Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Twilio, a real cloud telephony solution

Zune, Cisco email and Guitar Hero filling up 2011 tech industry graveyard | Add-on lets IE6 apps live forever

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Twilio, a real cloud telephony solution
So, let's say you've built a Web application that streamlines your business processes and you'd really like people to use it rather than go through your customer service reps. The problem is that if your customers are used to calling your company and your telephony front end offers something like "please go to www.mysite.com or press 3 to speak to a representative" you know they'll just press "3" and carry on as usual. Read More


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Zune, Cisco email and Guitar Hero filling up 2011 tech industry graveyard
Even as the Apple iPad 2 and other technologies are born, 2011 will mark the end of life for a list of companies, products and brands across the networking and IT landscape. Read More

Add-on lets IE6 apps live forever
I'll bet that many Microsoft customers noted the launch of Internet Explorer 9 yesterday wistfully, wishing they could have joined the party at SXSW but couldn't because they're still stuck in IE6. One company is offering to build a bridge for them so they can migrate with their IE6-engineered Web apps to the Windows 7 operating system and at least IE8, and soon IE9. Read More

Google to let Apps admins put the brakes on upgrades
Google will start letting Apps administrators delay the delivery of upgrades to their domains to give them a chance to prepare themselves and their users for interface or functionality changes. Read More


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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers
The market for ADCs is consolidating. However, innovation continues, especially among some select smaller players. Although there are clear leaders in the ADC market, enterprises should focus their buying decisions on a vendor's ability to support specific application requirements. Read now!

Google to give e-wallet evolution a goose
Google will soon lend a public push to the advancement of Near Field Communications technology that enthusiasts believe will one day allow e-wallets to replace the leather kind. Read More

Abine releases do-not-track browser add-on
A company that builds tools to give greater privacy online released a free browser extension that lets users selectively decide which websites they will allow to track them. Read More

Microsoft adds customization to Visual Studio LightSwitch
The second beta of the development tool geared toward nonprogrammers also features Windows Azure cloud integration. Read More


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Microsoft: IE9's better because rivals 'dilute' browser efforts
Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 9 late Monday, claiming that it's the best browser for Windows because rivals "dilute" their energies on other operating systems. Read More

Network features make Amazon's private clouds more useful
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added a number of networking features to its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) offering, allowing users to build data centers in the cloud that can be private, accessed from the Internet or both. Read More

HP's new 'personal cloud' combines work and life
Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker is taking cloud computing to the forefront of HP's strategy, a move that reshapes how the company will serve its consumer and enterprise customers. Read More

Google brings video format to IE9
Google offers a new IE9 plug-in for showing WebM video. Read More



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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.

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