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Gadgets for any kind of techie Dad; Review: VMware upgrade reaches for the clouds

IBM goes beyond just slapping 'cloud' label on old products; Dell to sell popular Microsoft titles over the Internet
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Review: VMware upgrade reaches for the clouds
VMware's vSphere 4.0 is a massive update to VMware's flagship hypervisor and management toolset which will put significant pressure on Microsoft and the Xen development community.

IBM goes beyond just slapping 'cloud' label on old products
IBM has re-tooled its cloud strategy in a way that should appeal to enterprises, analysts say.

Dell to sell popular Microsoft titles over the Internet
Dell announced today that it would be selling popular Microsoft software titles to consumers through its Dell Download Store. Shocking as this may seem, Dell is the first third-party authorized to do so.

Google re-crafts iGoogle for the iPhone and Android
With Google, the "i's" apparently have it. Google has beefed up its iGoogle interface for the iPhone and for Android devices, too.

Microsoft tells employees to stop expensing their iPhones
Redmond will veto employee's requests to pay for non-Windows mobile devicesWe can't fault Microsoft for this one. A report surfaced today from the Silicon Alley Insider that Microsoft has told employees it will no longer pay for iPhones, BlackBerries, the Palm Pre, or any other non-Windows mobile device submitted on expense reports.

Windows 7 upgrade programs will start soon, vary by vendor
Some PC vendors and sellers will begin a coupon program on June 26 to entitle people who buy premium versions of Microsoft Windows Vista to upgrade to the new Windows 7 operating system when it arrives later this year, but the upgrade offers may not be free. Offers will vary by vendor and retailer.

Google plots to launch microblogging search tool
In its effort to index the world -- or at least cyberspace -- Google is rumored to be working on a microblogging search engine. Although live search is not Google's forte, that isn't stopping it from creating a MicroBlogSearch tool.

Chinese filterware maker bites back at US researchers
The maker of a Web filter backed by the Chinese government plans legal action against U.S. researchers who say its program may have been copied from foreign software, according to state media.

Data Domain board rejects EMC's $1.8B offer, recommends NetApp merger
The EMC-NetApp turf battle over de-duplication vendor Data Domain could be coming to a close.

Developers asked to stop tethering talk on Palm Pre
Palm Inc. has 'politely' cautioned a developer forum not to allow online discussions of tethering with the new Palm Pre.

June Giveaways
Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30.

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June 16, 2009

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  1. Data center derby heats up
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  3. The 10 dumbest tech products so far
  4. National broadband happy talk papers over net neutrality fight
  5. China dominates NSA-backed coding contest
  6. Cisco says it's not eating its SAN young
  7. Sprint starts divesting iDEN network
  8. Cisco expected to be more aggressive after Q1 share losses
  9. Google unveils plug-in to marry Outlook, Gmail
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