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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 WEBCAST: IBM Take Control of Your Network Once and for All Join this IBM broadcast to learn how to manage and improve network configuration activity to keep your networks running, in compliance and generating revenue. View Now In this Issue Zune, Cisco email and Guitar Hero filling up 2011 tech industry graveyard Add-on lets IE6 apps live forever Google to let Apps admins put the brakes on upgrades Google to give e-wallet evolution a goose Abine releases do-not-track browser add-on Microsoft adds customization to Visual Studio LightSwitch Microsoft: IE9's better because rivals 'dilute' browser efforts Network features make Amazon's private clouds more useful HP's new 'personal cloud' combines work and life Google brings video format to IE9 WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks F5 Application Ready Solutions with VMware View As a VMware partner, F5 has thoroughly tested and documented the benefits of using our Application Delivery Networks with VMware View 4.5. F5 solutions include secure access, single- sign-on, load balancing, and server health monitoring. Read now! 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 WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks 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 DOWNLOAD: Diskeeper Get Maximum I/O Performance on Virtual Servers V-locity 2 is only product that automatically optimizes virtual platform I/O bandwidth without causing resource conflicts between VMs. For Hyper-V and VMware ESX. Also eliminates "bloated" free space on thin/dynamic disks. Learn More 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
	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 Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream' Microsoft apologizes for using Japan disaster to market Bing 'Anonymity is authenticity,' Zuckerberg 'wrong' Quake damage to Japan cables greater than thought Happy Pi Day: More than 3.14... pictures of cool Pi creations Cisco releases first all-in-one security agent DHS chief Napolitano: Algorithms a big key in solving security iPad 2: Don't take it apart, or risk cracked glass IE9's final release is Monday. Will it make a difference? 15 best iPad apps for newbies
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