Facebook's new Timeline feature might be full of surprises, both pleasant and unsettling at times. Read more |
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