The next Linksys? Cisco-branded Control4 products are coming.

Also, CipherCloud tackles cloud security with a token-insertion appliance that sits between you and your cloud app provider; Intel signals that it won’t cede the mobile chip market to ARM; and what the shrink to 25nm means for NAND solid-state storage.

Plus, Texas Instruments bridges Zigbee and Android app development. Could Android emerge as the home energy OS to beat?

Control4 nabs powerful Cisco partnership – VentureBeat

Startup protects sensitive cloud data without breaking apps – Network World

Mobile World Offers Replay Of Gigahertz Wars – Wall Street Journal – Digits

SSDs Shifting to 25nm NAND – What You Need to Know – StorageReview.com
Lower prices, for starters.

Texas Instruments announces ‘world’s first’ Android development platform, ZigBee and ZigBee RF4CE protocol stacks – IntoMobile

Obama’s Budget Boosts IT Spending 1.3% – InformationWeek
Some interesting insights into which agencies are going on a data center diet.

HP puts on data center hard hat – Computerworld

Virtualization: A Driver of Data Center Growth – Data Center Knowledge

Soaking Up the Sun to Squeeze Bills to Zero – The New York Times
A neat slice-of-life look at the National Renewable Energy Lab’s Research Support Facility. Guess which part consumes the most energy…

Data center may be too big for state needs – The Seattle Times