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BlackBerry apps: 4 types to avoid

Apocalypse: 52 Percent of CIOs Plan to Blow Up IT Groups | Microsoft: No money for bugs

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BlackBerry apps: 4 types to avoid
It's never been easier to find quality BlackBerry applications. That's due largely to RIM's own app store, BlackBerry App World -- which sees right around 1 million downloads a day, according to the company -- as well as third party application marketplaces like Mobihand's BlackBerry store. Both online destinations are one-stop shops for valuable BlackBerry apps. Read More


VIDEO: Intel

More than Speed: ROI and TCO still the benchmarks
Faster performance is great, but in today's economy, IT decision-makers ranked ROI and TCO atop their list for PC refresh benefits in a recent Intel quick poll. Learn how processor choice can cut costs and increase efficiency. Click here

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Apocalypse: 52 Percent of CIOs Plan to Blow Up IT Groups
More than half of CIOs expect to restructure their IT organizations within three years, new Forrester Research data shows. And apps organizations face the first salvo. Read More

Microsoft: No money for bugs
Microsoft will not follow the lead of Mozilla and Google in paying researchers for reporting vulnerabilities, a company executive said today. Read More

Virus writers are picking up new Microsoft attack
The Windows attack used by a recently discovered worm is being picked up by other virus writers and will soon become much more widespread, according to security vendor Eset. Read More

Microsoft fourth quarter boosted by Office, Windows sales
The release of Office 2010, as well as continued strong sales of Windows 7, helped buoy Microsoft through another quarter of increased revenue and profit, the company announced on Thursday. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Shoretel

Simplify System Management
Telephone system manageability depends to a great extent on the underlying architecture of the voice system. The architectural approach for integrating new systems has serious implications for management. In this paper you will learn more about how various architectural approaches impacts overall system manageability. Read now!

Dell to pay $100 million to settle SEC case
Dell will pay US$100 million to resolve an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into the company's past accounting and financial reporting practices, it said Thursday. Read More

Bare-metal desktop hypervisors: A primer
The bare-metal hypervisor, also known as a Type 1 hypervisor, is desktop virtualization software that is installed directly onto the PC's hardware. But the technology is in its infancy -- even big players like Citrix and VMware are struggling to get bare-metal hypervisors out of the conceptual phase and into production. Read More

Cisco, nonprofit launch community network projects in northern Ohio
OneCommunity, a nonprofit broadband service provider in Cleveland, has joined with Cisco Systems to implement pilot programs to boost the region's quality of life using a network-based, shared services delivery platform. Read More

Google executive frustrated by Java, C++ complexity
Today's commercial-grade programming languages -- C++ and Java, in particular -- are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments, Google distinguished engineer Rob Pike argued in a talk Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Read More


WEBCAST: Meraki

Take Your WiFi to the Cloud
This Webcast will detail the simplicity and savings of cloud-managed Wi-Fi. Learn how Meraki's wireless solution delivers savings of up to 50% over traditional solutions and scales for networks of all sizes. View now!

Twitter battles fail whale with new data center
Twitter is moving its technical operations infrastructure into a new, custom-built data center in the Salt Lake City area to better handle the microblogging service's recent growth spurt. Read More

For Facebook, the first half billion were easy
Facebook has rather quickly made its way to the top of the social networking heap with 500 million users, but analysts suggest that the company will have a much harder time increasing that total to 1 billion. Read More

Dell revamps hardware testing in wake of malware issue
A sequence of errors led to Dell's delivery of motherboards with malware and the company is in the process of overhauling its testing process to resolve issues before dispatching hardware to customers, it said on Thursday. Read More

IT Outsourcing Activity Remains Sluggish in 2010
The total value of IT outsourcing contracts signed in the second quarter of 2010 is down 30 percent from the first quarter and 23 percent year-over-year, according to outsourcing consultancy TPI. Read More

Google to rev up Chrome release schedule
Google on Thursday said it will pick up Chrome's release pace by issuing a new version of the browser about every six weeks. Read More



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