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HP's Moscow office raided in bribery probe
Russian authorities raided HP's Moscow offices looking for clues in a multimillion-dollar bribery investigation. Read More


WHITE PAPER: 3Com

Building Mission-Critical Data Centers
The traditional three-tier model of access, aggregation and core switching has turned into an operational nightmare. However, an IRF (Intelligent Resilient Framework) based network can extend the control plane across multiple active switches, increasing resiliency and reducing complexity. Learn More.

WHITE PAPER: ManageEngine

Randy's Wife Was Right About OpManager
Randy S. Hollaway was the Senior System Administrator and was looking for a network management software. His wife, had used ManageEngine network management solution – OpManager. On his wife's recommendation, Randy evaluated OpManager live on his network and was impressed by how comprehensive yet easy it was. Read More

Twitter gives the lowdown on its new business model
It's been a long time coming, but a Twitter executive gave the first in-depth look on Wednesday at how the microblogging service plans to make its money. Read More

10 things the Internet has ruined and five things it hasn't
For some people, the Internet is the killer app -- literally. From newspapers and the yellow pages to personal privacy and personal contact, the Net has been accused of murdering, eviscerating, ruining, and obliterating more things than the Amazing Hulk. Some claims are more true than others, but the Net certainly has claimed its share of scalps. Read More

Spam volumes grew 6% last year, says Google
Despite security researchers' efforts to cut spam down to size, it just keeps growing back. The volume of unsolicited email in the first quarter was around 6% higher than a year earlier, according to Google's e-mail filtering division Postini. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide
Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More!

12 "White Hat" hackers you should know
These IT security experts go looking for trouble and find it. Read More

Why hasn't Linux been more successful on the desktop? Blame Ubuntu?
I for one am tired of hearing every year that this will be the year that Linux on the desktop takes off. In spite of projections that Linux would capture 6, 10 or even 12% of desktops by now, it is still hovering somewhere between 1 to 2%, perhaps slightly more. Read More

Opera Mini for iPhone downloaded more than one million times
Opera Mini for iPhone has been downloaded more than one million times in the first day of release and is currently number one in 22 countries' iTunes Stores. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW

Overcoming Workforce Disruption
Just because workforce disruptions are unexpected doesn't mean you can't plan for them. Read this study and learn the five critical areas of your business continuity plan where IBM can help you. Read More

Researchers find bugs in archive file formats
Researchers have found ways to hide malicious software in commonly used archival formats that went undetected until recently by most antivirus programs. Read More

Caller ID spoofing ban is bad for business
Caller ID is a great tool for managing business communications and improving productivity and efficiency. However, the way that some businesses employ caller ID may cross the line drawn by a new law -- the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010. Read More

How IT outsourcing customers can test cloud computing
Traditional IT outsourcing customers have hesitated to jump into cloud computing because of the security and control risks. But the risk of not trying out cloud computing may be even greater. Here are five low-risk ways IT outsourcing customers can test out the cloud. Read More

Intel execs give lukewarm predictions for tablets
Netbooks have become a big business for Intel, but company executives seem less bullish on tablet PCs even as Apple's iPad boosts interest in the device category. Read More



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10 useful Google Chrome Experiments
Google's Chrome Experiments is a Web site that showcases JavaScript programs which deliver a rich user-graphics experience. To date, there are about 80 projects featured on Chrome Experiments. Here are the 10 most useful.

Interop history quiz
The venerable networking tradeshow Interop convenes this month in Las Vegas. Answer the following 10 questions about Interop, keep score and see how you stack up at the end.

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