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How Apple played hard to get and seduced the enterprise
There was a time when you wouldn't mention the words "Apple" and "enterprise" in the same breath. Apple sold to consumers and didn't much care about catering to the enterprise. But the iPhone and iPad changed all that. Read More


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Paul Baran, Internet and packet switching pioneer, is mourned
Paul Baran, whose Cold War era invention of packet switching technology helped to lay the foundation for the Internet, has died at the age of 84. Read More

15 Biggest Fails for Early Adopters
You rushed out, you got there early, you stood in line -- and you bought Windows Vista, or the original Apple iPhone, or a big HD-DVD collection. And then the roof caved in. Read More

Apple holding out on iOS 5 until fall?
Apple watchers are buzzing about a possible iOS 5 launch this fall, suggesting the company will break from recent tradition and release the new mobile operating system software after its next iPhone. Read More


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In Search of the Long-Term Archiving Solution
This report documents that disk is more than fifteen times more expensive than tape, based upon vendor-supplied list pricing, and uses 238 times more energy (costing more than the all costs for tape) for an archiving application of large binary files with a 45% annual growth rate, all over a 12-year period. Read now

Is FCC 'taking a stand' on AT&T, T-Mobile deal?
Unofficial comments by an anonymous FCC official about AT&T's proposed buyout of T-Mobile are being widely interpreted as expressing the FCC's opinion on the deal, even though the agency hasn't yet begun to investigate it. Read More

Firefox 4 sets unofficial download record
Mozilla set an unofficial record for software downloads on the second day of Firefox 4's launch, the company said. Read More

Google patches 6 serious Chrome bugs
The latest security update to Google Chrome includes two blacklisted SSL certificates that may be related to the recent theft of digital certificates from a Comodo reseller. Read More


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Report: Mysterious Facebook Web search box could be malware
A Web search box some users are seeing on their Facebook interface wasn't inserted by Facebook and could be the result of malware or a rogue browser plug-in or application. Read More

IPv4 address transfers must meet policy, ARIN chief says
The chief executive of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) today said that any transfer of IPv4 addresses from one organization to another will need to be compliant with established ARIN policy. Read More

Get smarter about your email and cut your costs by 80%
Enterprise email is the one true "killer application." But why is it still so expensive and complicated? There are alternatives that are at least as good functionality-wise, but far cheaper when it comes to total cost of ownership. Read More

Kwik Trip convenience store chain likes fast packet capture
How fast is fast really? That's a question always top of mind for network managers when they hear vendors tout line-speed rates and other such metrics. Now Network Instruments has the confirmation it needs when claiming its GigaStor 10 Gb Wire Speed network analyzer can save traffic to disk at line rate on full-duplex 10 gigabit-per-second links. Read More

Startup moves Exchange mailboxes to Google or Microsoft cloud
A startup founded by a former Citrix executive is aiming to help customers move Microsoft Exchange mailboxes to either Google Apps or Microsoft's own cloud. Read More



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First look at Firefox 4
Firefox 4 has finally arrived, after months of delays and after rival Web browsers Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 10 already shipped. The browser gets a speed boost and several feature enhancements that are so significant that they all have their own proper names, like Panorama, JaegerMonkey and Firefox Sync. Were they worth the wait? Let's take a look.

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