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• Marvell Unveils 'Plug Computing' Platform • Motorola Rolls Out WLAN Products • Meraki Launches 802.11n Access Point • Google App Engine Now Ready To Take Your Money • BlackBerry Management Software Rolls Out
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Networking Update - Friday, Feb 27, 2009

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Marvell Unveils 'Plug Computing' Platform
The tiny SheevaPlug computer provides always-on home network services, such as backup and file sharing, for a tenth of the power used by a regular desktop.

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Windows 7 Revealed: 24 Screen Shots Of Microsoft's Next Operating System
Here's a first visual look at the Vista successor, as previewed at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles.

Windows 7 Includes Three New Games
Internet-based versions of popular parlor games are built in to Microsoft's new OS.

8 Tech Indulgences To Give Up For Lent
A lot of technology can sap your time and productivity. bMighty came up with eight that we challenge you to see if you can sacrifice for the 40 days of Lent -- and see if your business benefits. While technologies like Twitter and e-mail newsletters have value -- if they weren't, giving them up would be a no-brainer -- they monopolize our time. So use Lent to find a way to better manage yourself.

Google Takes Credibility Hit With Gmail Outage
The company will credit some customers for 15 days of service, which would amount to almost 4% of the $50 per user per year Google charges.

Nokia Looking To Make Laptops
The world's largest cell phone maker is actively looking at the market because the mobile phone and PC experiences are rapidly converging.

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:: Networking News Of The Week ::

Motorola Rolls Out WLAN Products
The company's advanced troubleshooting tool and RF manager are described as a "self-healing networked on steroids."

Meraki Launches 802.11n Access Point
The networking startup is trying to differentiate its products by having a lower price point and offering a hosted solution for network management.

Google App Engine Now Ready To Take Your Money
The launch of a billing system for its Web application hosting platform puts Google in competition with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure Services Platform.

BlackBerry Management Software Rolls Out
BoxTone said its latest monitoring, management, and support software for enterprise BlackBerry handsets can offer better load balances and decreased costs.

Radware Snares Division From Nortel For $18 Million
Unless someone makes a better offer, Radware will scoop up Alteon for 0.2% of the $7 billion Nortel spent for the application delivery networking company in 2000.

Smart Grid Gets Boost, But Where To Start?
As part of the $787 billion stimulus package, the U.S. government will spend $11 billion to help upgrade the nation's electrical system.

Practical Analysis: Cisco Should Open Proprietary EnergyWise Spec
Cisco's doing this work in conjunction with a relatively small group of partners rather than bringing the idea to a proper standards body in an early stage.

:: Breaking News ::

Wall Street Rates Poorly for Ethics, Honesty in U.S. Poll
Americans hold a dim view of business executives, giving them poor grades for honesty and ethics and blaming them for business failures, according to a survey released Thursday.

Blu-Ray Partners To Launch 'One-Stop' Licensing
If the partners can get approval from all patent holders, than all Blu-ray products would be charged a flat fee, which would go into a pool and divided among patent holders.

NY Regulator Subpoenas BofA for List of Who Got Bonuses
The New York Attorney General's office has subpoenaed Bank of America to submit a list of employees who got bonuses and the amounts that the employees received, a spokesman for the New York Attorney General said Thursday.

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