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	Adobe's decision to ditch mobile Flash: What you need to know Adobe said today that it will stop providing updates to its Flash software for mobile devices. Here are some things you need to know. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC Hot-Aisle vs. Cold-Aisle Containment for Data Centers Hot-aisle containment can save 40% in annual cooling system energy costs, but it may be difficult or expensive to implement in older data centers with low headroom or no accessible dropped ceiling plenum. This paper examines both hot-aisle and cold-aisle containment methodologies and quantifies the benefits of each. 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Click to continue Geekiest holiday cards Seasonal greetings, geek-style Read More Kansas IT chief quits after diploma questions New Kansas state IT chief Jim Mann has resigned after questions were raised about his academic credentials. Read More Yahoo puts an exclamation point on the real story Even as Yahoo issues press statements designed to dampen "rumor and speculation" about potential new ownership arrangements, someone has been using an unusual communications channel to more candidly signal the company's intentions ... and, frankly, its desperation. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Best Practices for Implementing 2048-bit SSL Ready for 2048-bit SSL? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x faster 2048-bit SSL performance. Download the Citrix and Verisign 2048-bit Performance Kit. Learn more Mac OS X Snow Leopard vs Mac OS X Lion The Snow Leopard version of Mac OS X released in 2009 was widely hailed by Mac users. The version was leaner, much faster and more thoroughly integrated with applications than ever before. And then Apple unveiled its plans for the Lion version in late 2010. Read More Microsoft Isn't Apple: Redmond OKs Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak Tool The following is a guest blog by freelance editor and self-confessed keyboard geek Marco Chiappetta. A few days ago a new tool hit the scene that's able to unlock Windows Phone 7 devices — the ChevronWP7 labs unlock client. It costs a mere $9. The developers had released a similar tool when Windows Phone was first released, but Microsoft fought to have it taken down claiming it could be used... Read More IT must prepare for Hadoop security issues Corporate IT executives need to pay attention to numerous potential security issues before using Hadoop to aggregate data from multiple, disparate sources, analysts and IT executives said at the Hadoop World conference here this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Protect Virtual Desktops Protecting virtual servers, virtual desktops and data stored in the cloud requires security optimized for the unique characteristics of these environments. See Tolly Enteprises' Independent performance tests comparing the performance of Trend Micro, McAfee, and Symantec. Read Now Accenture launches private-cloud service for SAP customers SAP customers seeking to move from traditional deployments to a private cloud architecture have a new option from Accenture, the companies announced Wednesday during the Sapphire conference in Madrid. Read More Tablets get snappier with Nvidia's quad-core Tegra 3 Tablets and smartphones will soon get quad-core processors with Nvidia's new Tegra 3 chip, which will eclipse the application and graphics performance provided by dual-core processors found on tablets like Apple's iPad and Motorola's Xoom. 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