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Dan and Dan in "Whatever Amuses You"

arwa m. (alorwa) — 2008-09-16T09:18:38Z

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Ex-Google Staffers Launch Cuil Search

Ivan Skin (collectsstuff) — 2008-07-29T07:32:30Z

Ex-Google Staffers Launch Cuil Search With Spotty Access
By Clint Boulton
July 29, 2008

Cuil launches as the latest Google challenger. Yet indexing of 120 billion Web pages won't help the users access the site any better; Cuil is hammered with traffic to make it impossible to use.
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Fwd: AMD Denies Fab Sell-Off;Steve Jobs' Health: Why It Matters;Is Microsoft Irrelevant?

Ivan Skin (collectsstuff) — 2008-07-25T09:05:29Z

AMD Denies Fab Sell-Off
AMD is denying reports that it will sell off its fabrication plants in Germany.
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What Virtual Servers Need to Succeed
Virtualization shouldn't lower IT costs by sacrificing performance, reliability or business results. HP multiport network adapters built with Intel Ethernet technology can help eliminate network bottlenecks in a virtual machine environment.
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Enterprise Standards for Mobility
Enterprise workers of all ranks seldom leave the office these days without a mobile device in hand. But despite their ubiquity, mobile devices often are used to only a fraction of their capability, thanks to the absence of an industry-standard platform for application development. Stan Gibson reports.
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	Is Microsoft Irrelevant?
	Executive Departure Reshuffles Microsoft Deck
	Facebook Introduces Connect, No Payment System
	Intel's Embedded Processors Destined for New Gadgets
	Steve Jobs' Health: Why It Matters

Is Microsoft Irrelevant?
At OSCON, a top software architect questions Microsoft's relevance.
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Executive Departure Reshuffles Microsoft Deck
Kevin Johnson, who led the charge on Yahoo, departs Microsoft.
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Facebook Introduces Connect, No Payment System
Facebook announces its Connect external socialization service, a new developer Web site, international translation of the Platform and other programs.
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Intel's Embedded Processors Destined for New Gadgets
Intel's EP80579 is part of a new generation of embedded processors.
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Steve Jobs' Health: Why It Matters
Heroes aren't meant to get sick or, gasp, die. We look to them for strength, not frailty.
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Now Serving Blades: Simplify IT Management
Blade servers are all the rage these days. And for good reason: They're easier to manage, consume less power and take up less space, which can result in substantial cost savings.
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Intrusion Prevention for Road Warriors
Using common public networks leave employees' laptops vulnerable to viruses, zero-day attacks, and cyber-hazards circulating across the internet. Find out the implications of such computer attacks.
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Scenes From Facebook's F8 Conference

Ivan Skin (collectsstuff) — 2008-07-25T09:04:05Z

Scenes From Facebook's F8 Conference
By Clint Boulton
July 25, 2008

At this year's F8 Conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the next step with Facebook Connect, a service that lets users move their Facebook data to third-party Web sites.
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Facebook app for iPhone (243,482 daily active users, 45%). Big implications for ad networks?

Brij Singh (brijsingh) — 2008-07-21T12:57:17Z

In another example of how mobile-app-can-wreak-havoc-with-your-business-model, check the usage statistics of Facebook For iPhone. There are 243,482 daily active users representing 45% of total. These are high numbers. It's fair to say that 243,482 iPhone owners are now using Facebook for their social networking experience. Now compare the use % for applicatio...

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Dell Notebooks: Security Services Baked In

Ivan Skin (collectsstuff) — 2008-07-01T07:38:42Z

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Oracle Grows Despite Recession; Gates Leaves the Building; Easy Storage
Oracle is seeing its highest growth in 10 years. Bill Gates leaves the building, but hasn't thrown the towel in yet. One company makes storage as easy as turning on your PC.
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The Big Bullseye On Adobe
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No Guarantee of Success for Microsoft's Hyper-V Virtualization
After a long, intensive beta process, Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization is now ready for the masses. But will enterprises turn away from leading players such as VMware and Citrix and flock to the new technology?
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External Web Application Management Using IIS 7
In this screencast, MVP Corey Hynes takes us through the new managment service in IIS 7 that addresses the need to delegate remote administration while maintaining the security of your web server.
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	Dell Notebooks: Security Services Baked In
	Fly, Bill, Fly
	Facebook's Storage Investment
	Green IT Equals Greenbacks
	Messaging Abuse Group Pubs Advice

