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EXCLUSIVE: Watch Steve Jobs play FDR in Apple's long-lost takeoff on famous '1984' Macintosh TV commercial
If all you want to see is Steve Jobs playfully portraying Franklin Delano Roosevelt - right down to the cigarette holder - here's that short clip before we get to the longer version of the film that it's taken from and an explanation: Read More


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NBC, the Olympics and the Internet
I have been far from nice when it comes to my opinion of NBC's understanding of the power of the Internet when it comes to Olympic coverage. Six years ago I had the Pollyannaish view that NBC would stumble on the Internet when it next broadcast the Olympics. ("The last pre-Internet Olympics?") I was wrong and complained again the next time the Olympics came around ("NBC Olympic coverage: Is the Internet the enemy?"). Read More


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Win or lose, at least RIM is taking its time to get things right
Research in Motion has been a pretty easy company to bash in recent years (I've done my fair share of it myself), but the initial reports I've read about this year's BlackBerry World conference leave me optimistic that RIM's next line of products will at the very least be of the high quality that used to be its calling card. Read More


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Examining SPB and TRILL Differences
Network virtualization is required to support cloud computing, VM mobility, increased control of traffic flows, efficient use of bandwidth, and to reduce the amount of overall network equipment needed. The key is to virtualize without adding complexity. Read Now

Don't let the IT guy be the single point of failure
Newsflash I: people take time off, especially when their kids' schools are closed for vacations, as was the case here in Massachusetts last week. Some of you (including yours truly) might think that vacations wouldn't necessarily impact IT security, but after speaking with a few of the customers I support, I learned this wasn't the case … and this got me to thinking about the forthcoming summer... Read More

Why carriers are willing to pay high iPhone subsidies
A few weeks ago, a research analyst claimed that Apple's iPhone sales were on a downward trajectory because carriers were growing weary of the high subsidies they pay Apple for the iPhone. Consequently, the analyst articulated that carriers were soon going to put an end to early upgrade plans which allow iPhone users to break out of their 2-year contracts early if they purchase a new device and... Read More



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