Friday, February 20, 2009

Forget the Oscars: Here come the 404 Awards; Cloud security fears overblown? 'Maybe we can JTAG it'

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Forget the Oscars: Sit back for the 404 Awards
By Denise Dubie
The Oscars may recognize the best that Hollywood has to offer, but Hollywood so often gets the technology wrong. In honor of the 81st Academy Awards airing Feb. 22, we've compiled the 404 Awards to recognize unreal appearances by technology in 2008 films -- and point out a few films that got it right. View slideshow

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Cloud security fears are overblown, some say
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'Maybe we can JTAG it'
Purser: One of my neighbors knocked on the door yesterday. I figured he wanted to borrow some tools or wanted me to fix his computer because he came over with a six'er of Newcastle. I think Dr. "Bones" McCoy said on Star Trek IV, "Beware of Romulans bearing gifts..." And English Ale beats the crap out of Romulan Ale any day! Come on in! Turns out, he was updating the firmware in his home router and accidentally kicked the power cord out of the router in the middle of an update. Can anything be done? I stalled for time until the last Newcastle was gone and then said maybe we can JTAG it.

Virtual desktops ripe for deployment, hindered by cost
Desktop virtualization technology provides clear benefits in security, manageability and flexibility, but upfront costs make ROI a long-term proposition.

HP cuts pay, benefits after poor financials
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The Department of Homeland Security Thursday named Mary Ellen Callahan as the department's Chief Privacy Officer.

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Study: Other network traffic surpassing P-to-P growth
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Why the Universal Charger Won't Work
The GSM Association announced the creation of a universal cell phone charger that will function with most mobile phones by 2012. The technology is based on the popular micro-USB interface. Not-so-curiously absent from ...

Podcast: Parents vs. kids: Online activity monitoring
Symantec unveils its Norton Online Family service this week and Newsmaker Jody Gibney explains why the cloud service could get parents and kids talking about what not to do while surfing the Internet. (10:55)

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02/20/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Want to close your LendingTree account? Sorry, no can do
  2. Stimulus bill aims for 'national broadband plan'
  3. Accused rogue admin Terry Childs makes his case
  4. 9 dirty tricks: Social engineers' favorite pick-up lines
  5. Nortel exec issues vague promise to detail its reorganization
  6. HP cuts pay, benefits after poor financials
  7. Nortel loses bid for Verizon Wireless business
  8. Microsoft wins motion, loses one in Vista Capable case
  9. Verizon confirms details of U.S. LTE deployment
  10. CVS spanked over customer privacy failures


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