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Most IT pros say their websites, networks will support IPv6 by 2013
More than 70% of IT departments plan to upgrade their websites to support IPv6 within the next 24 months, according to a recent survey of IT professionals conducted by Network World. Read More


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First Windows "Mango" Phone unveiled
The first smartphone based on the new "Mango" edition of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform was unveiled on Wednesday in Tokyo. Read More

Internet as hard to give up as cigarettes, liquor, study says
A survey of 1,000 people between the ages of 18 and 65 in the U.K. showed that many Britons are as emotionally connected to the Internet and their mobile devices as smokers are to their cigarettes. Read More

Imagine if your neighbor built a fake Apple store
Now, I know next to nothing about Chinese intellectual property law, or, for that matter, Chinese culture and business ethics. But I do have a rough understanding of how these things are supposed to work in our society, so I'm sitting here thinking: What if my neighbor, Bob, was to tell me that he did in our little town what those Apple imitators did in their Chinese city? Read More


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LTE version of Galaxy Tab 10.1 to ship Thursday
Two Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet models go on sale this Thursday at prices of $529.99 and $629.99. Read More

Pittsburgh looks to save money with Gmail migration
In an attempt to get away from paying for high-priced email administrators, the city of Pittsburgh is looking to save money and move to the cutting edge with a migration to Google Apps. Read More

Many employees would sell corporate information, finds study
A survey of more than 3,400 employees in the United States, Great Britain and Australia finds corporate loyalty be damned, your company's data may be on its way out the door when certain employees resign or get laid off. Read More


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The Cloud Gets More Open, But Can You Have Too Much Open?
OK get your scorecards out this could get confusing. Today it was announced that a new open cloud group was launched at OSCON. It is called the Open Cloud Initiative. The group is a "non-profit organization established to advocate open standards in cloud computing". The OCI is modeled after the Open Source Initiative that helped define OSS and OSI accepted licenses. Read More

How To Document in the Cloud
There's never been a good excuse for not commenting code or documenting systems, even though these practices are every bit as helpful to cost and quality as test-driven development. But let's face it, documenting systems isn't exactly macho and besides, it doesn't give you the ugly job- security of unmaintainable code (take a look at this page for some terrific worst-practice suggestions). Read More

Verizon joins booster vendor in FCC plan
Verizon Wireless has teamed up with cellular booster company Wilson Electronics to propose federal standards for boosters, which sometimes help to overcome weak signals but can also interfere with mobile operators' networks. Read More

Intel grooms Andy Bryant to become chairman
Intel has appointed company executive Andy Bryant to be vice chairman of the company's board, and he will likely take over as chairman next May, the chip maker said on Tuesday. Read More

Microsoft's Gamble: Metro UI as the New Face of Windows
The tile-based Metro user interface that runs on Windows Phones will soon be the look and feel of all devices in Microsoft's ecosystem. Is this smart streamlining or a foolish consistency? Read More



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