Google's Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde Patent Personality

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	Google's Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde Patent Personality We are all tired of reading about this tech giant suing that tech giant over patent infringement or unholy alliances of tech giants spending 100's of millions of dollars to buy up patent portfolios from the dead carcasses of tech companies that rolled over and died. For a long time Google was different. Their open disdain for the whole software patent system made them a little hipper. They were part... Read More WHITE PAPER: Xirrus Tablets in the Enterprise Tablets are replacing laptops at lightning speed. Whether company-issued or part of the BYOD phenomenon, the increased use of smart devices has resulted in a dramatic shift in network traffic with an emphasis on wireless. This paper explains how to predict Wi-Fi demands and architect a best-fit wireless network strategy for your environment. Learn more. In this Issue Class of 2016: Born of cyberspace; no need for TV, CDs or airline tickets but cannot miss "The Daily Show" Microsoft removes Windows 8 grace period, inconveniences everybody Information Security: A Sobering Topic at VMworld High-fives in order for Free Software Foundation's new 'DRM-Free' label When Does Open Source Backup Run Out Of Gas? How Android tablets could set the standard for mobile audio, media experience Self Service: The most understated reason why SDNs will rock your world Rise of the AI Overlord: Machines monitor, automatically detect suspicious behavior WHITE PAPER: Endace Ltd. Pssst! Your NOC Is Flying Blind How long did it take you to get a permanent fix for your last network problem? If your answer is "Too long!" or "We never did get one!" your organization is leaking real money in network and business downtime. But you can stem the flow. View Now Class of 2016: Born of cyberspace; no need for TV, CDs or airline tickets but cannot miss "The Daily Show" In one of the more interesting annual measurement of society the Beloit College Mindset List offers a snapshot of what the entering college class of 2016 likes and dislikes. Read More Microsoft removes Windows 8 grace period, inconveniences everybody By now, I suspect many of you have read that Microsoft has eliminated the activation grace period from retail versions of Windows 8. With its newly minted OS, Microsoft is forcing users to enter a product key during the installation, as was the case with Windows XP. With Windows 7, users could install the OS without entering a product key and take the OS for a spin for up to 120 days. The initial grace... Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Untangle Your Multi-Vendor Network HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC) is a flexible service-oriented architecture platform tailored for managing enterprise networks so they can effectively deliver network services to customers and employees around the world and support dozens of remote locations. Learn more. Information Security: A Sobering Topic at VMworld The technology industry is about to come together next week for VMworld in San Francisco. In the span of a few short years, this show has become a real showcase of the latest and greatest IT technology and industry vision. At VMware, every company wants its IT department to look like Amazon, Google or Zynga, running applications on fully-automated and orchestrated cloud computing platforms, and easily... Read More High-fives in order for Free Software Foundation's new 'DRM-Free' label The Free Software Foundation just did something that makes me want to high-five each and every one of them -- they have started a "DRM Free" labeling system for digital media. The idea is simple: DRM (which either stands for "Digital Rights Management" or "Digital Restrictions Management" depending on who you talk to) is applied to content (books, music, movies, games, etc.) in order to ensure that... Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Elevate to Intelligent Application Delivery Cut the cost of your application delivery infrastructure by 30 – 50%. Traditional application delivery controller (ADC) architectures focus on load balancing and lack the efficiency required in today's IT environment. Join Kavitha Mariappan, Product Marketing Director at Riverbed Technology, to discuss how an updated ADC can help you Learn more. When Does Open Source Backup Run Out Of Gas? One of the least sexy areas of IT is backup and recovery. Let's face it; it doesn't get very many of you excited. Nevertheless, it is something we all have to do. It is also a multi-billion dollar market. Read More How Android tablets could set the standard for mobile audio, media experience I recently had the opportunity to experiment with Dolby's new mobile sound technology, branded Dolby Digital Plus, or "DDP." The preview of DDP that ran on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10 with ICS Android 4.0 was impressive. Dolby's demonstration was cleverly engineered with a dozen media samples, including computer-generated video, movies, and music that used a simple ON/OFF widget so that the effect... Read More Self Service: The most understated reason why SDNs will rock your world As I noted previously, two surveys give different pictures about SDNs. My take: every enterprise will adopt SDNs, but lower hardware prices will not be the biggest reason. Here's why: Read More Rise of the AI Overlord: Machines monitor, automatically detect suspicious behavior When it comes to monitoring CCTV video feeds for suspicious activity, the human brain reportedly overlooks 45% of all activity after 12 minutes. After 22 minutes, the human brain overlooks 95% of all activity. But what if all the 45 - 60 million eye-in-the-sky cameras were connected to computers with artificial intelligence . . . computers with an extraordinary AI brain that can see, learn, get smarter... Read More
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