Extreme unveils switching blueprint; sleuth uncovers hidden wireless feature in Windows 7 Starter; Google launches alternative DNS resolver

Android, iPhone, BlackBerry: Which OS is best for app development?; Windows 7 Starter includes hidden wireless feature, says sleuth Daily News PM Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Sybase Achieve Data Warehousing Performance with a Column-Oriented Database The growing demand for deep-dive data mining, complex event processing and strategic business analytics puts increased demands on today's data bases and data warehouse. Learn how an alternative data base approach, which begins by storing data by columns instead of rows, has proven to meet today's exploding data warehouses. Read this Paper Now! Spotlight Story Extreme unveils switching blueprint for virtual data centers Extreme Networks this week unveiled a blueprint for migrating data centers from the physical world to virtualization, and then ultimately to cloud computing. Read full story Related News: Android, iPhone, BlackBerry: Which OS is best for app development? With so many different mobile operating systems on the market right now, it can be daunting for an upstart software developer to make a name for itself. Windows 7 Starter includes hidden wireless feature, says sleuth Microsoft may have buried a wireless networking feature in Windows 7 Starter, the edition installed on most netbooks, but it did not actually disable the ad hoc wireless feature, as the firm's marketing materials claim, a noted Windows blogger said today. Flash storage should be among top data center priorities, Gartner says Flash is 25 to 30 times more expensive than hard disk drives, but the price is worth it, Gartner says. Google launches alternative DNS resolver Google has created a new system to resolve DNS queries that the company claims will speed up Web browsing for end users, as well as make it more secure. Windows 7: Seven points of imperfection Since its highly ballyhooed rollout near the end of October, Windows 7 has been applauded by many as Microsoft's best operating system yet. But no OS is perfect, and that goes for Windows 7. Google goes with HTML5 over Gears Google will end Gears, an open-source plug-in project it launched two years ago to allow Web applications to function even when a computer isn't connected to the Internet, according to a statement from the company. Comcast, NBC Universal venture eyes anytime/anywhere content Comcast and General Electric announced a $37 billion joint venture today that combines Comcast's cable programming and online content with NBC Universal's varied businesses, including broadcasting, online content and cable programming. Can Windows Azure deliver on IT's interest in it? IT specialists see potential for Microsoft's cloud platform to take care of peak compute loads. 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