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BlackBerry Storm Lacks Punch
Review: RIM's BlackBerry Storm smartphone offers all the enterprise features businesses have come to know and love--and that Apple's iPhone lacks. However, the Blackberry Storm is slow, and its keyboard is clunky, particularly compared with the iPhone.
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Firefox, Chrome Represent Two-pronged Attack Vs. Microsoft
Clint Boulton: Will Google challenge Microsoft IE with Firefox and Chrome, ditch one of the two, or neither?
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Microsoft Ships Robotics Developer Studio 2008
Microsoft RDS includes a simple programming model to support building asynchronous applications, a set of visual authoring and simulation tools to aid in application development, and tutorials and sample code to help developers get started.
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IE8 Update: Browser to Ship in 2009
Although Microsoft had been saying as late as the summer that it expected to release version 8 of Internet Explorer by the end of the year, it looks like we will have to wait until 2009 to see it.
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How to Select a Trustworthy Cloud Computing Vendor
Some companies are simply unprepared to provide reliable service to customers for the long term. Knowledge Center contributor David Barley offers recommendations for selecting a stable and trustworthy cloud computing vendor.
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Accelerating the Next Phase of Virtualization
Like other virtualization products, desktop virtualization holds the promise of dramatically simplified IT infrastructure, cost effective IT utilization and management, and greater security around enterprise data.
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Top 10 Questions to Ask Before Any Virtualization Project
When focusing on server, operating system, application and desktop virtualization, there are 10 questions enterprises should be prepared to answer.
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Microsoft to Phase Out Windows Live OneCare ; Flash! Firefox No Longer Safe from Browser Drive-Bys ; Microsoft Slashes at Google Apps Price Point

Ivan Skin (collectsstuff) — 2008-11-20T09:14:24Z

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Microsoft to Phase Out Windows Live OneCare
The company is giving up on its Windows Live OneCare subscription service next June. But it is not giving up on the security business entirely - it has plans for a free, anti-malware product code-named "Morro."
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Flash! Firefox No Longer Safe from Browser Drive-Bys
Larry Seltzer: Security exploits still target browser vulnerabilities, but attacks on browser plug-ins and vulnerable third-party controls such as Flash and Acrobat are becoming more common. That means Firefox users need to be as cautious as users of Internet Explorer.
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Microsoft Slashes at Google Apps Price Point
GAPE is easily less expensive than Microsoft's offerings of Exchange Online and SharePoint Online, yet Microsoft's ability to let customers pick and choose apps with the familiar Exchange and SharePoint user interfaces may be appealing to customers new to cloud computing.
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What Logs Should Google Buy in a Yahoo Fire Sale?
Clint Boulton: The question isn't what would Google want to buy from Yahoo, but what wouldn't it want to buy?
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How to Make Your Datacenter Green
Greening your datacenter is a strategy that enables an enterprise to improve profitability while reducing expenses, contribute positively to the overall community, and be better positioned in the global information economy. Knowledge Center contributor Peter Melerud explains how to green the datacenter in your enterprise.
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Nvidia Details 'Personal Supercomputer' Design ; Adobe Flash Catalyst May Change Designer, Developer Game ; New HP Ethernet Module Aimed at Eliminating Network Switches

Ivan Skin (collectsstuff) — 2008-11-19T08:44:08Z