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First look at Chrome OS
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Google launches Chrome OS, says Windows is 'torturing users'
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Windows and other traditional PC operating systems are "torturing users" at Google's Chrome OS launch event Wednesday, where the company claimed 75% of business users can be converted from Windows to Chrome OS right away. Read More

FAQ: IPv6 for enterprise networks
With the availability of IPv4 addresses drying up, enterprise IT managers know they need to move to IPv6, but the migration raises all sorts of questions. In this excerpt from the book 'IPv6 for Enterprise Networks,' the authors answer many of those questions. Read More

Innovation smackdown: Meg Whitman vs. Eric Schmidt
Ebay's Meg Whitman looks to rebound from a loss in the California governor's race last year while pouring millions of her own money into the campaign. She remains a leader in the industry by taking the online auction site to new heights. She goes up against Eric Schmidt who as Buzzblog editor Paul McNamara put it, made the greatest career move ever when he left Novell for Google. Read More


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US senators: Corporate date breach reporting is inconsistent and unreliable
Cybersecurity breaches need to be made public in a more proactive and efficient way.  That was the crux of a letter Senator John Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) and four other senators today sent to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking the agency to bolster its corporate breach notification requirements. Read More

IT pro's perfect game puts him in Putt-Putt record book
Rick Baird, a 53-year-old IT manager at Brady Distributing in Charlotte, N.C., recently accomplished a feat seen only twice in 52 years (and not once since 1979): a perfect round of Putt-Putt golf -- 18 holes, 18 shots. Read More

Maybe the broadband have-nots are lucky, according to this drug abuse study
A study from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Southern California has found a correlation between increased Internet access and rising admisssions for treatment of prescription drug abuse. Read More


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Google Android, Apple iOS devices corralled by new device manager
Android and iOS mobile devices now can be corralled by a Smith Micro device management application unveiled this week at the Interop show in Las Vegas. Client-side code makes even personally-owned devices visible to enterprise IT managers. Read More

CHI2011: World Tech Update, May 12, 2011
On World Tech Update this week Microsoft announces that it will buy Skype for $8.5 billion, Google announces that the first Chromebooks will go on sale June 15 and we're at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Vancouver. Read More

Citrix will stream Windows apps to Chrome OS laptops
Can desktop virtualization make Chrome OS a full replacement for Windows? Read More

35 percent use mobile apps before getting out of bed
Thirty-five percent of Android and iPhone owners in the U.S. use apps such as Facebook on their smartphone before even getting out of bed, according to a survey conducted by telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson. Read More

Windows malware threatens bank accounts
Web access security provider Trusteer has identified a Microsoft Windows malware platform that it says has "morphed" into a threat that attacks North American financial institutions and their customer accounts. The trojan, dubbed "Sunspot," has been in circulation for a while but only recently developed financial fraud capabilities, according to a blog post today by Trusteer's Chief Technology... Read More



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