Monday, January 31, 2011

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Apple's e-wallet won't replace the one I'm sitting on
Today's flurry of reports that Apple's iPhone 5 and iPad 2 will support Near Field Communications technology has sparked yet another round of nonsense about how so-called e-wallets soon will be the death knell of the leather variety. Read More

Saying no to smartphones: most mobile users will buy new 'dumb' phones
With all the media attention smartphones and their apps have gotten, you'd think they were universally loved. Turns out the next mobile device most wireless service subscribers will buy will be yet another "dumb" phone. Read More

Security in the Cloud? It's a Matter of Position
UCOne of the biggest challenges facing network architects is in crafting a security architecture that protects internal network resources from external attack -- typically in the form of denial of service (DoS) attacks against public-facing servers. These kinds of attacks can range from a nuisance, to one that threatens to disrupt overall business operations. Read More


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Egypt: Cisco and Juniper won't go there
Cisco and Juniper aren't touching Egypt. Both companies declined comment when asked if they are in communication with their service provider customers there after Egypt threw the "kill switch" on its Internet communications in the wake of political unrest in that country. Read More

Do investors have a right to know more about Jobs's health?
A week after news of his medical leave became public, the first sentence of a Wall Street Journal story this morning asks: "How sick is Steve Jobs?" The underlying questions are whether Apple investors have a right to know and whether Apple's board has an obligation to tell them. Those questions are being debated anew by investors, corporate directors and regulators. Read More

Palin e-mail snoop got prison because he's too smart?
So now we know the real reason - or at least the official reason - why the college student who snooped into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account got sent to prison instead of the halfway house recommended by the judge who oversaw his trial and conviction. It's primarily because he was a college student. Read More


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Open Source FAIL
I recently read an interesting blog on Open Source and ERP from Derek Singleton, titled "Can Open Source ERP Succeed?" His blog focused on the ERP segment of the market and why no open source solution has succeeded. Read More

Cisco would welcome this survey's findings
In the News That Will Please Cisco Dept., most large enterprises are gearing up for technology refreshes in their data centers this year, while a large percentage are prioritizing around data center consolidation. Read More

So much anger over such a minor matter
Yesterday I was swapping e-mail with a longtime journalist friend and we drifted into the evergreen topic of online incivility. This morning I scan the comments on my post pooh-poohing "e-wallets" as a replacement for the regular kind... and up pops an example of what we'd been talking about. Read More

Are mentors dead?
IT isn't exactly the friendliest atmosphere for the traditional master/apprentice approach. Or is it America that's the problem? Read More



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The Mac App Store's hottest productivity apps
The Mac App Store debuted this month and hit 1 million downloads in the first 24 hours. The App Store launched with 1,000 or so apps, many of which were already available on the pre-existing Mac downloads Web site. The store is filled with stuff that's fun but also has plenty of apps that make you more productive. Let's take a look at the 10 most downloaded free productivity apps on the Mac App Store, and then we'll look at the 10 most popular paid productivity apps.

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- Top 5 Handset Makers Of 2010 Ranked
Nokia, Samsung, and LG remain firmly entrenched atop the market share rankings, but innovation and the crucial smartphone segment will determine the rest of the pecking order in 2011, according to IDC.
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- Global CIO: The Software Revolution: Can SAP Light The Fuse?
Three emerging technologies have sparked a new generation of incredibly fast enterprise apps with huge disruptive potential—and SAP plans to lead this revolution.
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- Motorola, Nokia Q4 Results Underscore Need For Innovation
Apple's iPhone has snagged market share from both handset makers, a movement that Verizon's addition of the smartphone is likely to exacerbate.
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- BlackBerry Service Faces Ban In India
RIM says it is technically unable to comply with a request to give security officials in the South Asian country access to user data.
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- Google's Android 3.0 SDK Preview Available
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- The Future of Google Docs
Docs has become a worthy competitor to Microsoft Office, but its future will rely less on feature parity and more on the value being added to Google's platform in the cloud.
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- Top Healthcare IT Predictions For 2011
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It was inevitable that this time would come. Mobile phones have long since surpassed PC purchases but 2011 will be the first year that internet connected devices, not merely dumb phones, will surpass sales of full sized computers.
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Samsung says sales of its Galaxy Tab Android tablet have surpassed the two million mark after three months. Can it maintain that pace?
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Is patching cellular gaps with Wi-Fi secure?
The ambitious goals President Obama expressed for next-generation mobile broadband during his recent State of the Union address could get a shot in the arm if mobile operators use Wi-Fi to patch 3G/4G coverage holes and ensure that cellular-to-Wi-Fi network handovers are secure. Read More


