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Sprint offering free femtocells | Six cool features in vSphere 4.1

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I Can Stalk U: Geotagged pics worth more than 1,000 words
Have stalkers found paradise at the "I Can Stalk U" site, which reveals exact geotagged locations when people tweet their photos? Read More


WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel

Forrester – Ramp Up Your Virtualization Benefits
Virtualization is a top priority for SMBs. This Forrester research examines the four stages of virtualization deployment. Forrester highlights their key findings and makes concrete recommendations on how SMBs can accelerate successful virtualization adoption and avoid common mistakes. Read Today!

WHITE PAPER: Brocade

Brocade FCoE Solutions for I/O Convergence
Fibre Channel over Ethernet is extending the reliability benefits and service of Fibre Channels to LANs and other Ethernet networks. Learn how this approach enables flexible, scalable, and simplified data center fabrics that support increasingly powerful applications and growing amounts of data. Read now!

Sprint offering free femtocells
While femtocells still haven't caught on like many manufacturers had hoped, Sprint is now seemingly opening the door to far wider adoption by offering users living in areas with poor coverage free femtocells. Read More

Six cool features in vSphere 4.1
VMware's new release of its 'cloud operating system' for virtual machines boasts increased scalability and improvements in management functionality Read More

Apple exec stashed $150,000 in shoe boxes
Federal agents found more than US$150,000 in cash when they searched the house of Apple manager Paul Devine earlier this month, prosecutors said in court Monday. Read More


PODCAST: Sprint

Sprint Provides Multiple Robust Network Access Solutions
Network options are critical to ensuring a converged network. This podcast outlines the critical components to achieve unified communications and provide users with an advanced mobile experience. Learn More

Hackers bait Zeus botnet trap with dead celeb tales
Spam messages touting fictional tales of celebrity deaths are prompting users to open attachments that are adding their machines to the Zeus botnet. Read More

Building a private cloud: Get ready for a bumpy ride
When cloud computing became a topic of discussion a few years ago, public clouds received the bulk of the attention, mostly due to the high-profile nature of public-cloud announcements from some of the industry's biggest names, including Google and Amazon. But now that the talk has turned into implementation, some IT shops have begun steering away from public clouds because of the security risks; data is outside the corporate firewall and is basically out of their control. Read More

iTunes "security breach" was actually the result of a phishing scam
Earlier today, TechCrunch posted a somewhat alarming story detailing how iTunes users were having their accounts drained by "fraudsters" via PayPal. A number of unlucky folks checking their iTunes accounts were dismayed to see exorbitant charges, and one user who called up PayPal to investigate was told that "a large number of iTunes Store accounts were compromised." Read More


WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

Where Compliance and Data Protection Overlap
Today's CISOs face more challenges than ever, including increased and more sophisticated threats, complex IT environments, decreased budgets, and greater compliance pressures. But these challenges present opportunity. Learn how CISOs can play these challenges to their advantage to meet both data protection and compliance demands. Read More!

Open source tools at heart of DARPA's virtual satellite network
Open source software and algorithms will play a key role in the next stage of development for the military's advanced virtual satellite system. Read More

Blackberry Is Going the Way of the Dodo Bird
So, yes, I was doing my early morning round-up of cool articles, and came across "25 essential BlackBerry tips and tricks." Good article! One problem though: BlackBerry seems to be going the way of the dodo bird. Read More

Astronomers spot largest collection of planets orbiting sun-like star
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory say they have spotted a solar system similar to ours containing seven planets as compared to our eight. Read More



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Mobile deathmatch: RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 vs. Apple iPhone 4
Apple's iPhone has reinvented the mobile phone, while the longtime smartphone king, the venerable BlackBerry, has been slow to change. Now, Research in Motion has updated the BlackBerry to incorporate modern touch capabilities while remaining very much a BlackBerry. Here's how the two devices compare in everyday usage.

Hands-On Tour: Google Goggles Visual Search
Google Goggles -- not to be confused with Google Mail Goggles, the company's inebriated e-mailing preventer -- lets you search from your cell phone simply by snapping a photo. Want more info on a product? Take its picture. Need info about a business? Photograph the storefront. Put simply, this thing packs some serious power, and its capabilities stretch far.

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