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World IPv6 Day: Tech industry's most-watched event since Y2K

First look at Mac OS X Lion Server | Google adds download defense to Chrome, patches 15 bugs

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World IPv6 Day: Tech industry's most-watched event since Y2K
The nation's largest telecom carriers, content providers, hardware suppliers and software vendors will be on the edge of their seats today for World IPv6 Day, which is the most-anticipated 24 hours the tech industry has seen since fears of the Y2K bug dominated New Year's Eve in 1999. Read More


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First look at Mac OS X Lion Server
Apple brings server computing to the desktop with the Mac OS X Lion Server. Here's a look. Read More

Google adds download defense to Chrome, patches 15 bugs
Version 12 of Google Chrome became available Tuesday, along with patches for 15 bugs in the browser. Read More


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Avaya IPO could be imminent
Avaya could file for an initial public offering of $1 billion, which could result in the company being valued at $5 billion, according to a published report. Read More

Free antivirus programs rise in popularity, new survey shows
Free antivirus programs such as Microsoft's Security Essentials (MSE) have now supplanted more complex paid software as the antimalware defense of choice for millions of consumers, figures from certification company OPSWAT have suggested. Read More

Web, Internet inventors have cleaned up on awards
The inventors of the World Wide Web and the Internet sprung their ideas on the public more than two decades ago - and the accolades haven't stopped since. Read More


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10 things to know about the move to IPv6
The Internet has been rolling along for decades on the strength of IPv4 and its numbering system, which has supplied billions of addresses. As long as more addresses were available, few people thought about them. But the booming popularity of the Internet has finally soaked up nearly all those fresh numbers: In February, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) allocated the last of its unused large blocks of IPv4 addresses to regional Internet registries. On Wednesday, World IPv6 Day will turn the new protocol on at hundreds of companies, agencies and universities for testing. Suddenly, IT administrators and consumers alike are starting to think more about IP addresses. Here are the answers to a few questions about the numbers that make the Internet work. Read More

Twitter rolls out automatic URL shortening
Twitter rolled out an automatic link shortening feature on Tuesday that enables users to paste long URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) directly into messages sent through its microblogging website, without worrying that the message will exceed the service's 140-character limit. Read More

Desktop virtualization: niche solution, or new desktop standard?
Desktop virtualization promises to simplify management, increase efficiency and improve security, but it doesn't come cheap and requires a big rethink. Will the latter forever relegate desktop virtualization to a few corners of the enterprise, or will the allure of the former convince corporations it is time to start from scratch? Our experts debate. Read More

Why Your IT Department Needs Data Scientists
What do you get when you combine the roles of software developer, statistician and data analyst? A data scientist, who can derive tangible insights from huge quantities of data. Read More

Apple plans new 'spaceship'-like campus
Apple plans to build a new campus with a circular building that looks a spaceship, big enough to house 12,000 employees. The campus, near Apple's existing headquarters in Cupertino, California, will generate its own energy. Read More



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