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Mon, February 13, 2012 - Will Apple's iPad be able to keep its name in China? Will the iPad 3 end up being called the something-else-Pad when it debuts? The bigger question today: Will Apple be able to keep selling its tablet at all if, as it seems, doing so violates Chinese law?

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Apple today said that auditors from a labor rights group have begun inspections at Chinese factories that manufacture its iPad and iPhone.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - The CIO of U.S. Gas & Electric in North Miami Beach recently hired four new staffers and was looking to add 11 more people to his team of 20. His list of open positions included an EDI programmer, a risk management programmer, a CRM programmer, a business analyst and an assistant IT manager.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - The acquisition is approved without conditions

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Built via a slew of mergers and acquisitions, TD Bank Group in recent years had seen its employees lose the ability to easily collaborate with one another as its workforce grew rapidly across the United States and Canada.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Google said it has temporarily disabled the provisioning of its prepaid Google Wallet cards used in some NFC-ready phones.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Freelance writer Susan Perschke recently sat down with Cisco Vice President and Chief Security Officer John N. Stewart for an in-depth discussion of the state of enterprise security.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Valve found evidence that suggests Steam hackers copied encrypted credit card details and billing addresses

Mon, February 13, 2012 - IT execs know they will have to deploy IPv6 at some point, but where to begin? One approach that establishes some IPv6 capability without spending a lot of time or money is to start at the perimeter.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - We are in an awkward point in the history of the Internet. IPv4 address depletion has occurred yet we expect to use IPv4 for the next 15 to 20 years. Organizations see two paths before them. One alternative is to use continue to use IPv4 and expect to use multiple layers of network address translation (NAT) for many years to come. The other alternative is to start to use IPv6, however, the majority of enterprise organizations and content providers have not embraced the protocol.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Hard on the heels of last week's news that Canonical will no longer financially support the Kubuntu variant of its popular Linux distribution, CEO Jane Silber on Friday announced a brand-new version of Ubuntu Linux designed specifically for businesses.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - When you're in meetings or on phone calls, are you focused in the moment, or are you distracted by emails, text messages or social networking traffic?

Mon, February 13, 2012 - U.K. telecom provider Virgin Media is reducing travel time, increasing team work and decreasing email dependence by deploying social enterprise collaboration tools.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Got your "big data" plan in place? If not, you may want to think about implementing one.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Guardian Life Insurance isn't about to take big risks when making IT investments, and CIO Frank Wander will be the first to tell you that he doesn't have a cloud computing strategy, per se.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Some myths busted but protesters still have grounds for concern

Mon, February 13, 2012 - A possible deal to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide will allow Vodafone to go after fixed services for large enterprises, analysts say

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Google is updating the YouTube app for Google TV owners this week, promising performance improvements and easier ways to discover videos you like.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Samsung hopes to attract larger audience with the Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0)

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Distribution Management Inc. bought F5's Big-IP Gateway to handle WAN optimization, but it turns out the platform solved a string of problems that cropped up when the company deployed VMware virtual desktop infrastructure, too.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Nimbula Director 2.0 lets customers build clouds based on VMware's ESXi hypervisor

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Don't call it a comeback, but MySpace's new owners may actually be breathing life into the late, great social network. Specific Media, which bought MySpace from News Corp. in June is expected to announce Monday that it has added one million new members since December. Specific Media CEO Tim Vanderhook says MySpace went from having zero new signups per day to averaging 40,000, according to The New York Times.

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Want to use a tablet for work so you can leave your laptop at home, or even replace your primary business computer?

Mon, February 13, 2012 - Steve Jobs was awarded a Grammy Trustees Award over the weekend for his role in creating products that transformed the entertainment industry.