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Windows 7 early adoption beats Vista’s 2-to-1
In the five months since its release, Microsoft’s Windows 7 has captured twice the usage share than did Vista in the same...
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Botnet revelation shows darker underbelly of malware
Information gathered about a newly discovered botnet called Kneber indicates that multiple infections by different malware on the same host could work...
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Global IP traffic to increase fivefold by 2013, Cisco predicts
Our fixed mobile convergence coverage has typically focused more on bringing IP telephony to the mobile device than on the need for...
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How to effectively contract your network privacy
When you use the public cloud, is your data in the "public" space? According to the Department of Justice it is. In...
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Rhomobile upgrades smarpthone dev platform
Rhomobile unveiled this week an upgrade to Rhodes, its open source framework for building native applications for multiple smartphone platforms. Rhodes can...
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Outlook Social Connector a worthwhile add-on
Microsoft’s just-released beta of the Outlook Social Connector aims to solve a formidable problem: How to retain Outlook’s centrality when social networking...
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EU Windows users get first peek at browser ballot next week
Microsoft announced it would start offering a browser ballot screen to some European users next week and plans to begin pushing the...
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Protect data with encrypted hard drives
If you want to encrypt the contents of an external hard drive to protect its data in case of loss or theft,...
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NEC supports cloud computing services for telcos
Global provider of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions NEC has announced support of cloud computing services for telecommunications carriers. The...
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Google closes On2 acquisition for $124.6 million
Google has finished its acquisition of video-compression-technology vendor On2 Technologies, boosting its efforts in online video. The deal closed after gaining approval...
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Ethics of monitoring PC activity
A Pennsylvania school district is under fire, and facing a potential class-action lawsuit related to allegations that it spied on students in...
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3M partners with Aptec
The distribution partnership will focus on 3M Premise Solutions, which offers full data cabling systems in both copper and optical fibre, giving...
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Active Directory: 10 years old and thinking cloud
Ten years ago, Microsoft released its Active Directory technology to skepticism that it could build an infrastructure technology to anchor user management...
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Intel wants to put Moorestown chips into tablets
Intel is going after the tablet market for its low-power processors, including an upcoming Atom processor designed for mobile phones, the company...
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Cisco-HP split may not be too painful for customers
Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard probably won’t force their mutual customers to take sides after the end of their partnership, though the vendors...