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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

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Outlook bug creates monster e-mail files
Microsoft is trying to fix a bug in the e-mail program Outlook 2010 Beta that creates unusually large e-mail files that take up too much space. Read More


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Bloor Research: Data Warehousing with Sybase
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Live Webcast: Maximize ROI for Web Applications
Learn how the data grid technology in Oracle WebLogic Suite can dramatically reduce hardware, datacenter, and software license costs, as well as improve overall system manageability, reliability, and scalability. Register today for this FREE Webcast. Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET Register Today!

Visual tour: Windows Phone 7
Microsoft's Windows 7 Phones Series mobile OS blends stylish Zune interface with new features for socializing, sharing, and office productivity. Take a look. Read More

Adobe issues emergency PDF patches
Adobe today released an emergency update that patched a pair of critical vulnerabilities in its popular PDF viewing and editing software. Read More

Vancouver 2010: An Exclusive Tour of the Technology Operations Center
More than 100,000 hours of testing has been completed to ensure the technology that makes the Olympics tick will run without a bobble. Here's an inside look at this gold metal setup. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Oracle

Optimizing and Protecting Storage
This document focuses on key Oracle Database 11g capabilities that help IT departments better optimize their storage infrastructure, enabling administrators to deliver a cost effective, scalable information management platform. Read Now

Security bug opens Google Buzz to hackers
A common Web programming error could give hackers a way to take over Google Buzz accounts, a security expert said Tuesday. Read More

Is there a best security certification?
There is no best tool for an undefined job. Nobody can rationally decide whether a hammer or a power drill is the "best tool" without specifying what job the tool is supposed to do. So it is with certifications. Read More

Is Windows Phone 7 Right For Business?
Amid all the hoopla surrounding the introduction of Windows Phone 7 Series this week in Barcelona, Microsoft's core customers have been almost totally left out. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro

Securing Virtualized Data Centers - ebook
The appeal of the cost savings, flexible capacity, and failover that virtualization enables is undeniable. The big question is can today's datacenter balance this increased flexibility with the need to maintain security policies and control over applications? Get the answers in this ebook

Apple's Safari to fall first in hacking contest ... again
The organizer of the Pwn2Own hacking challenge predicts that Apple's Safari browser will go under first; a past winner of the contest isn't so sure. Read More

The painful truth about age discrimination in tech
There are bold programmers, but no old programmers -- the reasons for this reality aren't simple age discrimination. Read More

Google CEO preaches 'mobile first'
Google CEO Eric Schmidt put mobile devices squarely at the center of the computing universe in his first keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Read More

The New Normal for Employment: A Con Job
The "new normal" for employment doesn't work for anyone except employers and career coaches who sell platitudes about how the recession is an opportunity for resourceful people. That's why they both want us to accept depressed salaries and bigger workloads as the new status quo. Read More

Expanding the Network Often Requires Help from Third Parties
The never-ending IT debate is what to insource and what to outsource. The pendulum has swung back and forth from the 1980s through the early 2000s. But the majority of companies have selected a strategy that seems to be standing the test of time: selective outsourcing. Read More



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Videogame your way through the Olympics
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The technology behind the Vancouver Olympic Games
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