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	Facebook apologizes for worst outage in 4 years Many Facebook users were unable to access the social networking site for up to two and a half hours on Thursday, the worst outage the website has had in over four years, Facebook said in a posting. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Gartner Research Note: Load Balancers are Dead Gartner Research Note "Load Balancers are Dead: Time to Focus on Application Delivery" helps you understand how to replace your basic load balancing technology and focus on getting the highest availability, performance and security for your web apps. Includes key recommendations you can use. Read now! In this Issue China's 'big hole' marks scale of supercomputing race The FCC's White Spaces Decision: What the Heck is "Super Wi-Fi"? U.S. military takes cloud computing to Afghanistan Juniper pushing Cisco on another plane: software ecosystem Help! My vendor's Oracle and I'm locked in! Privacy Choices: Who's Watching You and Tracking Your Clicks? Carry an instant Windows 7 hotspot in your pocket US backs 10 Smart Grid projects with $34M to bulk up cybersecurity Study: We're Holding On to Our Cell Phones Longer Survey says US public doesn't support Internet regulation After Beta, IE9 Needs Windows 7's First Service Pack Verizon CEO expects data pricing tiers within six months Dell names former Cisco exec to lead networking WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Gartner: Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers Citrix Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for 2009 Application Delivery Controllers Magic Quadrant, Gartner Group Read now! China's 'big hole' marks scale of supercomputing race China and other nations are beginning to challenge U.S. supercomputing leadership, something that has implications for every aspect of U.S. leadership in science and product development, say experts. Read More The FCC's White Spaces Decision: What the Heck is "Super Wi-Fi"? The FCC has issued what will hopefully be the final word on White Spaces regulations, but what's all this nonsense about Super WiFi? Read More U.S. military takes cloud computing to Afghanistan The U.S. military is taking cloud computing into rugged terrain in Afghanistan, where the basic hardware and software technology is being packed into mobile boxes to aid warfighters in the sky and on the ground. Read More Juniper pushing Cisco on another plane: software ecosystem Company looks to Microsoft, Apple, Google ISV models as a guide for market expansionJuniper's taking the fight to Cisco on another front: the software partner ecosystem. It's another avenue for Juniper to drive home its single, open operating system message vs. Cisco's broadening base of OSes. Read More DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Improve Enterprise BlackBerry Control & Security Download your free copy of BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express and achieve improved end-user productivity,advanced IT control and support, proven security and manageability. Download Today! Help! My vendor's Oracle and I'm locked in! It's clear from the product announcements and executive presentations that Oracle is stepping up its vendor lock-in game dramatically. By introducing Oracle hardware running Oracle software, the company wants to squeeze out most other vendors, including Microsoft. It's not that we haven't heard this debate before, but some OOW attendees were skeptical of the move. Read More Privacy Choices: Who's Watching You and Tracking Your Clicks? Every click you make is tracking your online behavior, but PrivacyChoice provides privacy tools to help you control who's watching and tracking you.Every click you make is tracked by ad companies who tend to collect information on your behavior and then sell it to other advertisers who want you to be their target too. Maintaining online privacy can be difficult and time-consuming, but excellent privacy tools provide hope and control. Read More Carry an instant Windows 7 hotspot in your pocket The first Windows 7-approved mobile 3G/WiFi router is out but other tiny mobile routers are also noteworthy. Read More US backs 10 Smart Grid projects with $34M to bulk up cybersecurity The US Department of Energy today spent $30.4 million on cybersecurity projects it says will go a long way towards addressing the nation's electric grid cybersecurity issues. Read More WHITE PAPER: Xerox Selecting a Managed Print Services Vendor This IDC paper offers guidance on the MPS market and key characteristics to consider when selecting a provider. Learn More. Study: We're Holding On to Our Cell Phones Longer If you're sick of buying a brand new cell phone every other year, you're certainly not alone. Consumers are holding on to their phones for longer than ever these days, according to the latest survey from J.D. Power and Associates. Read More Survey says US public doesn't support Internet regulation Fifty-seven percent of likely voters in the U.S. don't support any Internet regulation by the federal government, according to a new survey released by Broadband for America, an advocacy group with members including AT&T and Verizon Communications. Read More After Beta, IE9 Needs Windows 7's First Service Pack All Windows 7 users are free to play around with beta version of Internet Explorer 9 for now, but the final version will require an update to service pack 1. Read More Verizon CEO expects data pricing tiers within six months Tiered data pricing is coming soon to Verizon Wireless customers, Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg said at an investor conference early today. Read More Dell names former Cisco exec to lead networking Dell has hired Cisco Systems veteran Dario Zamarian to lead its networking business, naming him as its first vice president dedicated to that division. Read More
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