Google's famous follies: 10 favorite April Fools’ gags and Easter Eggs

Critical denial-of-service flaw in BIND software puts DNS servers at risk iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending March 29 Network World Daily News PM March 29, 2013 Share this email Google's famous follies: 10 favorite April Fools' gags and Easter Eggs The Goog has a long and storied history of April Fools' Day jokes and offbeat Easter Eggs. Here's a look at some of our favorites. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Critical denial-of-service flaw in BIND software puts DNS servers at risk 2. iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending March 29 3. The next big thing on Twitter: #TwitterChats 4. It's in the algorithm: Extremely tight races in Major League Baseball chase this year 5. INSIDER Companies take bold steps into desktop virtualization 6. Dell consolidates, plans unified software and all-flash arrays 7. Tizen is no Android, but will still play an important role 8. Feeling Retro? dBASE is back with a modern look 9. Unified Networking and SDN – A New Farpoint Group White Paper 10. 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READ MORE The next big thing on Twitter: #TwitterChats Atul Jha likes to stay up-to-date on the latest and greatest in the tech world; after all, that's part of his job as a consultant and technology evangelist for CSS Corp., which is co-headquartered in Silicon Valley and India. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Essential Reference for Monitoring Your IT Infrastructure How do you choose a network monitoring solution – SNMP monitoring, flow-based monitoring, or packet analysis – that is right for your IT infrastructure? This ebook your crash course in network monitoring for analysis and learn to use multi-segment analysis to diagnose performance problems with distributed application architectures. Download this ebook It's in the algorithm: Extremely tight races in Major League Baseball chase this year Perhaps not surprisingly parity is coming to Major League Baseball this season if you believe the mathematical analysis of a researcher at New Jersey's science and technology university, NJIT. READ MORE INSIDER Companies take bold steps into desktop virtualization Five organizations that have experienced the benefits, challenges and ROI of desktop virtualization offer tips for successful implementations. Insider (registration required) READ MORE Dell consolidates, plans unified software and all-flash arrays In the midst of going private, Dell executives said today they've already consolidated their three storage product divisions into one, they are working on merging their system management interfaces, and they have a number of new products coming out over the next year. 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Thirty years ago, dBASE ruled IBM PC compatibles and were the standard for data management alongside Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect. READ MORE Unified Networking and SDN – A New Farpoint Group White Paper I've written about unified wired/wireless networking a number of times in the past, initially exploring this rapidly-emerging concept from the perspective of unified management systems. And while the benefits of unification at the management layer is, IMHO, critical going forward, it's also possible to unify wire and wireless at other points in a network implementation, such as integrating a WLAN controller... READ MORE GDC2013: Get a NASCAR race car tour and learn why drivers love online games GDC2013: Get a NASCAR race car tour and learn why drivers love online games Get a look at a 2013 NASCAR race car at the Game Developers Conference, just like you're there yourself. This car and driver caught our eye at the GDC. 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