Cisco CEO calls for dramatic cuts and a narrowing of priorities

Comments to analysts follow candid e-mail sent to workers this week

7-inch touchscreen device starts at US$499 for low-end 16GB model

Home access point offering comes with dual 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands and works at 500 Mbit/sec 802.11n speeds

Blaze used an embedded viewer, not full Safari browser, for its resultsrnrn

Blaze Software tests also show Android loading 84 per cent of Fortune 1000 Web sites faster

Marketplace offer 9,000 apps; new policy allows more free app certifications

Study reports increased use of smartphones for talking, texting while driving or in many public areas, including restroomsrnrn

National Center for Women & IT says 25 per cent of U.S. IT pros in 2009 were women, down from 36 per cent eight years earlierrnrn

WebOS will test impact of HP’s powerful brand

New OS seen as key to tablet’s ultimate success with consumersrnrn

CEO says Atrix 4G, Droid Bionic, Cliq 2 smartphones and Xoom tablet are examples of how the newly-formed company will stay competitivernrn

Show sponsor executive predicts that of possible 100 new tablets on display, some won’t live on beyond four-day show

Or will Intel’s chip manage to co-exist with the widely used ARM?rnrn

New tools supplement existing Halo studio offeringrnrn

But availability expected to improve in coming weeks