Ig Nobel honors world's wackiest researchers: 2010 winners

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	Ig Nobel honors world's wackiest researchers: 2010 winners The 20th annual Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded Thursday night for "achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think." Organized by the same people who produce Annals of Improbable Research, the prizes commemorate the world's funniest research, and sometimes the world's biggest villains (BP is a winner this year). Here's a list of the 2010 prizes, with text from the official award announcements. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Washington, DC IT Roadmap: coming to DC on October 19! IT Roadmap returns to Washington DC on Oct. 19th! Prepare your enterprise for 2011 at the industry's most cost-effective and practical one-day conference & expo, featuring up to 30 best-practice sessions with expert analysts, exclusive networking and a private IT expo. Hear executive speakers from: FINRA, GW University, Northrop Grumman and more! Register now to attend! In this Issue Ukranian police arrest 5, targeting brains of Zeus botnet HP CEO Apotheker gets $4 million signing bonus, $4.6 million relocation perk Microsoft Releases Web-Based Suite of Apps Microsoft chief's pay climbs 6% to $1.35 million Researchers argue for smarter traffic lights Most popular stories this week: Oct. 1 Energy costs are 12% of datacentre expenditure - Gartner Survey: Business continuity plans still need work Hospital slammed for losing USB stick WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Storage Management for SharePoint It is important to keep the data in SharePoint relevant which means that you should remove the old and obsolete content from SharePoint and free up the space on the expensive storage for newly generated content. Optimally this should be set up with a storage management policy, read this paper to find out more. Read Now. Ukranian police arrest 5, targeting brains of Zeus botnet Ukranian police on Thursday arrested five people thought to be the brains behind the Zeus malware. Read More HP CEO Apotheker gets $4 million signing bonus, $4.6 million relocation perk HP's new president and CEO Leo Apotheker is set to receive a loaded compensation package that includes a $4 million signing bonus, $4.6 million in relocation benefits and a boatload of stock. Read More Microsoft Releases Web-Based Suite of Apps Microsoft's Windows Live Essentials 2011, is ready for prime time. Microsoft announced Thursday it's consumer focused suite of free applications, has moved from testing mode (beta) to the final release. The productivity suite is Microsoft's flagship bundle of Web-based productivity apps for managing and sharing images online, editing video, and sharing documents and files between PCs. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent Convergence without Complexity Gain insights from real-world convergence implementations to help you successfully plan and deploy an application converged network. Because the obvious technology solution may not be the right choice, this paper illustrates how you can avoid common pitfalls and make informed decisions. Read now Microsoft chief's pay climbs 6% to $1.35 million Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received compensation in fiscal 2010 valued at $1.35 million, compared to $1.28 million in 2009. Read More Researchers argue for smarter traffic lights Santa Fe Institute researchers devise a superior way of operating traffic lights so traffic moves more quickly. Read More Most popular stories this week: Oct. 1 The most-viewed stories at Network World for the week ending Oct. 1. Check out the full list. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Solution Center NWW PAN IDG 8 Criteria for Server Load Balancing Server load balancers are a simple yet highly effective means to scale an application environment while ensuring its availability. Today's solutions should also address application performance and security. Read about the top eight criteria you should consider when choosing a server load balancer and how Citrix NetScaler meets those requirements. Read now! Energy costs are 12% of datacentre expenditure - Gartner Energy-related costs account for around 12% of overall datacentre expenditure, but firms are continuing to struggle to cap this spending, according to analyst Gartner. Read More Survey: Business continuity plans still need work Most business report they have been negatively impacted by network disruptions in the last year, according to a new poll that attempts to gauge how organizations react to disruptions and the measures they are taking to improve their business continuity and disaster recovery plans. Read More Hospital slammed for losing USB stick A Scottish health board that lost a USB flash drive containing sensitive patient information has been given a severe ticking off by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Read More
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