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TOP STORIES - August 26, 2009 • FCC Is Seeking a Better Definition for Broadband • NetChoice Looks to Update its Worst Internet Laws List • NASA Sends Stephen Colbert Treadmill into Space • Government Offers $1.2 Billion for Electronic Health Records • Veterans Affairs IT Staff Involved in Financial Scandal SPOTLIGHT Windows 7: Eye Candy Meets Performance Delivering several enhancements and a performance boost, Windows 7 is certainly capable. But is it a compelling upgrade? READ MORE >> BEST OF eWEEK • Big Iron vs. x86 Servers: What to Know • Ways Apple Can Fix Google Voice Blunder • IBM Using DNA to Build Next-Gen Chips • Five Trends Changing the Face of BI FEATURED VIDEO Smarter SOA in the Cloud Leverage Cloud-based solutions to achieve better ROI, grow efficiency. WATCH NOW >> MOST READ STORIES • Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will) • End-of-Summer PCs: Flexibility, Savings • 25 Things You Might Not Know About IBM • 10 Attributes of a Next-Gen IT Manager IN THIS ISSUE FCC Is Seeking a Better Definition for Broadband The Federal Communications Commission is conducting a massive review of broadband service in the United States as part of the far-reaching economic stimulus bill. As part of that review, the FCC is looking for a new and better definition of what broadband is, and what the technology means for Americans. READ MORE >> NetChoice Looks to Update its Worst Internet Laws List NetChoice has recently updated its list of the Top 10 worst Internet laws in the United States. The good news is that three previous entries on the list have been beaten back. The bad news is that questionable Internet laws have been introduced in Maine and New York City. READ MORE >> Sponsored by Sprint The end of phone tag. Turn your desk and mobile phones into one with Sprint Mobile Integration. One number. One voicemail. Wonderful. Learn More. ADVERTISEMENT NASA Sends Stephen Colbert Treadmill into Space NASA plans to send the aptly named COLBERT - Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill - into space for installation at the International Space Station this week. As many Comedy Central fans know, the treadmill is named after comedian Stephen Colbert. READ MORE >> Government Offers $1.2 Billion for Electronic Health Records While the national debate about health care reform continues to rage, the federal government is looking to revamp the IT infrastructures of many companies by offering $1.2 billion in grants to convert their health and medical records from paper to electronic files. The grants are part of the federal stimulus package. READ MORE >> Veterans Affairs IT Staff Involved in Financial Scandal In a case of IT management gone wild, members of the IT staff at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are in trouble after a report found that several tech employees were involved in instances of financial abuse. The abuses include bonuses for employees who did not qualify for the money. READ MORE >> 10 Ways to Keep Mobile Workers from Slacking Off By 2011, the mobile workforce in the U.S. is expected to reach 120.1 million people. Embracing this trend is more of a question of "how" rather than "if": How will you measure, manage and build relationships with increasingly distributed teams and workers? Fortunately, there are many strategies to help managers adapt to developing their mobile teams. And while it requires some tactical changes, management of remote employees can be very rewarding. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Top 10 Tips for Choosing the Right ERP Solution These days, midsized companies looking to implement an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system have more options than ever, as big-name vendors move in to a space previously occupied by smaller vendors. But this does not necessarily mean that going with a big-name vendor will give your business the features it needs at a price that it can afford. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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