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Monday, July 11, 2011

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Robocop ran DOS | Microsoft's aversion to iOS and Android gives QuickOffice a chance

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7 free Windows tune-up tools and tips
You don't need to spend money to keep a Windows computer running in top form. Here's how to fix, clean and maintain Windows using programs you can download now for free. Read More


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Aerohive Networks: Cloud-based Wi-Fi Done Right
Aerohive simplifies networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing solutions for medium sized enterprises including branch offices and teleworkers. Aerohive's cooperative control Wi-Fi architecture, public or private cloud-enabled network management, routing and VPN solutions eliminate costly controllers and single points of failure. Click to continue

Robocop ran DOS
Virtually no sci-fi or action flick these days is complete without a computer scene showing a few screens of mysterious scrolling text and a 3D wire-frame model. But where does this vaguely tech-looking stuff come from? Well, more often than not, it comes from a Website, app, or startup screen from the real world at the time the movie was made. Read on for some of the most unexpected tech cameos in movies. Read More

Microsoft's aversion to iOS and Android gives QuickOffice a chance
With Microsoft ignoring iOS and Android, the market for mobile office software is left to small vendors like QuickOffice. Read More

F5 releases two new storage virtualization appliances
F5 Networks announced two new storage virtualization appliances that are designed for entry-level and midrange businesses. Read More


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An Approach that Meets the Requirements of Cloud Computing
The advent of cloud computing changes the approach to data center networks in terms of throughput and resilience. The ability to scale, control, visualize and customize the cloud network is an important evolution to a "data center-in-the-box" approach. Learn more!

How eBay's data center benefited from solar
eBay's Global Data Center Services manager explains how the online auction company installed a 100 KW solar array on its data center in Denver. Read More

Big business in big push for cloud standards
The rise of cloud computing has led to a major push from many IT leaders for cloud standards around such things as security and data portability among different clouds. Read More

Does your security policy reflect mobility and cloud security?
Recently I was at a technical meeting and overheard a client say that even though this area had just recently suffered a great deal of damage from several tornados, businesses are still very reluctant to develop or test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) or Business Continuity Models (BCM). Read More


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The Value of Service-Centric Visibility
IT organizations are under pressure to avert problems before they occur. To achieve the proactive approach required and move to the next level of service delivery, they need "service-centric" visibility that ties infrastructure components to the services that rely on them. Read More

Mozilla slates Firefox 5 update to fix Lion crash bug
Mozilla plans to update Firefox for the Mac to deal with a bug affecting the browser in Apple's soon-to-be-released Lion operating system. Read More

Book Review: Paul Allen's Idea Man
I've been absolutely swamped the past two weeks, with both a number of projects and a particularly vexing network problem, but I reserved a part of each evening to read a little of Paul Allen's autobiography, Idea Man. I should say from the start that I don't read too many works like this; I stick mostly to books on technology and such. Technical manuals have never been bedtime reading around here.... Read More

Windows Phone 7 Isn't Halting Microsoft's Slide
The release of Windows Phone 7 hasn't diminished the downward spiral for Microsoft in the smartphone market, according to figures released by comScore. Despite generally good reviews for Windows 7, Microsoft's U.S. smartphone market share has dropped by 35 percent since Windows Phone 7 went on sale last November. Read More

12 Tech Revolutions That Fizzled
Virtual reality and its oversize helmets. The Segway scooter. AT&T's Picturephone from 1964? These tech innovations and more were supposed to change your life. Whoops! Read More



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Five potential Facebook killers
The social networking scene is constantly in flux. Facebook is at the top of the heap right now, but challengers are springing up all the time, hoping to leverage the next big wave into a lucrative IPO. Here are five social media sites that are creating a buzz.

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