Cisco to buy WiMax startup ... Tech support calls land thief in jail ... Macs, iPhone boost Apple's earnings

HIGHLIGHTS

- Cisco to buy WiMax startup Navini Networks for $330M
- Microsoft drops price to partners for hosted CRM
- AT&T revenue up on BellSouth acquisition
- Printer thief arrested after making tech support calls
- Wireless tech makes jury duty slightly less onerous
- Microsoft, Turbolinux to push single sign-on
- Macs, iPhone boost Apple's earnings
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IN THE NEWS

Cisco to buy WiMax startup Navini Networks for $330M
Cisco Systems Inc. has agreed to buy Navini Networks Inc., a developer of WiMax broadband wireless access systems for $330 million, marking Cisco's first foray into the technology.

Microsoft drops price to partners for hosted CRM
Microsoft plans to reduce the price its partners will pay for its newest CRM software, code-named Titan.

AT&T revenue up on BellSouth acquisition
AT&T Inc. reported net income of $3.1 billion for the third quarter of 2007, up from $2.2 billion a year earlier, largely due to its acquisition of BellSouth.

Microsoft, Turbolinux to push single sign-on
Microsoft and Turbolinux, a Tokyo-based Linux distributor, will work on a single sign-on system for mixed Windows/Linux networks, they said Tuesday.

Printer thief arrested after making tech support calls
Here's a tip: if you steal a printer, don't call the manufacturer asking for driver software.

CTIA: Microsoft backs enterprise mobile services company
When Microsoft Corp. realized that enterprises needed help deploying and managing mobile phones, it turned to a partner it first found in the 1980s.

Apple Q4 profits boosted by iPhone and Mac sales
Apple Inc. on Monday reported strong earnings for its fourth quarter, boosted by record Macintosh computer sales and the shipment of 1.12 million iPhones.


TIP

The problem with long-term retention of information
By David Hill, Mesabi Group

If you look carefully, you will probably find that your information must be preserved for the long-term (anything over 10-15 years but quite possibly 50 years or more). But the problem isn't about the physical life of the media on which the data must be stored. The real problem revolves around logical migration.


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Jury duty to become slightly less onerous, thanks to wireless technology
One of the worst parts of jury duty is the time you spend sitting around in some musty courthouse waiting for your number to be called. But one Michigan court had the bright idea of handing out pagers -- like the ones restaurants use to let patrons know their table is ready -- to prospective jurors. Now people are a little less grumpy about their civic duty, and shops and restaurants near the courthouse are seeing more customers. ...read more


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