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Friday, November 06, 2009

Rackspace apologizes for cloud outage; Judge dismisses challenge to Magic Quadrant; Inside the Atari 800

Inside the Atari 800; Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Gartner's Magic Quadrant
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Rackspace apologizes for cloud outage, prepares to issue service credits

In a letter to customers, Rackspace apologizes for cloud service outage and promises to do better in the future. Read full story

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Inside the Atari 800
It's the 30th anniversary of this 8-bit PC classic. We celebrate the occasion as we always do, by tearing the product apart and showing you the pieces.

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Gartner's Magic Quadrant
In a ruling that should surprise no one, California Ninth Circuit Court Judge Jeremy Fogel has dismissed a lawsuit filed by ZL Technologies that accused Gartner of committing a host of illegalities via its placement of ZL's e-mail archiving software in the "niche" box of its Magic Quadrant.

Cloud computing inevitable? Not so fast, educator says
The debate about cloud computing isn't so much centered on when it might happen, but what are the proper questions to ask so users can determine when and where they might launch into the fray, according to a debate at the annual Educause conference.

Boston Celtics clamp down on spam
Until recently, the Boston Celtics' e-mail infrastructure was outdated and badly in need of an overhaul.

Investor bragged he could get Cisco's top stars to jump ship to Skype
In a fascinating development, copies of Mike Volpi's email messages that appeared within legal litigation exhibits, reveal he had absolutely no problem stepping on the toes of his former employer, Cisco (which is quite interesting because Volpi was considered by many to be the most likely Cisco executive to succeed John Chambers as Cisco's CEO).

Developer finds major coding errors in Facebook, MySpace
Social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed an attacker access to all of their users' data and photos.

Smartphones surge globally in Q3, despite recession
Smartphone shipments were up by 4.2% globally in the third quarter and reached a record total for a quarter despite the poor economy, market research firm IDC said.

GM's new CIO plans big desktop changes, expanded mobile support
New General Motors CIO Terry Kline looks to continue the progressive IT ways of predecessor Ralph Szygenda by adopting the consumer technologies used by new car buyers as well as cloud computing techniques and "PCs on a stick."

Spoof Apple Trojan upsets Symantec
Symantec has discovered a file-deleting 'Trojan' targeting Mac users. But is it really a piece of malware or a valid but hazardous example of online art?

Study: Internet Users Aren't Isolated (Thank Facebook)
Internet users are not as isolated as sociologists thought, but we've known that all along. Rather than isolating Americans, a new study finds the Internet broadens our social circle, and Facebook gets particular credit.

iPhone App Store library reaches 100,000 apps and why competitors will have a tough time ever catching up
The iPhone may soon be getting stiffer competition from upcoming products like the Motorola Droid, but one area where Apple's commanding lead seems untouchable is its mobile app store. Apple today announced in a press release that developers have now created over 100,000 applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

November giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page.

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Ethernet everywhere!
Ethernet everywhereInside planes, trains, cars and spaceships, Ethernet is a morph master. Here's a look at some of Ethernet's cooler implementations.

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November 06, 2009

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EMO Labs' Invisible Speaker innovation takes People's Choice Award top honors at DEMO conference.
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