Selecting an Open Source Operating System

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:02:00 GMT

There's a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article is intended to help you pick the best operating system for your needs and experience level. Although this article ...

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Gateway NV7915u: More Brawn Than Brains

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:37:00 GMT

I'm getting too old and lazy these days to travel much farther than to my desk, couch, or bed. The good news is that Gateway seems to have made the $649 NV7915u laptop just for people like me. Industry jargon calls such models desktop replacements, but "luggable" is a better ...

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Court reaffirms i4i's patent win against Microsoft

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:16:00 GMT

The U. S. Federal Court of Appeals has once again upheld a jury's verdict that Microsoft willfully infringed on patents awarded to i4i.

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After takedown, botnet-linked ISP Troyak resurfaces

Last week FBI Director Robert Mueller called the fight against hackers "the cyber equivalent of cat-and-mouse. " On Wednesday security experts trying to take down the Zeus botnet got a taste of what he meant.

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Poor Bill Gates: Mexican telecom tycoon grabs Richest Man title

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man according to the annual Forbes magazine list released Tuesday, but it's not like he's going to have to go crawling back for his old job either.

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Android Dominates, Windows Mobile Plummets, iPhone Stagnant

The results are in from comScore for the most recent quarter for smartphone usage in the United States. With smartphone use up 18 percent over the previous quarter, topping 42 million users, Google's Android mobile operating system stands out as the dominant winner for this quarter.

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Chambers: How I'll make Cisco into IT's biggest player

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:39 +0000

By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, a brisk pace of internal development, and a much-discussed new organizational structure that the company is using to attack a slew of new markets, Cisco's reach extends from the consumer to ...

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Chambers: How I'll make Cisco into IT's biggest player

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:39 +0000

By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, a brisk pace of internal development, and a much-discussed new organizational structure that the company is using to attack a slew of new markets, Cisco's reach extends from the consumer to ...

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CA to buy Nimsoft

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:19:02 +0000

CA said Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy IT performance monitoring vendor Nimsoft for $350 million. The acquisition, which is scheduled to close this month, will strengthen CA's hand in IT management software for what it calls "emerging enterprises," or companies with annual revenues between $300 million and $2 billion, and for managed service providers.

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Motorola to Put Bing Search on Android Phones

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Motorola will start loading Microsoft's search and map services onto its Android smartphones in China, bringing more non-Google services to the phones amid a row between Google and China.

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CA to Buy Nimsoft

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

CA said Wednesday it has signed a deal to buy IT performance monitoring vendor Nimsoft for US$350 million.

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Google Apps Store Seeks Cloud Collaboration Boost

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Google's new Apps Marketplace could give a significant boost to Web-based communication and collaboration software for businesses by creating a wide-ranging yet integrated virtual suite of heterogeneous cloud applications.

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Cyberattacks Raise E-Banking Security Fears

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Increasing cyberattacks against the online bank accounts of small and mid-size businesses has prompted growing calls for improved online banking security.

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Excel Vulnerabilities Revealed on 'Slower' Patch Tuesday

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Coming off a record-making Patch Tuesday in February, Microsoft announces a lighter load of bulletins and advisories targeting client operating systems, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer.

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Microsoft Skips Patch for PowerPoint Add-on

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Microsoft fixed eight flaws in Windows and Office today, but passed on patching one Windows component because it cannot be automatically updated.

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Apple's iPhone App Contract Nails Developers

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:00 -0800

iPad and iPhone developers beware: Apple reserves the right to kill an app at any time with no reason.

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When Four Cores Aren't Enough: Intel's Core i7-980X Extreme Edition

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:01:00 -0800

Need more cores? Intel's latest Extreme Edition processor packs six, shrunk down to 32 nanometers.

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MySpace Revamps for Revival

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:40:00 -0800

After a tough year, the former social networking giant is revamping its look in order to stay in the running with Facebook and Twitter.

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Apple ranks first in tech-support ratings

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:44:00 -0800

In Consumer Reports' latest survey of computer tech support, Apple has come out far ahead of their competition for their support of laptop and desktop computers.

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TextExpander 3 saves you from more tedious typing

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:00 -0800

This new version of SmileOnMyMac's time-saving text snippet tool gains faster tools, search, more powerful options for customizing snippets on the fly, and easier ways to sync one's snippet library between Macs.

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Review: Hangman RSS for iPhone

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:18:00 -0800

This app taps an RSS feed to pump out the first half-dozen words of news headlines, requiring you to play an individual game of hangman on one or more of those words. It's easily one of the more clever and challenging hangman games in the App Store.

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DEMO Spring 2010: Spotlight on Mobile

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:52:59 -0500

Leading up to DEMO Spring 2010, March 21-23 at the JW Marriott in Palm Desert, we?ll rollout more information about the key themes and panelists featured in each of  the 7 DEMO Tech Segments - Cloud, Social and Media, Health and Life Science; Clean and Sustaining Tech, Enterprise, Mobile and Consumer. DEMO Spring 2010 Spotlight on Mobile. Read more

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DEMO: See the big trends (and speakers Dharmaraj, Fenton, Wong and Chien)

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:49:09 -0500

We?re shaking things up a bit at the upcoming DEMO conference in Palm Springs, Calif. , on March 22-23. The consumer Internet remains exciting, but we?re seeing more action around the edges of the Internet going forward. Read more

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DEMO Spring 2010 Tech Segment: Spotlight on Cloud

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:20:24 -0500

Leading up to DEMO Spring 2010, March 21-23 at the JW Marriott in Palm Desert, we?ll rollout more information about the key themes and panelists featured in each of  the 7 DEMO Tech Segments - Cloud, Social and Media, Health and Life Science; Clean and Sustaining Tech, Enterprise, Mobile and Read more

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T-Mobile USA drops Yahoo search in favor of Google

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:25:00 EST

Bellevue, Wash. and#8212;Cellular communications provider T-Mobile USA has dropped Yahoo as its exclusive mobile search engine after a little more than a year, replacing it with Google.

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What is meant by and#8216;good list hygieneand#8217; and why should you do it?

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:17:00 EST

When referring to and#8220;good list hygiene,and#8221; weand#8217;re actually asking you about the accuracy of your e-mail addresses.

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Campaigner updates e-mail marketing features

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:08:00 EST

Ottawa, Ontarioand#8212;E-mail marketing service provider Campaigner has added several new features to its e-mail suite aimed at small businesses.

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Print?s Place in Multichannel Retailing

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:01:00 GMT

Glossy pages and aspirational copy draw high-value customers

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Increasing Game Time Online

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:01:00 GMT

User numbers stagnate despite new platforms for play

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Spurring Social Users to Search

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:01:00 GMT

In-person word-of-mouth still tops online

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