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'Best effort' insufficient for cloud
News Cloud ecosystem needs operator participation to provide single point of blame, to win businesses' confidence in moving over, says consultant.
Tags: Service level management, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, NTT Corp., SingTel, network, Uptime, Asia-Pacific, SLA, Service Management
Check Point looks to 'consolidation'
Insight newsmaker CEO Gil Shwed, dubbed "Bill Gates of Israel", explains why being "complicated" is good for security industry and how Check Point tools are going broad.
Tags: Enterprise risk management, Firewalls, IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems), Security, software, U.S., Information Technology, network, Asia, Singapore
Dell PowerEdge T710
Reviews Dell's PowerEdge T710 is ideal for branch office or medium-sized business use, where performance, expandability and flexibility are key attributes.
Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Xeon, Gigabit Ethernet, PCI Express, Storage, Dell PowerEdge, Server, RAM, processor, Dell Computer Corp.
Surveys: Consumer outlook for economy, tech spending rise
News Adding a smidgen more white space here or boldfacing a word there can change how people use Google. And the search engine is trying at least 50 such tests right now.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Point, Consumer Electronics Association, Survey, financial, job, News.com, CNET Networks Inc., U.S., blog
Tech stocks tumble for a second straight day
News The Dow Jones industrial average takes another wild ride, marking a second consecutive day it has ended the session below 10,000.
Tags: Financial, Legal, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Point, The Dow Chemical Co., Stock, Federal Reserve Board, Network Appliance Inc., S&P 500
How tech-savvy should lawyers be?
Blogs I recently attended an event for lawyers involved in the technology field. When one of the speakers went up, he aske...
Following through novel initiatives is key
Blogs Ramadan, or the Muslim fasting month, is usually a busy time for journalists as invites begin to pour in for Buka Puasa ...
Augmented reality: Not that real yet
News Why iPhone apps that act as a digital guidebook aren't quite ready for prime time and is a step down from using conventional mapping and search applications.
Tags: Smart phones, Phone, App, GPS receiver, Smart Phone, GPS, McDonald's Corp., Smartphone, Washington, Apple iPhone
iPhone officially lands in South Korea
News Enthusiasts wait in line overnight to get hands on Apple's smartphone, whose arrival is expected to challenge homegrown giants Samsung and LG Electronics.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile platforms, KT Corp., Phone, Smart Phone, mobile, South Korea, Korea, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., mobile company
Time to map out
Blogs Before anything else, let me devote a few words to the fallen journalists and other victims of the brutal massacre that ...
Keep IMAP e-mail messages locally using OfflineIMAP
Techguide Vincent Danen discusses the uses of OfflineIMAP for synchronizing local and remote IMAP mailboxes and providing a good method for backing up e-mail.
Tags: Open source, E-mail servers, Mailbox, Fedora Project, POP3, IMAP, OfflineIMAP, SSL, Backup, Tool
Report: Microsoft may help News Corp. delist sites
News The media empire is talking with tech giant about having its Web sites removed from Google search results, according to a Financial Times report.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Google Inc., search engine, Rupert Murdoch, advertisement, Microsoft Corp., Web sites, News Corp., financial
Europe getting 'Internet freedom' law
News Major overhaul of telecommunications regulations tackles issues ranging from data-breach notification to faster number porting to Internet access.
Tags: Regulations, Web sites, Piracy, negotiator, Telecoms Reform Package, European Commission, Web sites, European Parliament, Telecommunications, European Union
More ads coming to mobiles via Google AdSense
News Mobile Web publishers had been able to sell small mobile ads on their sites. A new AdSense program lets them serve larger ads suitable for smartphones.
Tags: Mobile commerce, E-commerce, Google Inc., advertisement, mobile, Smart Phone, Google AdSense, Web Browser, Mobile Device, Google AdWords
Microsoft finalizes Windows 7 'XP Mode'
News Software maker says it has wrapped up work on an add-on to Windows 7 that lets users run a virtualized copy of the older operating system.
Tags: Windows 7, Windows XP, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack
