From Free to Fee: 7 Services Adding New Charges The days of getting something for nothing on the Net could be dwindling. More and more companies are rethinking their no-cost approaches and introducing charges for the online services that users have come to rely on. Report: IBM, Sun deal said to be close IBM and Sun are close to a deal under which IBM will acquire Sun for about $9.50 per share, The New York Times reported in its online edition Thursday afternoon. VoiceCon: It's all about the savings This week's VoiceCon Orlando was just as much about how to save money as it was about the hottest technology — unified communications — and, in fact, UC was touted as a way to go about saving money. Wii hack makes light work of mowing the grass When Mary Poppins talked about turning chores into games it's a good bet she didn't expect Casmobot. IBM sees Conficker hitting 4% of PCs IBM is the second company in two days to suggest that the number of computers infected by the Conficker.C worm may be higher than previously thought. EMC targets e-mail archiving, e-discovery in new product line EMC is tackling e-mail archiving, e-discovery and legal compliance with a new set of software products announced Thursday under the brand name SourceOne. Start-ups air cable industry innovations A panel of five start-ups at The Cable Show '09 pitched technologies designed to change the cable industry. Rough year ahead for Cisco and others Gartner says IT spending is worse than after the dot.com bust, and the fallout is expected to be felt throughout the IT industry. PC makers may ditch Windows for Android on netbooks Netbooks are said to be the next new fad, says Microsoft Subnet. HP is reportedly testing a netbook that would run Google's Android operating system rather than Windows, The Wall Street Journal reports. Dell and Asustek Computer also also said to be eyeing Android for netbooks. Video: iPhone app: Skype for iPhone The popular VoIP and chat application makes its iPhone debut. Watch Keith make a phone call to Jason. Cisco announces new training options to save you money Cisco has launched a slew of online tools to get you your CCIE or specialized certs in security and unified communications, at potentially half the cost of previous options. A major shift in certifications: vendor-neutral certs Wendell Odom says that the next big thing in IT training is certifications that are not focused on a single vendor's technology. Today on Layer 8 we take a look at one of the facts of life: Math just scares the crap out of people For those of us who are math phobic this may come as some comfort but a study out today says that 6 out of every 10 university students have anxiety toward the topic. And not only that, women suffer the fear more than the men. Today on Google Subnet Misuse of word 'daily' costs Google $20 million; Google maps the best places to go green; HP Android netbooks spell bad news for Microsoft; and Google Blogoscoped clears up yesterday’s April Fools jokes. April giveaways galore Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. |
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