Friday, November 02, 2012

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SJSU didn't bid Cisco project
San Jose State University only negotiated with a single vendor for its five-year, $28 million IT project, opting not to put it out for bid. Read More


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iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 2
Apple has just begun selling iPhone 5, which it just announced, and yet speculation mounts or possibly leaps, soars, explodes, skyrockets, mushrooms ... well, you get the idea: Everybody is talking about The Date for iPhone 6. Read More

7 free Election Day apps for political junkies
iOS and Android users alike can get their horse-race fix with these mobile apps. Read More

The geek skills challenge: 10 talents worth mastering
From replacing a hard drive to picking a lock, these are the skills you need to earn the name 'geek' Read More

20 must-know Windows 8 tips and tricks
Windows 8 is rife with features and behaviors that conspire to perplex even the most experienced PC users. Not all of them are bad, per se, but few of them are immediately intuitive. Making matters worse, the OS was primarily designed for touch control, and as a result, many mouse and keyboard commands feel like tacked-on afterthoughts. Read More

Adobe makes a funny video that someone there didn't watch
The video is called "BS detector" and makes fun of marketing buzzwords by ... well, watch: I found the video amusing. Almost as amusing as the fact that it was produced to support something called the Adobe Marketing Cloud. Read More


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The 10 Commandments of BYOD
The rapid proliferation of mobile devices entering the workplace feels like divine intervention to many IT leaders. It's as if a voice boomed down from the mountain ordering all of the employees you support to procure as many devices as possible and connect them to corporate services en masse. BYOD was born and employees followed with fervor. Read Now!

Algorithm predicts Twitter 'trending' topics hours in advance
Twitter's "trending" feature is a guilty pleasure of mine, I will confess. Read More

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Q&A: David Schmoock says Lenovo is doing the right thing
Lenovo is gobbling up market share and is now neck-and-neck with Hewlett Packard for leadership in overall PC sales. For our CEO Interview Series, Chief Content Officer John Gallant talked recently with David Schmoock, President of Lenovo in North America, at IDG Enterprise's CITE conference on consumerization of IT in New York City. Read More

New tablets spark trade-in frenzy
Consumers are trading in their iPads and other tablets at an "unprecedented rate" to buy the newest offerings from Apple, Google and Microsoft, according to SellCell, an electronics trade-in website. Read More

The Cloud Security Alliance provides guidance for SIEMs in the cloud
The Cloud Security Alliance has developed a guidance document to help organizations evaluate cloud-based implementations of security applications, including information on evaluating and implementing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems in the cloud. Read More

NASA shifts vital computer tasks onboard long-running Mars Odyssey satellite
After 11 years, NASA scientists running the Mars Odyssey Orbiter have decided to switch the machine's redundant computing functions from one side to the other in an attempt to keep the technology serviceable as possible. Read More


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Dell testing 64-bit ARM server with chip from AppliedMicro
Dell has built a prototype server based on a 64-bit ARM processor from Applied Micro Circuits, which showed the system at a conference in Silicon Valley on Thursday. Read More

Following Sandy, DHS seeks security 'Cyber Reserve'
The damage to the electrical grid from Superstorm Sandy is just a taste of what could happen from a major cyberattack, says DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. The answer: A "Cyber Reserve" of computer security pros. Read More

20 notorious worms, viruses and botnets
The earliest worms and viruses were created for geeky fun and did little harm - oh, how times have changed. Here are 20 worms, viruses and botnets that show the evolution of malware, from Creeper to Flame. Read More

How Big Data Save Lives in New York City
Aiming to prove the power of data-driven resource allocation, the analytics director for the New York City Mayor's Office of Policy and Strategic Planning used data to identify buildings that were likely targets for fires—and firefighter injuries and deaths. Read More

Patent lawsuit gives Microsoft a rock for Halloween
Just as Microsoft launched Windows 8, out comes the patent troll. Microsoft has just been sued by an unknown operating system technology firm over the use of animated tiles in the Windows 8 UI. Read More

Apple's online apology to Samsung not sufficient says UK Court
Purusant to a UK Judge's orders, Apple last week posted a statement on its website admitting that Samsung's Galaxy Tab was not a rip off of the iPad. Apple, in typical fashion, however, decided to do things their own way and posted the following statement on their website. Read More

 
 
 

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