FCC approves compromise net neutrality rules; Did pillow talk buy Mark Hurd an SEC beef?

	Did pillow talk buy Mark Hurd an SEC beef? | Santa Claus placed on watchlist as possible terrorist
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	TOP STORY: FCC approves compromise net neutrality rules The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, in a historic vote Tuesday, approved network neutrality rules prohibiting broadband providers from blocking customer access to legal Web content, but many consumer groups decried the new regulations as weak and full of loopholes. Read More WHITE PAPER: Load Balancers Are Dead! (F5 Networks) Get Gartner's take on: * Which vendors are leading the ADC market * Key recommendations on what you should do today * How to find a feature-rich ADC View the Gartner report, compliments of F5 Networks! Read now! Did pillow talk buy Mark Hurd an SEC beef? The waters keep getting choppier for former HP boss Mark Hurd, and by extension, his new employer, Oracle. First there was the legal nastiness between the two companies. Now the SEC is looking into the possibility that Hurd shared inside information with the woman whose allegations of impropriety were at the heart of his forced departure from HP. Read More Santa Claus placed on watchlist as possible terrorist You won't believe who was placed on a watchlist this time -- Santa Claus! After St. Nick balked at a TSA grope down, authorities took him in for questioning regarding possible terrorist activities. Read More WHITE PAPER: PacketTrap IT Network & IT Infrastructure Management (Scriptlogic) PacketTrap IT is a comprehensive solution that solves problems with bandwidth, connectivity, network & infrastructure performance quickly & easily. PacketTrap supports multiple sites, is easier to use & more complete than traditional network monitoring products. Download a FREE 21 day trial. Learn More Microsoft Windows Phone 7 sales top 1.5 million units Microsoft's efforts to become relevant in a smartphone market dominated by rivals such as Apple and Google appear to paying off: Windows Phone 7 sales have topped 1.5 million since they began early last month. Read More Apple boots WikiLeaks app from iPhone store Apple has pulled an iPhone app from the App Store that let users read secret U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks and follow the controversial organization's Twitter feed. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8 Criteria for Server Load Balancing (Citrix Solution Center NWW PAN IDG) 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! Microsoft opens HTML5 Labs Microsoft is debuting HTML5 Labs, a test and sandbox site for developers to experiment with early draft specifications of emerging HTML5-based technologies. Read More Top ERP predictions for 2011 Some aspects of the ERP (enterprise resource planning) software landscape, such as tired legacy code-bases and disastrous implementation projects, may never go away. But in recent years, the pace of change with ERP has accelerated, and there all signs are that will continue in 2011. Read More WHITE PAPER: The Three Ps of Evaluating Managed Network Services (Qwest) To reduce costs and keep IT resources focused on the core business, more organizations are choosing to outsource network management. To deliver on this promise, it's essential to choose the right service provider. This in-depth report explores the key considerations, including solution portfolio, partnerships and processes. Read now! Will 2011 be the year of mobile malware? Perhaps one of the most common predictions of the last six years has been that mobile malicious software will suddenly proliferate, driven by widespread adoption of smartphones with advanced OSes. None of those prognostications have really come to fruition, but it's likely that the coming year will bring a host of new malicious applications. Read More Apple to drop app downloads from site next month Apple's move to stop offering applications from its Mac OS X download site the same day it opens the Mac App Store could leave some developers out in the cold. Read More How the New York Times covered the election with Amazon The New York Times cobbled together a Ruby application to run on Amazon to report on live election results. Read More
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