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Microsoft issues emergency patch for Windows Web bug
Microsoft today delivered an emergency patch for a Windows Web server flaw that is being actively exploited by hackers. Read More


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A brief history of Android
How Android rose to prominence in the smartphone market. Read More

Cisco eats its own IPv6 dog food
Cisco has been selling IPv6-enabled routers, software and services for many years. Now, Cisco is taking the initiative to deploy IPv6 on its own public-facing Web site, the company confirmed Tuesday. Read More

Android software piracy rampant despite Google's efforts to curb
Pirating Android apps is a long-standing problem. But it seems to be getting worse, even as Google begins to respond much more aggressively. The dilemma: protecting developers' investments, and revenue stream, while keeping an open platform. Read More

Cisco expects BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to do well
Cisco expects RIM's new BlackBerry PlayBook to do well among businesses moving toward tablets, and help to augment customer demand for Cisco's WebEx service and Unified Communications Manager platforms. Read More


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Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers
The market for products to improve the delivery of application software over networks remains dynamic and innovative. Vendors focused on solving enterprises' most-pressing application problems have become the top players. Read now!

Fed's IPv6 plan called a "game changer"
Internet policymakers and industry leaders are hailing the Obama Administration's plan to upgrade all federal Web sites and e-government services over the next two years to support IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More

Fiber-to-the-jungle
Arizona State University and the Smithsonian Institute are using a fiber-to-the-jungle connection to provide distance learning that could include extending lectures into the rainforest via Wi-Fi connections. Read More

Buffalo: Data center capital of America?
Fresh off the ribbon cutting of a new Yahoo data center here, the Buffalo, N.Y., area may be girding for the arrival of yet another compute-intensive facility. Read More

Let me hear your body talk
Freer Logic has created an armband sensor that picks up brainwaves and sends signals wirelessly to a PC, so that a user could potentially control the computer with her mind. Read More


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Leaked bill aims to create net neutrality law
Draft legislation from the U.S. Congress would create a new network neutrality law but would prohibit the U.S. Federal Communications Commission from making its own rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively slowing Web traffic. Read More

250% of Microsoft SharePoint users satisfied, 367% hate it, 230% of survey takers can't count
Surveys in the tech industry often have to be taken with a grain of salt, but I was intrigued this week when I saw the headline "New survey reveals dissatisfaction with SharePoint." This isn't necessarily a surprise. As widely used as Microsoft's SharePoint is, it requires customization and sometimes third-party tools to unleash its full potential. Read More

Symantec lays out encryption roadmap
Symantec is laying down a strategy for integrating the two encryption-software companies it acquired, PGP Corp. and GuardianEdge Technologies. Read More

Google is world's most attractive employer; Microsoft drops to #7
Survey of 130,000 career seekers taps Google as world's most attractive employer. Read More

Alliance pushes key piece of Smart Grid, mobile backhaul
The Smart Grid and mobile backhaul networks need a key timing standard to work over Ethernet and IP – and ensuring that equipment meets the standard is the focus of a group formed today. Read More

Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Smartphones will outsell PCs in two years
Mobile phone + network = handheld supercomputer Google CEO Eric Schmidt said today that smartphones will outsell personal computers in just two years. Read More



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