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Microsoft won't patch critical DLL loading bugs
MIcrosoft has told a researcher that it won't patch a problem that has left scores of Windows applications open to attack. Read More


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How Efficient is your Storage Environment?
Learn how to store the maximum amount of data for the lowest possible cost, without compromising performance. Read More!

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Forrester – Ramp Up Your Virtualization Benefits
Virtualization is a top priority for SMBs. This Forrester research examines the four stages of virtualization deployment. Forrester highlights their key findings and makes concrete recommendations on how SMBs can accelerate successful virtualization adoption and avoid common mistakes. Read Today!

Wireless networks and mobility quiz
iPhones and other handhelds bought for home use are infiltrating corporate networks, but there's a host of other wireless technologies that comprise a wave of mobile computing that is creating sweeping changes in business infrastructure. How well versed are you in the technical and not-so-technical details? Read More

5 indispensable IT skills of the future
In the year 2020, technical expertise will no longer be the sole province of the IT department. Employees throughout the organization will understand how to use technology to do their jobs. Read More

Cloud storage lives up to the hype
In our continuing series of groundbreaking tests of cloud computing services, we take a look at what enterprises can expect if they decide to entrust data to a cloud storage provider. Read More


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Simple Ways to Get the Most from Your Blade Environment
This technical brief describes the architecture and the implementation of major technologies in the HP Integrity Servers c-Class server blades. The HP Integrity sever blades architecture opens a chapter in server scalability by using a common base 2S (two socket) base blade to build four and eight socket systems. Read Now

Crowd Computing: Sounds Dangerous To Me
A new open source project promises to harness two of the most hyped technologies out there. Crowd Sourcing meets Cloud Computing for Crowd Computing. Read More

ACLU Report: Spying on Free Speech Nearly At Cold War Level
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released numerous reports of increased government spying on American citizens. Once upon an unhappy time, U.S. law enforcement agencies, from the FBI to local police, had a history of political spying during the Cold War. Read More

Steve Jobs email - upcoming iOS update to address sluggish iPhone 3G performance
iOS 4 delivered a number of long anticipated features to the iPhone, and while iPod Touch, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4 users all seem to be enjoying the OS update, a sizeable number of iPhone 3G owners have been complaining of subpar system performance since upgrading. Read More


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Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution for You
A solid Active Directory (AD) bridge in your diverse IT environment allows Unix, Linux and Mac systems to coexist with a Windows infrastructure. Further, it consolidates countless identities and passwords for improved security and productivity (and reduced complexity and cost). Read More

Vote Pac-Man 2012! Hack Puts Pac-Man on Voting Machine
Remember all the controversy over electronic voting machines? Well, prepare to be paranoid once again. Researchers from the University of Michigan and Princeton University managed to hack a touch-screen direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machine called the Sequoia AVC Edge to run Pac-Man, reminding me why I didn't trust electronic voting machines in the first place. Read More

Philadelphia not showing any brotherly blogger love: City wants $300 license fee
The City of Philadelphia has found a sure fire way to piss off the entire Internet community by demanding a $300 "business privilege license" for local bloggers. Specifically, bloggers can pay $300 for a lifetime license or $50 per year. Read More

Google buys visual shopping engine Like.com
Google has acquired Like.com, which offers a visual search engine for retail products, a deal aimed at boosting Google's shopping search capabilities and services like its Products engine. Read More

Facebook buys social site Hot Potato
Facebook has acquired Hot Potato in a move that could help further its move into location-based services. Read More

Red Hat extends support options for enterprises
Red Hat today announced that it will offer enterprises the option to extend their support contracts from seven years to as long as 10 years. Read More



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Mobile deathmatch: RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 vs. Apple iPhone 4
Apple's iPhone has reinvented the mobile phone, while the longtime smartphone king, the venerable BlackBerry, has been slow to change. Now, Research in Motion has updated the BlackBerry to incorporate modern touch capabilities while remaining very much a BlackBerry. Here's how the two devices compare in everyday usage.

Hands-On Tour: Google Goggles Visual Search
Google Goggles -- not to be confused with Google Mail Goggles, the company's inebriated e-mailing preventer -- lets you search from your cell phone simply by snapping a photo. Want more info on a product? Take its picture. Need info about a business? Photograph the storefront. Put simply, this thing packs some serious power, and its capabilities stretch far.

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