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Apple dismisses netbook trend; Chambers: Cloud computing a 'security nightmare'; 25 most-read

VMware to embed RSA security into vSphere 4; Android to go beyond phones to a range of personal devices; This week's 25 most-read stories
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Apple dismisses netbook trend

Agam Shah By Agam Shah
An Apple executive on Wednesday lashed out against netbooks, calling the small and light laptops unusable. Read full story

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Cloud computing a 'security nightmare,' says Cisco CEO
If anyone has the right to be excited about cloud computing, it's John Chambers. But on Wednesday Cisco's Chairman and CEO conceded that the computing industry's move to sell pay-as-you-go computing cycles available as a service on the Internet was also "a security nightmare."

VMware to embed RSA security into vSphere 4
Embedded security promised for VMware's new vSphere cloud computing platform based on RSA's data-loss prevention and encryption technologies.

Android to go beyond phones to a range of personal devices
Android, the Linux-based operating system used in the G1 smartphone and others to come, is destined to be part of many other devices, including personal multimedia devices, mobile Internet devices, medical monitoring tools and home-entertainment controllers.

Are price hikes in store for Sun software support?
Oracle's pending purchase of Sun Microsystems may not have an immediate effect on what customers currently pay to use Sun software, but changes are likely coming, observers said this week.

FTC targets mobile text messaging, security concerns
Looking to stay on top of rapidly developing security and privacy challenges in the mobile communications arena, the Federal Trade Commission this week released the results of a recent town hall meeting it held to help it grasp everything from open source software to data protection.

This week's 25 most-read stories

1. The evolution of Ethernet
2. Apple iPhoneys: The 4G edition
3. 6 things that could ruin Twitter (and 5 that won't)
4. Products shown at the RSA Conference
5. 100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet
6. Palm Pre vs. Apple iPhone: How they stack up
7. 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble
8. Are you an IT geezer? (and we mean that in a good way)
9. Apple yanks "Baby Shaker" from App Store amidst public disgust
10. Palm's webOS lives up to hype, early developers say

11. Intel CPU cache poisoning: dangerously easy on Linux
12. VMware vows to overhaul data center with "cloud operating system"
13. Bill Gates: The video tribute
14. Oracle acquires Sun in $7.4B stunner
15. Users reporting that Earthlink is down - on Earth Day
16. Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs
17. Five tools to prevent energy waste in the data center
18. The Biggest Loser in Oracle-Sun Deal: SAP
19. Hottest tech M&A deals of 2009
20. Controversial Einstein systems to inspect U.S. government's Internet traffic

21. 3Com's high-end switch: A fast, green alternative to Cisco
22. RSA Conference kicks off on somber note
23. Top 12 Twitter tools
24. 15 nifty BlackBerry apps for IT pros
25. Sun's MySQL could thrive under Oracle ownership, analysts say


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04/23/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. The evolution of Ethernet
  2. Intel CPU cache poisoning: dangerously easy on Linux
  3. Apple reports blockbuster earnings with iPhone growth
  4. Einstein systems to inspect U.S. government's Internet traffic
  5. Researchers show how to take control of Windows 7
  6. Apple yanks 'Baby Shaker' from App Store amidst public disgust
  7. 100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet
  8. Six things that could ruin Twitter (and five that won't)
  9. Apple iPhoneys: The 4G edition
  10. Good time to plan Windows 7, Office 2010 purchases
  11. VMware launchers vSphere


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