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		<description><![CDATA[ The proliferation of home digital products and services demonstrates that technological maturity alone does not ensure market success. Consumers also require ease of use and clear utility to embrace new technologies. Gartner research analyzes consumer market trends and buying triggers for a wide range of digital technologies. ]]></description> 
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Everyone's a Spy: Mining Social Media for Security Intelligence]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The popularity of social media has produced enormous collections of personal data that are publicly available over the Internet. Chief information security officers can mine this data to better inform security processes and refine defense strategies. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Social Computing: Redefining Relationships and Replicating Infrastructures]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Social computing is emerging as an unstoppable force that is transforming the nature and scope of individual relationships. Business and IT leaders need to capture the energy and innovation inherent in social computing without losing control of their existing enterprise infrastructures. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ HTML5 and the Modern Web]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ HTML5 is the proposed specification for the next generation of HTML. Although the process of creating the specification began in 2004, only in the first part of 2010 has HTML5 moved to the forefront of industry conversations and enterprise technology managers' agendas. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ QTC Pressure-Sensitive Materials Enable New Consumer Interfaces]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Peratech is a U.K. company that develops novel pressure-sensitive materials, which make it possible to have low-cost, touch-sensitive screens, track pads, proportional switches and sensors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Case Study: Social Filtering of Real-Time Business Events at Stratus With Salesforce.com's Chatter]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Stratus deployed Chatter, salesforce.com's collaboration platform, to improve internal communications, but found that it is also an effective way to find, follow and filter information about business events in real-time. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Case Study: Swiss Re Optimizes the Value of Social Business Collaboration Software]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Swiss Re has deployed social business software across its global teams to capitalize on the diverse expertise of its employees. We examine the business case, risk mitigation guidelines, tactics for ensuring participation and other success factors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Intel's Genevieve Bell: An Anthropologist at the Cutting Edge of Technology and Society: A Gartner Fellows Interview]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Technology changes faster than people, and a better understanding of attitudes and behavior helps us make smarter decisions. In this interview, anthropologist Genevieve Bell explores the relationship between technology, business and society, and what it means for business and technology leaders. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ SWOT: Google's YouTube Business, Worldwide]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ YouTube is the giant of consumer online video. And with Google's support, it's well placed to try new business models. But competitors, regulatory interference and ongoing copyright lawsuits all stand between YouTube and profitability. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Microsoft Kin Targets Mobile Social Networking Users]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft's new mobile device concept should attract social networking addicts, but consumers moving from other messaging phones may resist paying for the data plans that Kin's clever "cloud" features need. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Predicts 2010: Consumer Services Continues Its Rapid Technological Evolution]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Consumer services predictions for 2010 address key changes in the usage of mobile devices, how people will pay for communication, the fundamental changes in consumer video consumption patterns and consumer "cloud" computing. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Issues for Consumer Services, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Consumers are connected 24/7 via phone, mobile and Internet. It is a complex market, addressed by a multitude of players, competing for consumers' digital wallet share. This research defines consumers, services and ecosystems, the evolution of trends and how to address them successfully. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ To Deal With Consumerization, CIOs Should Ask 'Why?' Not Just Say 'No']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ CIOs often use cost and security issues as blanket responses when saying "no" to enterprise use of consumer technologies. Management, not control, is a more effective way to address consumerization. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Consumer Technologies, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The consumer electronics industry is in serious upheaval due to the emergence of new technologies and migration of value from hardware to software. Manufacturers that have dominated the industry are challenged by new competitors who emerged due to the changes in industry and technology innovation. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Consumer Services and Mobile Applications, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Hype Cycle covers a wide range of consumer applications and services from communications and entertainment, to productivity and collaboration. It examines the status of, and prospects for, services and mobile apps, and advises industry players on how to make the best of them. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Consumer Mobile Applications, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Hype Cycle examines the status of, and prospects for, various consumer mobile applications. It advises industry players on how to make the best of these applications. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Global Consumer Communications Services, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Hype Cycle examines key technologies associated with communications-centric consumer services. This market is primarily centered on applications and is both influenced by and influences developments in adjacent industries such as consumer electronics, mobile devices, media and the Internet. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for E-Commerce]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Improving the online customer experience, enabling Web 2.0 and supporting mobile e-commerce are three goals driving the demand for website redesigns and upgrades. Use this Magic Quadrant during the vendor evaluation and selection process. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cool Vendors in Imaging and Display Devices, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Innovations that promise to revolutionize imaging and displays include 3D machine vision, in-cell LCD touch sensors and 3D complementary metal-oxide semiconductor image sensors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cool Vendors in Solar Energy, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Cost reduction is essential to widespread adoption of solar energy. We look at five vendors in the photovoltaic solar value chain with innovations in materials, solar cell fabrication and manufacturing process control that promise less expensive solar energy. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cool Vendors in Consumer Energy Management, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Innovations that promise to revolutionize consumer energy management include occupant-aware power strips, wireless power chargers, hydrogen fuel cells with user-refillable cartridges and a new approach to photovoltaic solar energy system design. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cool Vendors in  Consumer Client Devices and Cloud Services, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Cloud services from the vendors in this category include low-cost software as a service in emerging markets. Cool products are cellular signal boosters, creativity applications and senior-friendly cell phones. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Focus: Google's GAPE Is Improving but Still Not Ready for High Growth]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Google Apps Premier Edition is one of Google's "strategic initiatives," but its execution still feels like the tactical pursuit of a target of opportunity. Google is making progress but needs to do more. We identify 10 specific things that require its attention. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Social Computing: Redefining Relationships and Replicating Infrastructures]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Social computing is emerging as an unstoppable force that is transforming the nature and scope of individual relationships. Business and IT leaders need to capture the energy and innovation inherent in social computing without losing control of their existing enterprise infrastructures. ]]></description>
		
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