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	10 free router and IP admin tools you should know about With the help of GFI.com's Talk Tech To Me blog, we've compiled a list of 10 free software downloads designed to help router and IP administrators handle their tasks with as little cost as possible. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Service Cloud: Deliver Next Generation of Customer Service Realize the value and operating challenges of online support communities. Chatter Communities for Service solves nearly all of the traditional problems of online communities. Use it as a force multiplier for your support organization, and revenue generator for your sales and marketing teams. Read Now! 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Read More Gorilla Glass 3 promises 40 percent fewer scratches Corning has developed a new version of its Gorilla Glass for smartphones and tablets that it says will result in 40 percent fewer scratches and appear in devices later this year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade Communications Universities Face Big Data Test Big Data will help university stakeholders make better-informed decisions across the board, from student recruitment to day-to-day operations. To carry that Big Data, Ethernet fabrics and software-defined networks are stepping up to help institutions build flexible and resilient network topologies. Learn more. Google stops highlighting censored search terms for China Google has quietly shut down a search function that helped users in China navigate past the country's censorship systems, after authorities had tried to block the feature. Read More CES2013: Lenovo debuts three new Windows 8 tablets Lenovo showed off three new Windows 8 devices Sunday night, two days before the International CES gets officially opens in Las Vegas. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More CES2012: Portable power with the GoalZero Yeti 150 GoalZero's new Yeti 150 is a 10 pound portable battery that can power gadgets either on the go or in the event of a power outage. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb. Read More CES2013: SanDisk bringing faster SSDs to consumers, PC makers SanDisk is kicking off the new year with two new solid-state disk drives (SSDs) that should bring performance boosts for PC users. Both the Ultra Plus, which is targeted at consumers, and the X110, which is targeted at PC and server makers. Read More Testing Tout for CES 2013 Next week we have a big crew from IDG Enterprise (Network World, Computerworld, CIO.com) heading out to the International CES in Las Vegas, and one of the things we're going to try is to provide video updates via Tout. The service, which is like Twitter for video, lets you create 15-second video clips that are uploaded and published through Twitter and Facebook (you can also send these clips via email... Read More WHITE PAPER: Exceed Group Fortune 500 optimized mobile plan to save 28% Exceed Group helped a global manufacturing company implement a complete wireless expense management solutions with Mobil-Eye. Read about what steps they took to reach full optimization of their AT&T and Verizon contracts. Learn how to get your own free Mobil-Eye wireless expenses analysis. Learn More. Microsoft C# named programming language of 2012 Microsoft's C# has been crowned the number one programming language of the year by the PopularitY of Programming Language (PYPL) index. Read More Ubuntu Smartphones No, Ubuntu Tablets, Yes The big disruptive announcement from Canonical this week about porting Ubuntu to smartphones had many Linux fans excited. Never mind that Android is a Linux based OS, having Ubuntu on your phone for many Linux fold means a "real" Linux has finally gone mobile. Read More Understanding and Implementing Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines For organizations looking to "go to the cloud", as much as Microsoft has had Azure Services that allows orgs to rewrite their apps and host them in the cloud, this new Azure Virtual Machines actually allows you to build a full blown Windows 2008 or 2012 Virtual Machine (VHD) in the cloud so you can load up whatever apps you want on the server. Read More Top Android stories of 2012 2012 will be remembered as the year that Android transitioned from follower to leader. Android smartphones became bigger, sleeker and faster and became a relevant choice in comparison to Apple. Read More Video about ESD both shocking and funny You've heard the Mythbusters say it a thousand times: Do not try this at home. But such words to the wise are nowhere near as effective as actually showing what could go wrong. A fellow by the name of Mehdi Sadaghdar demonstrates the concept in this YouTube video entitled: 'Don't worry, it's just ESD! (Electrostatic Discharge).' Read More
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