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Thursday, April 29, 2010

HP to Acquire Palm for $1.2 billion (with a B)

Rock-It turns any object into a speaker | Google Search Stories: Creating Video through Search Requests

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HP to Acquire Palm for $1.2 billion (with a B)
Big news - HP and Palm announced that HP will buy Palm at $5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash, a value of approximately $1.2 billion. Read More


WHITE PAPER: ArcSight

Building a Successful Security Operations Center
This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center

WHITE PAPER: Sprint

SIP Addresses Unified Communications Deployment
This white paper gives strategic guidelines for deploying UC. Read why SIP matters. Read More

Rock-It turns any object into a speaker
I've been having a lot of fun with the Rock-It device, a handy gadget that lets you turn any ordinary object into a speaker system for your iPod, iPhone or other music player. The $49.99 gadget really does deliver on its promise to speaker-enable anything. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Microsoft

Extended Security Features of Windows 7
Microsoft has added significant security enhancement to Windows 7. This Gartner research note details the capabilities available (many are only available to EA/SA subscribers), which features should be activated and where some security holes still remain. Read More.

Google Search Stories: Creating Video through Search Requests
Finally, a collaboration between Google-owned YouTube and Google Search! I ran across the new Google Search Stories Video Creator page on YouTube, which lets you create a mini-video through the use of Google Searches. By typing in five to seven different search requests, you can create a video storyline that also showcases Google's search functions (Web search, images, books, maps, etc.). Read More


WHITE PAPER: Adobe

Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap
Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More

Eye-Fi expands hotspot coverage for Wi-Fi photo cards
I'm really surprised that having Wi-Fi in your digital camera or video camcorder hasn't taken off like I thought it would. Still, there are companies like Eye-Fi Inc., which are making it easier for users to upload images via Wi-Fi quickly. The company today announced its plans to add hundreds of thousands more Wi-Fi networks to its Hotspot Access service. Read More

Green tech on display at EcoFocus
Green tech on display at EcoFocus Read More

Las Vegas SkyJump latest thrill ride
The new SkyJump Las Vegas attraction lets riders base jump 829 feet off the tower onto a landing platform through the use of a high-speed descender machine. Read More



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