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• Gets serious with tablets, 4G, NAS, pocket projectors

  CES 2011 has plenty to offer the consumer world, but increasingly it brings major business tech advances, too. This year, we're seeing a flood of new offerings that will make doing business on the road easier, more engaging, and a whole lot more productive. Thanks to a host of new tablets, a flurry of 4G wireless offerings, some cool new networked storage options, and a bunch of itty bitty projectors, this CES is shaping up to be a road warrior's fantasy.

• T-Mobile: 4G speeds will double this year

  T-Mobile announced Thursday that it plans to double the speed of its HSPA+ networks and unveiled a line-up of new 4G products including tablets and phones.

• Dell unveils Streak 7, plans 10-inch business tablet

  Dell on Thursday announced a tablet with a 7-inch touchscreen, and said it plans to launch a 10-inch tablet later this year for business customers.

• Dell, Asus, Motorola offer previews of tablets

  Companies have turned to Internet videos to leap ahead of rivals in announcing their new products at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this year, or at least to create buzz around their launches.

• Dell buys SecureWorks for IT security services

  Vendor now in closer competition with the likes of Symantec

• Dell, Asus, Motorola offer previews of tablets

  Here come the iPad competitors of 2011

• Windows PCs may be looking to imitate MacBook Air

  Feeling a bit of MacBook Air envy, Acer, Asus and Lenovo may soon offer alternatives to Apple's ultra-thin computer, according to Digitimes.

• FBI: Executives at Dell, AMD sold inside information

  Four executives at publicly traded technology companies have been arrested on charges they sold inside information about their employers, sometimes for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

• Tablet usage explodes in enterprise

  A new survey of business IT buyers shows demand for the new-style tablets is exploding in the enterprise. One big surprise is the willingness of enterprises to use tablets such as the iPad to replace laptops, for years the main mobile computing platform for companies.

• Microsoft expected to unveil new batch of tablets

  10 years after it launched its first tablet PC, Microsoft is still struggling to come up with a hit product in the category. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Apple managed to sell more than seven million iPads in just a few months. But Microsoft is planning a comeback next month, when it will introduce a bunch of new slate computers, according to a New York Times report.

• Off-the-shelf Dell hardware powers up U2 360 tour

  When the lights went down on U2’s global Vertigo tour in 2006, so did the band's non-renewable contract with Apple. With plans already in motion for its next set of live shows, the rock four-piece decided to look for a new vendor to provide hardware for its stage setup.
  

• Seagate releases first 1TB 2.5-in enterprise hard drive

  Seagate today announced the industry's first 2.5-in enterprise-class drive with 1TB of capacity, or about 60 per cent more could be stored previously.

• Dell agrees to buy Compellent for $960M

  Dell has agreed to buy virtualized storage vendor Compellent Technologies in an all-cash deal worth US$27.75 per share, a little more than the $27.50 per share price tag it was discussing with the company last week, but still lower than the stock's Monday-morning opening price of $28.30.

• SMB market prime target for Cloud services: Dell

  The data centre of the future will be “an empty room” for many small and medium businesses (SMBs), according to Dell Services software and product development vice president, Mark Bilger.

• Dell commands social media from new centre

  Tweet about Dell and chances are the computing giant will see it.