Dell Notebooks: Security Services Baked In
Dell bakes security and recovery tools into its latest laptops to help you deal with theft.
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Fly, Bill, Fly
Here's a look at Bill Gates and the value of developers in Microsoft's world.
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Facebook's Storage Investment
Hot Web 2.0 company moving out of colocation data centers and will invest in all new ones.
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Green IT Equals Greenbacks
IT systems makers can become greener and boost profits too.
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Messaging Abuse Group Pubs Advice
The MAAWG is advising ISPs on how to deal with the spam scourge.
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The New Information Agenda: Do You Have One?
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SANS Warns of Critical MS Word Vulnerability;Cohler Sniffing for Facebook?

Ivan Skin (collectsstuff) — 2008-06-23T08:30:15Z

SANS Warns of Critical MS Word Vulnerability
A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Word stands capable of allowing remote execution by hackers or malware.
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First Impressions of Firefox 3
This is a good upgrade to a good browser, but it's not the godsend many make it out to be.
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TechNet Edge Series: Elden Christensen, Cluster PM
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	Trust in the IT Department
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	FCC to Slap Verizon?

Trust in the IT Department
One in three IT pros say they've spied on coworkers or the company.
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Cohler Sniffing for Facebook?
The Facebook exec is now working for VC Benchmark Capital...or is he?
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Mozilla Investigates Firefox Bug
With the release of Firefox 3.0, the Web browser wars are heating up.
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The Trojan Open-Source Dropdown
Web 2.0 tech is powerful, but can lead to disaster if you aren't careful.
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FCC to Slap Verizon?
The FCC will judge whether Verizon has interfered with moves to other carriers.
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Email Archiving: Common Myths and Misconceptions
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Getting the Most for Every Dollar: The Ultimate Balancing Act
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Sun Scales Down HPC; Google and Facebook's Fade; Verizon Mulls FiOS Options

Ivan Skin (collectsstuff) — 2008-06-19T08:52:11Z

Sun Scales Down HPC
Sun offers a scaled-down version of its 7-teraflop, HPC Constellation system with a new switch and blade based on quad-core Intel Xeons.
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HP Application Security Goes SAAS
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10 Project Chartering Tips - Slideshow
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TechNet Edge Series: Meet the Terminal Services Team
Interview with Niraj Agarwala, developer of the TS gateway, and Kevin London, developer of TS web access and Remote App Manager.
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State and local government IT department often face tighter budgets while also being called on to deliver more services. One way to handle this situation is to use best practices to get the most out of existing IT resources and to provide more reliable services.
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Layered Computer Security Approach: Compliance, Data Protection, Recovery
A missing computer can result in compliance and privacy issues that can be very costly for organizations that store confidential data, including enterprise, government, healthcare and educational institutions. This paper discusses the relationship between computer theft, regulatory compliance and data security, and examines how IT professionals can combine policy, encryption, IT asset management and remote data delete capabilities.
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	First Impressions of Firefox 3
	Steep Penalty for H-1B Scammer
	Google and Facebook's Fade
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	Microsoft to Circle Back?

First Impressions of Firefox 3
This is a good upgrade, but it's not the Godsend many make it out to be.
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Steep Penalty for H-1B Scammer
The owner of a NJ IT firm has been charged with running an H-1B immigration racket.
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Google and Facebook's Fade
What Google services will emerge that are both social and stickier than Facebook, MySpace?
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Verizon Mulls FiOS Options
Fiber-optic networks offer speed at a high cost, so Verizon is looking around.
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Microsoft to Circle Back?
IDC analyst believes Microsoft will swoop in after the annual shareholders meeting to buy Yahoo.
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