Technology's biggest myths

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	Technology's biggest myths As it turns out, Windows Vista really wasn't all that slow; and no, your PC probably won't fry if you open it up without wearing a wrist strap. Thanks in large part to the Internet, the tech world is teeming with lies, half-truths, and misinformation. We've dug up some of the Web's most notorious nuggets of conventional wisdom to see which hold up to scrutiny and which are merely urban legends. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel TCO Whitepaper Comparing competing solutions on equal footing can be difficult. We also know that a system with the lowest purchase price may not have the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifespan of the IP unified communications system. To help with your comparison, learn the 12 cost components that must be incorporated in any TCO analysis. Read more! In this Issue HP offers $1.6 billion for 3PAR, tops Dell's offer Top 5 network management investments Free BlackBerry Apps: Nine Torch 9800 Compatible Downloads Users Advise HP on CEO Search Microsoft pulls a "Facebook" by exposing Windows Live users' names Trojan blamed for Spanish air crash Rest in bits Your Password Policy Stinks IE 9 under pressure to rebuild Microsoft browser share Researcher arrested for alleged voting machine theft WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Planning Guide: SAP to Red Hat Migration Lower costs and improve performance migrating SAP to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Download this guide today and discover how you can perform a basic installation and migration in less than 1 day. Examine pre- and post-migration considerations and other upfront planning topics to help avoid potential problems. Read more HP offers $1.6 billion for 3PAR, tops Dell's offer Hewlett-Packard has offered to buy 3PAR, a vendor of virtualized storage systems, for $1.6 billion in cash, topping a bid of $1.15 billion made by Dell last Monday. Read More Top 5 network management investments The proliferation of virtualization technologies is putting pressure on IT teams to start automating more processes. With little room in the budget for new products, it's critical that companies prioritize their investments. Read More Free BlackBerry Apps: Nine Torch 9800 Compatible Downloads It's true, lots of quality BlackBerry apps are not yet available for RIM's latest and greatest: Pandora for BlackBerry; Amazon's Kindle app; LinkedIn for BlackBerry; the list goes on. But I was able to find a handful of great apps that are available. Read More WHITE PAPER: Gigamon Systems Gigamon in the Data Center "Downtime in the data center" is a concept that should be forbidden in any organization. Yet the only way to eliminate that unspeakable word is to prevent it from happening at all. How so? Data Access Switches that allow complete visibility and secure access to monitor and analyze all mission critical data, 24/7. Learn More Users Advise HP on CEO Search As Hewlett-Packard looks for a new leader after the sudden departure of Mark Hurd, customers offer their thoughts about how the company should move ahead. Read More Microsoft pulls a "Facebook" by exposing Windows Live users' names Users remain outraged that changes in the privacy settings for Windows Live made in June have exposed their names and other data, with no fix in sight. Microsoft also managed to anger users of its free online services by merging friend lists from previously separate online services and by deleting data that didn't comply with revised versions of the tools. Read More Trojan blamed for Spanish air crash A plane crash that killed 154 people in 2008 might have been partly connected to the infection of an important ground safety system by malware, a Spanish newspaper has claimed. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Simple Ways to Get the Most from Your Blade Environmen This technical brief describes the architecture and the implementation of major technologies in the HP Integrity Servers c-Class server blades. The HP Integrity sever blades architecture opens a chapter in server scalability by using a common base 2S (two socket) base blade to build four and eight socket systems. Read Now Rest in bits Internet users, and the various communications and social networking services they use, mostly haven't developed protocols to handle the virtual death of someone. Read More Your Password Policy Stinks Research has shown that accounts protected by passwords less than 8 characters are about as hard to break into as a safe made out of toilet paper. The minimum password length should between 12 and 16 characters, which means your password policy may need refreshing. Read More IE 9 under pressure to rebuild Microsoft browser share Earlier this week, I reported on the operating system share gains for Microsoft Windows 7 as reported by Janco Associates. But the other half of the Janco report measured Web browser share, which I want to address in this post not just for what it says about Internet Explorer, but how it also handicaps rival browsers. Read More Researcher arrested for alleged voting machine theft A security researcher who investigated electronic voting machines (EVM) used in Indian elections was arrested by police in Mumbai on Saturday. He is charged with stealing one of the machines, police sources said Monday. Read More
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