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How to make Android faster, more productive and more secure than iPhone

8 ways to customize Windows 8 | Computing fossils: Old tech holding on for dear life

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How to make Android faster, more productive and more secure than iPhone
IPhone users love to brag about their phones. They line up around the block and stand in line for hours when a new one is released. Yet, for many users, Android is clearly the superior platform. Yes, its Achilles' heel is a big one: security. Android's openness and large market share mean that it's a juicy target for attackers. Read More


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Accelerate Document Processing and Wow Your Customers
Learn how intelligent imaging and BPM solutions, coupled with pragmatic best practices and methodology, can improve productivity, lower cost, increase accuracy, reduce cycle times and lower overall risk. Learn More

8 ways to customize Windows 8
The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 -- which was made available to the public to download, install, and use for free until the new Microsoft OS is officially released -- has its share of the good and not-so-good. Fortunately, you can tweak various things to make it work the way you like, particularly if you're not fond of its radically new Metro UI. Here are eight ways that you can customize your installation of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Read More

Computing fossils: Old tech holding on for dear life
Consider the abacus. Developed perhaps as long as 4,500 years ago, this handy gadget served the mathematical needs of merchants and accountants until the development of mechanical calculating machines in the 19th century. But the abacus hasn't been forgotten. Instead it still lives on in niches -- for instance teaching preschoolers the basics of counting. Read More

Verizon to offer 100G links, resilient mesh on optical networks
Looking ahead to growing demand for bandwidth to feed large companies and computing clouds, Verizon Communications announced steps on Friday to increase the speed of the links its enterprise customers can buy and to make its network connections more resilient. Read More


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5 Ways to Optimize Offsite Storage
Storage people are from Mars. Network people are from Venus. Despite interdependencies, each group has its own acronyms, vendors, and metrics – making it difficult to communicate between these two "silos". Read now.

Researcher runs IP network over xylophones
Vint Cerf once wore a shirt that read "IP on Everything," a wry comment on the versatility of the Internet Protocol he helped invent, a protocol that underlies all Internet communication. Now a University of California Berkeley researcher has put Cerf's maxim to the test, running an IP network over a set of xylophones, played by human participants. Read More

10 essential performance tips for MySQL
From workload profiling to the three rules of indexing, these expert insights are sure to make your MySQL servers scream Read More

Adobe backpedals, will now patch software for free
After being pummeled by customers and security experts for telling users to spend hundreds of dollars on upgrades because it wasn't going to patch critical bugs in older versions of its software, Adobe has reversed course. Read More


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Report: LightSquared preparing for bankruptcy filing
Negotiations between LightSquared and its lenders remained "far apart" over the weekend, leaving the beleaguered would-be data carrier likely to file for bankruptcy protection Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, citing anonymous sources involved in the negotiations. Read More

Scott Thompson out as Yahoo CEO
Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson, who led the company for just four months, has left the company, the company announced Sunday, after more than a week of controversy over questions about embellishments to his resume. Read More

Citrix Synergy 2012
Trying to explain to my friends and family what it is I do is always an interesting conversation, but every time I mention I work with companies like Citrix, they immediately reply "oh, the GoToMeeting company." While that is true, it is an astute observation and an impression Citrix is out to change. Read More

AT&T reportedly in talks to buy Leap Wireless
AT&T has recently been in talks to buy Leap Wireless, a carrier operating in 35 states with 6 million customers, according to Reuters. Read More

How to Address Cloud Application Lifecycle Challenges
Taking an agile approach to the application lifecycle in a hybrid cloud environment means moving beyond the one-and-done method of V2C conversions and embracing DevOps. Getting development and operations to collaborate means linking resource, configuration, and cloud management. Read More



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