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5-Step RISC Migration Planning Process
In this session, HP and Red Hat speakers will explain how to prepare for and execute an effective migration from SPARC/Solaris OS-based systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on HP ProLiant and BladeSystem servers. View Now!

When the CEO Gives iPads to All: One CIO's Story
Last summer, KLA-Tencor, a Silicon Valley semiconductor equipment maker, rebounded from the market doldrums to post annual revenues of $1.8 billion. The happy CEO surprised the company's 5,400 employees by telling them that they would each be rewarded with a shiny, new iPad. Read More

Smackdown: Android Market vs. iPhone App Store
The Android Market has made steady improvements since its introduction. But has it overtaken Apple's App Store? Let's find out. Read More

Q&A: How biometric data can secure your Android smartphone
If your phone's lock screen leaves you feeling a little insecure, you might soon be able to supersede it with biometric security controls. Read More

Microsoft shipped 2 million copies of Windows Phone 7
A Microsoft executive said this week the company shipped more than 2 million copies of its revamped operating system, Windows Phone 7, in the most recent quarter. The careful admission at once triggered another spasm of misconstrued, misinterpreted, mistaken, and misanthropic speculation on the success or failure of Microsoft's smartphone platform. Read More


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iPhone-as-wallet: What you should know before taking the plunge
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Google previews tablet-optimized Android 3.0
Google Wednesday released a preview of the software development kit for Android 3.0, which has been designed specifically for mobile devices with larger screens, particularly tablets. Read More

Android 3.0 tablet: Five key features
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Security stud Kaminsky's smartphone app a blessing for colorblind
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Research roundup: Mobile apps here to stay, Android piques developer interest
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Saying no to smartphones: most mobile users will buy new 'dumb' phones
With all the media attention smartphones and their apps have gotten, you'd think they were universally loved. Turns out the next mobile device most wireless service subscribers will buy will be yet another "dumb" phone. When they do upgrade, Android is more popular than iPhone. Read More

AT&T wireless subscribers hit 95.5 million, besting Verizon
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The Mac App Store's hottest productivity apps
The Mac App Store debuted this month and hit 1 million downloads in the first 24 hours. The App Store launched with 1,000 or so apps, many of which were already available on the pre-existing Mac downloads Web site. The store is filled with stuff that's fun but also has plenty of apps that make you more productive. Let's take a look at the 10 most downloaded free productivity apps on the Mac App Store, and then we'll look at the 10 most popular paid productivity apps.

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  5. Half of federal Web sites fail DNS security test
  6. Facebook blames Zuckerberg embarrassment on API 'bug'
  7. IPv4 address design
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  9. Cisco, Gartner story stirs debate
  10. Woman caught smuggling 44 iPhones into Israel

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2011-Jan-31

ACCOMMODATION - AVAILABLE
A new listing with title 2-bhk flat avaialable on rental basis has just been submitted.

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ACCOMMODATION - WANTED
A new listing with title Paying guest in vasco da gama has just been submitted.

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BUS. PREM. - AVAILABLE
A new listing with title To Let 180 sq.mtr area office space on second floor in Heritage Princess Bldg. a has just been submitted.

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COMPUTERS
A new listing with title COMPUTER FOR SALE has just been submitted.

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ESTATES, PROPERTIES - FOR SALE
A new listing with title www.goabizzle.com for sale or purchase of property in Goa has just been submitted.

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ESTATES, PROPERTIES - LAND (HUGE) SALE
A new listing with title 8800 sq mtrs land on margao-ponda road 5 kms from margao for outright sale. cont has just been submitted.

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ESTATES, PROPERTIES - PLOTS WANTED
A new listing with title Plots for development has just been submitted.

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