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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Push on to cut 100G Ethernet's price

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The push is on to cut 100G Ethernet's price
Less than a year after 100-Gigabit Ethernet was standardized, an industry group is considering a set of specifications that might make the high-speed technology less expensive and more useful. Read More


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The software glitch affecting some Windows Phone 7 is being made worse by lack of coordination, misinformation, and inflexible procedures by handset makers and mobile carriers. Read More


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While new smartphones often tout their superior hardware, Motorola's ATRIX 4G is living up to the hype, says iFixit Read More

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A new federal study finds that holding a cell phone to your ear for a sustained period of time does cause temporary changes to your brain, though it's unclear whether the impact is good, bad or neutral. Read More


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Ex-Microsoft exec becomes CEO at Parallels
Six months after leaving Microsoft to join desktop virtualization vendor Parallels, executive Birger Steen has been promoted to CEO. Read More

10 Great Error Messages
A good computing day is an error-free day. Unfortunately, those are rarer than we would like. Have you seen any of these funny and original error messages lately? Read More

HP's new laptops provide easy self-repair
Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced Intel-based business laptops with features that could make it easier to swap components or fix the PCs. Read More

Google launches Apps certification program for IT pros
Google has launched a program to certify that staffers at Google Apps resellers have specific expertise, knowledge and experience working with the company's hosted collaboration and communication suite. Read More



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