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	Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing The first rule of using social networking as a marketing tool should be: Know when to do it and when not to do it. The aftermath of an unfathomable natural disaster should be Example No. 1 of when not to do it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Improve Productivity Through a UC Solution Read how MacRoberts LLP implemented the Microsoft OCS-based collaborative communications solution in order to establish and maintain comprehensive communication links between locations and remote clients. The organization saw increased productivity, reduced costs and improved customer support. Read More In this Issue What reviewers are saying about iPad 2 Should Cisco Sell? Open Source is socialism at its best Japanese earthquake as seen by YouTube Citizen journalism If you had bought 100 shares of Microsoft 25 years ago ... The cloud's Achilles' Heel is that it's uninsurable IE9's final release is Monday.Will it make a difference? 4 ways to have fun with IP addresses Will Google site blocking feature penalize opinions? Microsoft study shows 80% savings by using the cloud Tablets mean Business! WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks The Aruba S3500 Mobility Access Switch The S3500 Mobility Access Switch is an integral part of the Aruba MOVE architecture enabling a single set of access services for every user and device on the network. Aruba's user-centric approach is a necessary shift away from legacy port-centric architectures in order to reduce costs and enable workforce mobility. Read now! What reviewers are saying about iPad 2 Consensus: it's another winner.iPad 2. Here's a summary of what gadget blogs and tech news sites are saying in early reviews of iPad 2. Read More Should Cisco Sell? Should Cisco sell off some operations after setting the standard for years in acquiring and successfully assimilating companies into its enterprise? That's the question Reuters asked in a recent article reviewing the company's financial challenges of late. Read More Open Source is socialism at its best Open source is a system where the line between a project's users and its owners blur. It is socialism at its best. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Load Balancing 101: Firewall Sandwiches This white paper will show how you can implement ADCs in a "firewall sandwich" to improve availability, scalability, and manageability across the IT infrastructure. Read now! Japanese earthquake as seen by YouTube Citizen journalism YouTube's Citizen journalism page, Citizentube, is "covering" this story, in that it has created a site that links to all the YouTube videos posted of the quake (at least those videos tagged with appropriate keywords). Read More If you had bought 100 shares of Microsoft 25 years ago ... It's Thursday, March 13, 1986: Microsoft, founded more than a decade earlier and already a powerhouse in the world of personal computer software, executes an initial public stock offering that will raise $61 million for the company and leave 30-year-old co-founder Bill Gates unfathomably wealthy. Read More The cloud's Achilles' Heel is that it's uninsurable While companies like Microsoft were touting the growth and benefits of cloud computing at the recent Cloud Connect conference here in Silicon Valley, one speaker gave what he called his "wet blanket" presentation warning of a big hole in the cloud business model. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Secrets of a Successful Cloud Data Protection Strategy When considering a move to the cloud, what do you need to know about the best practices for archiving, accessing, and managing your most important information? Learn More IE9's final release is Monday.Will it make a difference? Microsoft's Windows Internet Explorer 9 will be officially released to the Web on Monday at the South by Southwest (SXSW) event in Austin, Texas. The new browser touts a number of improvements over IE8 and previous generations, but will it be enough to rebuild IE market share lost to competitors from Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox? There are reasons to be skeptical. Read More 4 ways to have fun with IP addresses Why so serious? Here are a few ways to have some fun with your IP address. Read More Will Google site blocking feature penalize opinions? Google's introduction of a feature that allows users to block entire domains from the search results Google delivers to them may prove popular but may also invite a visit from the law of unintended consequences. Read More Microsoft study shows 80% savings by using the cloud Microsoft is trotting out an age-old tactic to try and sell you on its public cloud computing platform, Azure: cost. Private clouds reduce costs over legacy data centers, but public clouds are up to 80% cheaper, according to a recent Microsoft-funded study on the matter. Read More Tablets mean Business! OK, so I am testing out a new Lenovo Thinkpad X201 Tablet. I wanted the ease of use of an iPad but also a powerful laptop that runs my business software too. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Google Chrome 10 Google has released the stable version of Chrome 10 and users are now being automatically updated. As always, Chrome's new features focus on security, speed and simplicity, with greater JavaScript performance, sandboxing technology for Adobe Flash, password encryption and an easier-to-use settings interface. Here's a look at the new features. MOST-READ STORIES Researchers develop more powerful biofuel alternative Google still scrambling to recover from DroidDream Android attack Ex-Microsoft CTO publishes groundbreaking cookbook If you had bought 100 shares of Microsoft 25 years ago ... Harvard computer scientist Leslie Valiant wins Turing Award The eight most important commands on Cisco ASA security appliance VMware unleashes virtual desktops for Apple iPad Microsoft pushes more Kinect-like user interfaces Botnets, cloud computing power may be fueling attacks against VoIP Most Android, iPhone apps violate open source rules
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