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5 ways Avaya can stave off irrelevancy
New Avaya data networking chief Marc Randall has five focus areas in his sights to help the company sell its Ethernet switches, gain market share ... and perhaps stave off irrelevancy. Read More


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Forbes's Top Tech Billionaires
In Forbes Magazine's annual list of billionaires, which is out this week, tech heavyweights made a strong showing - 10 of the 50 richest people in the world come from what the publication defines as the technology sector. Read More

First look at the new iPad: What's new, unchanged and still missing
A rundown of the Apple tablet's key features Read More

Microsoft Drops the Hammer on OnLive's iPad Offering
Last month, the cloud gaming company OnLive announced a service for $5 a month that would provide a Windows 7 desktop with major Microsoft Office applications like Word and Excel, plus Internet Explorer with Adobe flash support for iPad and Android tablet users. Read More


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IETF explores new working group on identity management in the cloud
Proponents of a common scheme for managing user identity in cloud-based applications will pitch their idea to the Internet's premier standards-setting body at a meeting in Paris later this month. Read More

To be public, or to protect your tweets from data-miners, that is the question
One of the scarier stories out there on the interwebs right now is on Jezebel where a woman asked if her rapist found her via spooky Spokeo. "I understand what it means to freely share my information. When I tweet, I know everyone can read it, which is why I keep my location hidden. Read More

Diversity and Jobs in IT
Earlier this week, Network World published an article (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/030612-women-it-257009.html) quoting an Anita Borg Institute report saying "at least 1 woman should be interviewed for every IT job opening." The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology say this will raise the chances that the high-tech industry will begin to see growing number of female technical specialists... Read More


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Mobile strategy—what are 1,000 businesses planning for 2012
The Mobile Business Forecast 2012 surveyed 1,000 global businesses on their current/future plans for mobile. The report offers insight into how companies are using mobile to address the needs of consumers and their own employees. In addition, find tips on how to avoid chaos in the rush to mobilize. Learn More

NASA looking for Star Trek-like Tricorder to track astronaut health
NASA Ames Research Center is exploring the technology requirements to develop what it calls a state-of-the-art device that could detect health-related biomarkers of astronauts in space. Read More

Dell Powers Red Cross Social Media Command Center
Dell partners with the American Red Cross to furnish it with technology dedicated to monitoring social media activity to improve emergency response and disaster recovery operations. Read More

Yet more DSL woes
For the last few weeks I've been wrestling with my new AT&T U-Verse DSL service and in my last two Gearhead column I discussed my travails after which you might have assumed all would be well, that AT&T would have pulled out all the stops and sorted out my issues. Alas, this week I'm no happier and, apparently, neither are many of you. Read More

A How-to Guide for the New Facebook Business Pages
Timeline has finally come to Facebook Pages. Here's a look at how the features differ from your personal Timeline and how you can best optimize them to market your business and communicate with your customers. Read More

nVidia asks to see Apple's new iPad benchmarks
nVidia has asked Apple to provide information about how it carried out performance tests comparing the new iPad's A5X processor with the nVidia Tegra 3. Read More



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