Friday, March 19, 2010

Mobile developers take measure of Windows Phone 7

Top 12 Tech Knockoffs | AT&T happy to play it cool with LTE

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Mobile developers take measure of Windows Phone 7
Mobile developers had their first chance to learn details of the radically redesigned Windows Phone 7 mobile platform at Microsoft's MIX10 conference this week. They've got a lot think about, and they're thinking hard. Read More


E-GUIDE: Compuware

Perfecting Application Performance
The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now.

WHITE PAPER: Sprint

PilotHouse Award Best MPLS Services
Sprint is "Knocking the Socks off the Competition" according to Nemertes Research, winning the 2009 Pilothouse Award for Best MPLS Services. Based on a survey of nearly 1,400 IT decision makers, Sprint earned Highest Ranking Overall in the value, customer service, and technology categories. Learn More

Top 12 Tech Knockoffs
Cheap knockoffs aren't limited to Ray-Bans and Rolexes. Read on for a look at an imitation iPad, a pirated Palm Pre, and more low-budget copies of popular tech products--often with features not found in the originals. Read More

AT&T happy to play it cool with LTE
AT&T isn't sweating the fact that rival Verizon will be the first U.S. carrier to offer 4G LTE services. Read More

Comcast, ISC offer IPv6 transition tool
Comcast and Internet Systems Consortium have released open source software to help carriers and enterprises migrate to IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More


WEBCAST: Actuate

Discover BIRT.
Understand how BIRT simplifies and speeds to market the development of rich information applications. In this presentation, a technical expert behind BIRT will demonstrate a customer-facing application in action with Flash, Ajax, and JavaScript interactivity. Click Here!

IE8, iPhone will fall first day of hacking contest, predicts organizer
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8, not Apple's Safari, will be the first browser to fall in next week's Pwn2Own hacking challenge, the contest organizer said today. Read More

Fired CISO says his comments never put Penn.'s data at risk
Former Pennsylvania CISO Robert Maley, who was fired after speaking at RSA without proper authorization, offer his side of the events that led to his dismissal. Read More

Cisco defends its Borderless
Cisco latest Borderless Networks announcement, which included some new low-priced stackable switches, is viewed by some analysts as more of a defensive than offensive move by the company. The price points and modular uplink upgrade capabilities are seen by Oppenheimer & Co. as a response to HP and Juniper, rather than a capability the two competitors would have to respond to. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Polycom

The Art of Teleworking
Does teleworking really work? How can a teleworker be as productive as an employee in the office? This white paper covers the advances in technology that make teleworking successful— and provides solutions for challenges teleworkers may face. Learn More

Doing the Laptop Drive of Shame, Part III
Again? Honestly, this is the last thing I would have wanted to write about this morning. Longtime readers may remember a post I wrote in July 2008 that was headlined: Doing the Laptop Drive of Shame. The piece was about the all-too-prevalent occurrence of arriving at one's workplace while one's employer-issued laptop remains at home wondering why it didn't make the trip. Read More

Is that a Cluster in your pocket or are you happy to see me?
High Performance Computing (HPC) is about equal in coolness as your friends seeing you growlin' and prowlin' on a raked and piped out Harley on a summer day. Read More

Wireless router basics
A wireless router is a staple in any home that has a broadband Internet connection, whether it be via a cable or phone service provider. Here are the basics you need to know before getting a wireless router for your home network, as well as Network World's tester's top pick. Read More

New GM Head Up Display uses lasers to augment entire windshield
Using ultraviolet lasers, GM engineers are working to add augmented reality to the entire windshield of their vehicles. Read More

Camera recognizes pet faces for perfect photos
Camera recognizes pet faces for perfect photos. Read More



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SLIDESHOWS

21 apps Apple doesn't want on your 3.0 iPhone
The following 21 apps today run only on jailbroken iPhones. Some may even prove precursors to features released in future Apple iPhone firmware updates.

10 geeky items you're embarrassed to admit you want
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