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iPad-controlled supercomputing as a service coming this fall

Desktops Gone Wild | Cisco's resolve unflagging despite massive layoffs coming

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iPad-controlled supercomputing as a service coming this fall
Supercomputing as a service that can be controlled from an iPad could pop out of academia as soon as this fall in the form of a commercial service. Read More


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WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies

Performance Metrics and the Cloud
Unlike static configuration management databases, which often contain information too outdated for real-time understanding, a dynamic operational service model provides relevant, timely information. Read More

Desktops Gone Wild
Case Mods, Wild and Wonderful 1 of 16 Case mods: Few may do them, but many gawk at the crazy creations coming out of enthusiasts' basements, garages, factories, and laboratories. These mad scientists of the PC world strive to find new ways to present a common computer in a unique--and often awesome--light. Sometimes they build their computers as teddy bears; sometimes as liquid-immersed creations that are two parts fish tank, one part refrigerator. But no matter what the theme, you can bet that case mods are going to be just a bit more creative than your average vendor system. Join us as we explore 15 of the coolest (and craziest) mods to be found on the Internet today! Read More

Cisco's resolve unflagging despite massive layoffs coming
Despite the specter of perhaps the largest layoff in Cisco's history overhanging its annual customer conference , the company last week conducted business pretty much as usual at Cisco Live! Read More

No IT? No offices? No problem for this virtual firm
With no official corporate office or IT staff, the 30 full-time Gurnet Consulting consultants have become some of the industry's ultimate power cloud and social networking users. Read More

Google races to create business version of Google+
Google has picked up the pace in its efforts to get a business version of Google+ up and running. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks

Next-Generation Firewall for Dummies eBook
This book provides an in-depth overview of next-generation firewalls. It examines the evolution of network security, the rise of Enterprise 2.0 applications and their associated threats, the shortcomings of traditional firewalls, and the advanced capabilities found in next-generation firewalls. Read now!

Extreme slashes 16% of workforce
Looking to cut $20 million in expenses, Extreme Networks this week said it will cut 110 employees, or 16% of its worldwide workforce. Read More

3 Things I Love (and don't) about Spotify
Forget about the gold rush of trying to get a Google+ invite – that's so last week. Read More

100G Ethernet to power Department of Energy network
A new national 100Gbps prototype network being built for the Department of Energy will provide about a tenfold increase in speed for labs doing research together on topics such as clean energy and climate change. Overall, the network will boast 4.4Tbps of capacity to support thousands of researchers at more than 40 U.S. labs and supercomputing facilities. Read More

Face Detection Technology Tool Now Detects Your Moods Too
When Facebook automatically enabled facial recognition for photo tagging purposes last month, the company was forced to apologize after the backlash from angry users who had their privacy invaded by default yet again. Was that anger caused by Facebook changing the privacy settings, or because the photo tagging used facial recognition software, or a bit of both? Face.com, a face detection and recognition... Read More


WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure
Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now!

Microsoft drops patch support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Microsoft dropped support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 this week, and recommended that Vista users buy Windows 7 or upgrade to the most recent version of Vista. Read More

Researchers: Search engines supplanting our memory
Ubiquitous availability of the Internet may be causing a shift in how much information we retain in our memories, researchers claim. Read More

VMware, EMC release new virtual storage, smaller VMAX array
In conjunction with VMware's release of its vSphere 5 cloud OS, EMC has released virtual storage appliance software and a new, lower-end version of its high-end virtual storage array, VMAX. Read More

Are Cloud Computing Pay Walls Coming?
We're all familiar with Web sites that start out free, then put up a pay wall. Think you won't see the same thing with cloud services? Read More



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10 HP TouchPad apps for newbies
HP took the wraps off its shiny new webOS-based tablet - the TouchPad - on July 1. And like the Apple iPad, the Motorola Xoom and the BlackBerry PlayBook, this tablet debuts with a pack of applications customized for the tablet form factor.

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