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Your Next Laptop: Concept Designs Point the Way
Tomorrow's models may roll up, sport multiple screens or be repositionable, Transformer-style. Take a look. Read More


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Xerox Managed Print Services
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Intelligent Storage Management at the File Level
Many storage management tools for file storage are "dumb." They treat all files the same regardless of business relevance and they lack the ability to automate user-storage management tasks or set policies based on business requirements. Learn how to augment your existing storage management system with intelligence at the file level. Read Now

IT Outsourcing: 7 Tips for Peace, Profit and Productivity
Dr. Oliver Williamson may not be a household name in IT outsourcing circles, but a consortium of academics is hoping to change that. They culled Williamson's work for lessons on improving performance, reducing costs and increasing satisfaction when outsourcing. Here are seven of their suggestions. Read More

4 Easy Answers to iPhone 4 Problems
So what if some iPhones lose reception when the hand covers the antenna? That's your problem, not Apple's. "Non issue," Apple chief executive Steve Jobs told a MacRumors forumgoer via e-mail. "Just avoid holding it in that way." Read More

Windows 7 actually does sell 7 copies per second (7.086, to be exact)
The headline just seems like utter nonsense, a made-up statistic churned out by Microsoft's hype machine: "Windows 7 sells 7 copies per second." That's what I thought anyway. Did Windows 98 sell 98 copies per minute? Did Microsoft Office 2010 sell 2,010 copies per hour? Did anyone, let alone 23 people, actually watch Jim Carrey's "The Number 23"? Read More


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FTC says scammers stole millions, using virtual companies
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has disrupted a long-running online scam that allowed offshore fraudsters to steal millions of dollars from U.S. consumers -- often by taking just pennies at a time. Read More

Google Chrome Integrates Flash
Google's Chrome has now integrated Adobe's Flash directly into the browser. Chrome 5.0.376.86 was released over Google's Stable channel and is now available to download for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The update also includes five bug fixes, including two relevant to video handling. Read More

The Devil Is In The Details: DHS Monitoring Web & "Wrong" Words
Cyber-terrorists and the dreaded cyberwar has escalated to the point of the "feds" pulling the plug on the Internet in case of an emergency. Then DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said that in the future there will be "increased" Internet monitoring of U.S. citizens due to the dangers of homegrown terrorism. Read More


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Software as a service has many benefits: lower hardware and admin costs, and a more secure, reliable and available environment. But SaaS adopters cannot afford to trade functionality for ease of management. In this webcast you will learn how Nimsoft On Demand delivers IT Infrastructure monitoring as a service – without compromise. View Now

White House cybersecurity plan needs Microsoft to work
The White House is seeking public comment on a draft plan released Friday to secure cyberspace with a trusted identities solution. Some of the early comments focus on the inherent vulnerability of Microsoft's software, although some also said end users need to be more security-conscious. Read More

Nanotech, off-the-shelf lets doctors camera see cancer cells
A Rice University research team have combined nanotechnology with an off-the-shelf digital camera to create a system that will help doctors easily distinguish cancerous cells from normal cells in a human being. Read More

What iPhone 4, iOS 4 mean for games
Gaming on the iPhone just got an upgrade. With Thursday's release of the iPhone 4 following on the heels of Monday's iOS 4 update, the iPhone just became more graphically impressive, more socially connected, and a more powerful device in the challenging game market. Read More

CIOs to Vendors: Get to Know My Business
Vendors seem to think what CIOs want is a one-stop-shop solution. But what CIOs really want is something far more precious: Salespeople who actually understand the individual customer's business. Read More



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