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Windows 1.0: Still playing Reversi after all these years
Hide the women and children: It's the first version of Windows! I recently used Windows 1.0 for the first time, after downloading an old copy and installing it in a virtual machine on my Windows 7 PC. Here are the results. Read More


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WHITE PAPER: HP

6 Key Dedupe Challenges
The deduplication market is the fastest segment ofthe storage industry, per IDC. Accordingly, every vendor is telling their version of the deduplication story. With emerging technologies, it is difficult for IT managers to determine what the true IT benefits vs. marketing spin are. Read More Today!

5 questions to ask before buying Microsoft licenses
Microsoft wants you to sign a premium software licensing contract. Should you do it? Read More

Cisco is a top 3 server vendor
Well, they couldn't figure out pocket videocams but Cisco sure seems to have nailed blade servers. Just two years after shipping its first Unified Computing System platform, Cisco is now No. 3 in blade server revenue, having leapfrogged Dell in Q1, according to IDC. Read More

Instant Expert: All you need to know about OpenFlow
You've heard of OpenFlow. You may have heard it's going to revolutionize routing. But do you know anything about it, really? Get the scoop in this Insider report. Read More


WHITE PAPER: BMC

One Size Does Not Fit All: The Case for the Custom Cloud
When it comes to cloud services, "semi-custom" goes a long way. "The Case for the Custom Cloud," shows you how users can configure their own customized cloud services from choices you dictate – and how you can deliver the resulting cloud services quickly and affordably. Read More Today!

Android wars: Sony, LG challenge Motorola for Verizon users' hearts, cash
Summer is just around the corner, which means it's time for device manufacturers to release their high-profile Android devices all at the same time to pre-empt the iPhone 5 hype machine. Read More

Daily innovation smackdown: Michael Dell vs. Steve Wozniak
Dell CEO Michael Dell does not fear the gigantic shift to smartphones as central processing devices. Instead he believes there is a time and a place for smartphones and desktops to play harmoniously thanks to the cloud. Wozniak's main claim to fame was his partnership with Steve Jobs in starting up Apple. The partnership worked out well, especially when they knew how to build their computer but couldn't afford the best memory chips, which came from Intel, Wozniak said. Jobs talked to someone he knew at Intel and got them for free. Who wins? Vote now! Read More

Apache focuses on cloud standard
The Libcloud project provides a unified interface for more than 20 cloud services, including those from IBM and Amazon. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

Cloud Computing Drives Improvements in IT Service Delivery
IDC OPINION Cloud computing promotes a new dialogue between business and IT decision makers allowing them to define business service requirements first and then decide how to balance the use of shared, internal virtualized IT resources and external public services cost-effectively. Read now

New U.S. bill requires ISPs to keep 18-months records
A bipartisan bill introduced on Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives will require Internet service providers to retain subscriber information for up to 18 months to assist federal law enforcement in investigations into online child pornography and child exploitation cases. Read More

YouTube turns 6... and, yes, they do grow up so fast
All the world is a stage and pretty soon everyone in it will be featured in a video on YouTube ... at least once. Read More

Russian company cracks iOS 4 hardware encryption
Having cracked Apple iPhone backups last year, Russian security company ElcomSoft appears to have found a reliable way to beat the layered encryption system used to secure data held on the smartphone itself. Read More

Insider data theft costs Bank of America $10 million
A Bank of America insider who sold customer data to criminals cost the bank at least US$10 million in losses. Read More

Want to stop junk email? Block payments to spammers: study
Stopping spam is an almost futile effort if the focus continues to be on spam filtering and botnet takedown, according to a research team from the University of California, San Diego, the University of California, Berkeley, The International Computer Science Institute and Budapest University. These measures are simply like cutting the head off of a hydra monster, because spammers quickly find ways to replace lost resources. Read More



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