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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Star Wars Episode V: Special Special Special Keith Edition

ZoneAlarm adds more stuff to its Free Firewall | Indiana Shaw and the Quest for HSPA+

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Star Wars Episode V: Special Special Special Keith Edition
You had me at "Put Yourself in Star Wars". The folks at JibJab have teamed up with the Star Wars people (you know, Lucasfilm) to offer a Web app that lets you star in the Star Wars films. Just upload a photo of your face, do some quick tweaks and voila! You're in the movie. You can then embed the video as I've done here, or you can share your masterpiece with friends via Facebook or Twitter. Read More


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5 Keys to Preventing Application Delay
Examine the 6 challenges organizations face from application delays, as well as the 5 capabilities needed to effectively address and overcome problems. Read More

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Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization
How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here!

ZoneAlarm adds more stuff to its Free Firewall
If you are managing a lot of computers in your home office environment, chances are you're using a free firewall product, and it's probably from CheckPoint's ZoneAlarm division. If you do, there's good news today, as the company has announced a new version with updated features and "more stuff" to consider. Read More

Indiana Shaw and the Quest for HSPA+
T-Mobile recently announced that its HSPA+ wireless broadband network was now covering New York City, so they offered me a chance to try the network with its new webConnect Rocket USB stick. Since I was heading to New York this week for another project, I took T-Mobile up on their offer. Read More


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Minimize Datacenter Costs with Server Offload
This technical guide helps you learn how to reduce your server costs up to 60%. You'll gain valuable information on how Citrix NetScaler helps reduce datacetner costs with server and infrastructure offload. Read More!

Sony shows rollable LED screen
Sony's latest flexible display prototype is thin and sturdy enough to be wrapped up while still showing video images. Read More

Open-source 3D printers abound at Maker Faire
Two exhibitors at the event last weekend showed off open-source 3D printers that can build objects based on your instructions, another one introduced 3D design software for just $99. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks

Ethernet Performance Metrics
Ethernet performance measurement can help. Various metrics can quantify and characterize performance. Test plans can be written to satisfy varying organizational objectives. This white paper will describe advancements in field measurement of end-to-end Ethernet performance. Read More!

Maker Faire projects creates 3D video with only one camera
A professor from the USC film school has figured out how to create 3D video using a single camera and some mirrors. Read More

Ford assembly line uses gaming technology
Ford assembly line uses gaming technology. Read More

Whiten your teeth, listen to music
The Forever White Headset lets you listen to music on your MP3 player while you whiten your teeth. Seriously. Read More

Corel's Paint It turns photos into "artwork"
Corel's new Paint It software takes regular photographs and applies filters to them to create painting-like artwork for export. Watch as we turn a picture into a painting! Read More



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