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	Bluetooth touts itself as the cancer-free wireless tech If you're worried that your cellphone might be giving you cancer, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has a solution for you: Use Bluetooth. Read More WEBCAST: F5 Networks Ensuring High Availability for Client Access F5's integrated application delivery solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 provide the required hardware load balancing for CAS servers. Learn More! In this Issue Microsoft unveils touch-oriented Windows 8 Virtualization, 10G Ethernet streamline Cisco user's data center 10G top-of-rack switches to surge to $1B in sales this year Daily innovation smackdown: Linus Torvalds vs. Eric Schmidt Cisco: IP traffic to quadruple by 2015 Citrix founder's new startup targets data sprawl Top 10 Songs About (or to) Computers Sony to restore Thursday all PlayStation Network services IT increasingly bypassed on cloud adoption New rules may bring 'false H-1B demand' Why Windows Phone 7 "Mango" is bango Oracle proposes OpenOffice.org to Apache Incubator WHITE PAPER: Oracle A Technical Overview of the Oracle Exadata Database Machine Discover how to accelerate database performance, handle change and growth in scalable, incremental steps, and deliver mission-critical data availability and protection with this unique commercial solution. Learn more. Microsoft unveils touch-oriented Windows 8 Microsoft showed Thursday the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs. Read More Virtualization, 10G Ethernet streamline Cisco user's data center It is by no means the largest or most sophisticated Cisco network there is -- yet the infrastructure implemented by Transplace is nonetheless a great example of the target application for Cisco's data center switches. Read More 10G top-of-rack switches to surge to $1B in sales this year Even though sales of Layer 2/3 Ethernet switches declined 12% sequentially in the first quarter, sales of 10 Gigabit top-of-rack switches are expected to jump 51% to $1 billion this year, according to Dell'Oro Group. Read More Daily innovation smackdown: Linus Torvalds vs. Eric Schmidt Can the penguin take down the mighty Google monster? Both competitors had little problems getting by their first-round opponents as Torvalds took down Mark Hurd, and Eric Schmidt defeated Meg Whitman. Two men enter, one man leaves! Vote now. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC One Size Does Not Fit All: The Case for the Custom Cloud When it comes to cloud services, "semi-custom" goes a long way. "The Case for the Custom Cloud," shows you how users can configure their own customized cloud services from choices you dictate – and how you can deliver the resulting cloud services quickly and affordably. Read More Today! Cisco: IP traffic to quadruple by 2015 Fueled by an explosion of network-connected devices, the total amount of global Internet traffic will quadruple by 2015 and reach 966 exabytes per year, according to an internal study conducted by Cisco. Read More Citrix founder's new startup targets data sprawl Ed Iacobucci's new venture targets big data problems. Read More Top 10 Songs About (or to) Computers As computers have become an integral part of life over the past 50 years, many a musician has burst forth in song about them. We track down the best efforts. Read More Sony to restore Thursday all PlayStation Network services Sony will fully restore PlayStation Network services on Thursday in all regions other than in Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, the company said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netezza, an IBM Company Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin™ Compared This ebook will provide the fundamental differences between the Netezza TwinFin® and Oracle Exadata solutions from the perspectives of query performance, simplicity of operation and value. The ebook will help you determine which solutions best meet your business needs and how to achieve optimal results from your data. Read now IT increasingly bypassed on cloud adoption IT departments, long criticized as being too slow in offering new technologies and services, may be facing a grassroots rebellion in many companies over cloud services. Read More New rules may bring 'false H-1B demand' The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed changes to the H-1B visa application process that it hopes will prevent problems during times of heavy demand. Read More Why Windows Phone 7 "Mango" is bango Microsoft's Mango release of Windows Phone 7 qualifies as a Big Deal. Last week, the company made available the beta software development kit for developers, with production release set for Fall 2011, not quite a year after Windows Phone 7 debuted on the first handsets designed for it. Read More Oracle proposes OpenOffice.org to Apache Incubator In what may not be the best-kept secret, Oracle has finally spilled the beans: It's proposing OpenOffice.org as a Apache Incubator project — and not to The Document Foundation. Read More
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