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Macs retake reliability ranking top spot
Apple reclaimed the top spot in the computer-reliability ranking of Rescuecom, a Syracuse, N.Y.-based technical support franchise, as netbook maker Asus’ rating...
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Dell to set up mobile business unit
Dell is setting up a new business unit surrounding mobile products as it tries to expand its presence in the communications market,...
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Oracle aids partners to compete globally
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized program has officially been launched. This announcement will make a difference to Oracle’s more than 22,000 global partners...
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With new attack released, Adobe to patch next week
Adobe Systems’ security response team is scrambling to fix a newly disclosed bug in its Illustrator software, even as it readies another...
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Microsoft releases next two pieces of Forefront security suite
Microsoft released two more pieces of its Forefront suite as part of its strategy to merge security and identity technology and create...
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Cisco wins Tandberg with 91.1% stake
After a hard-fought battle, Cisco Systems Inc. has won control of videoconferencing leader Tandberg with ownership of 91.1% of the company’s shares....
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7 smartphone predictions for 2010
Looking at smartphone growth by the numbers, it’s a cinch to predict that sales will continue to boom in 2010. But the...
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Google Public DNS: What it means for your privacy
Google’s expanding its grasp on the Internet with a newly revealed DNS resolving service. Google Public DNS, announced Thursday on Google’s blog,...
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Extreme unveils switching blueprint for virtual data centers
Extreme Networks this week unveiled a blueprint for migrating data centers from the physical world to virtualization, and then ultimately to cloud...
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Microsoft: Mobile operators becoming robust PC retailers
Microsoft joined hands with Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom to unveil a new deal to sell netbooks at up to 90 percent off their...
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Gartner buying AMR Research in $64M deal
Gartner announced Monday that it is buying AMR Research for $64 million, in the latest acquisition by the giant IT research firm....
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Android developers disgruntled with market
A recent study by Skyhook Wireless shows that Android developers are increasingly frustrated with Android Market. Some of the statistics reported from...
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Scammers get better tools for tapping social networks
New tools capable of quickly finding, gathering and correlating information about individuals from social networking sites and other public sources are giving...
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Microsoft game software preps soldiers for battle
Soldiers may go into battle better prepared to handle equipment and with a greater knowledge of their surroundings after an intellectual property...
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Switching to a Solid-State Drive
Prices on solid-state drives are dropping, and operating systems (particularly Windows 7) are beginning to take advantage of the potential higher speeds...