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FCC Study Finds Broadband Speeds Lagging

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
In its latest snapshot of the broadband market, Federal Communications Commission finds that less than half of households have sufficient connection speeds.


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Cisco Snags Arch Rock in Smart Grid Play

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
Networking giant looks to advance its position in the burgeoning smart-grid market with the acquisition of Arch Rock, a firm specializing in wireless sensors that connect devices to a mesh network.


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Microsoft Begins Yahoo Ad Integration

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
Software giant puts Yahoo advertisers on notice that the transition to its adCenter technology is underway, with hopes to complete the integration by October.


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Google, AOL Extend Search Agreement

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
Under renewed agreement, Google will provide AOL's search and advertising technology for five more years, with an expansion into mobile and video content.


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Salesforce CRM Gets Real-Time Contact Updates, Leads

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
Thanks to its acquisition of Jigsaw, the SaaS player integrates real-time updates on CRM contacts to its solution.


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Say What? The Week's Top Five IT Quotes

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
RIM's encryption battle, measuring the business impact of IT, storage forecast and more.


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Xsigo's New I/O Director Trumps Cisco on Price

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
Unlike solutions that require Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adapters and PCIe link extenders, I/O Director doesn't use costly add-on cards. .


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Virtualization: Is It Safe?

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
That was the chief question on the minds of attendees at this year's VMworld. Not surprisingly, VMware and its partners had much to say on the subject.


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Microsoft Issues 'Fix It' for DLL Flaw

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
Following the revelation of a flaw that put hundreds of Windows applications at risk, Microsoft issues an automated "Fix It" tool to address the vulnerability.


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Twitter Link-Shortening Raises Privacy Concerns

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
Amid a wider rollout of new security and third-party app authentication enhancements, one feature has some Twitter users worried.


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Intel Shares Its Own Virtualization Success Story

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
The world's largest chipmaker uses a lot of servers. But it says it's having to spend money on fewer now thanks to VMware -- and offers a few lessons to CIOs also looking to trim costs.


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Windows Phone 7 Heads to Manufacturers

Internet News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:50
Announcing that Windows Phone 7 has been "released to manufacturing," Microsoft marks a major milestone in the development of its new mobile operating system.


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HP Emerges Victor in 3PAR Bidding War

Internet News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 18:59
Dell drops out after HP offers a whopping $2.4 billion for the enterprise and cloud storage technology player.


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CIOs Look to Cautious IT Hiring Plans

Internet News - Sat, 09/04/2010 - 18:59
According to a new survey by Robert Half International, IT executives are only planning modest increases in hiring, citing budget constraints and a shortage of qualified workers.


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VMworld: In the Cloud, It's Storage's Time to Shine

Internet News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:46
Your infrastructure might be going into the cloud... but it'll still need to be stored somewhere. A storage-centric look of VMworld's happenings.


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Western Digital Dives Into Pure-Play Networking

Internet News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:46
Longstanding leader in the hard-drive sector continues efforts to diversity portfolio, now launching a networking kit that could port video content to the TV.


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Microsoft Claims Android 'Gotchas' Raise Its Cost

Internet News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:46
Google makes its Android software freely available, but Microsoft argues there are other costs related to making the open source software available on mobile devices.


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PC Demand Will Cool Off a Bit in Second Half

Internet News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:46
Gartner's latest forecast predicts continued strong growth for PC makers in the next two quarters -- just not as robust as they enjoyed in the first half of 2010.


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Apple Revamps TV, iOS, iPods and iTunes

Internet News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:46
Apple's CEO highlights new ways Apple plans to build on its dominance in mobile devices with new social, movie rental and performance enhancements.


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Sloppy Data Costs Fortune 1000 Firms Billions

Internet News - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:46
New research from Sybase concludes that a median Fortune 1000 firm would stand to gain more than $2 billion with better, more accurate and more usable data.


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