Networking World: How 7 strange tech terms got their names

Seems Google really can't wait to get rid of Reader | JPMorgan Chase customers see zero balances after technical glitch

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How 7 strange tech terms got their names
You use words like "Bluetooth," "wiki" and "Wi-Fi" all the time, but do you know how those things actually got their names? You might be surprised to find out. Read More

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OPNET, Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for 2012
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Seems Google really can't wait to get rid of Reader
Yes, this is a tiny matter in the grand scheme of things. Heck, it's even a tiny matter in Google's unpopular scheme to retire Google Reader. But, honestly, are Google's sanitation engineers really in this much of a hurry to rid the company of RSS? Read More

JPMorgan Chase customers see zero balances after technical glitch
Customers of JPMorgan Chase reported seeing zero balances in their accounts both online and on mobile, and speculated that the bank's systems had been hacked into. Read More

Samsung is also developing a smartwatch
It's been widely reported that Apple is working hard on an upcoming iWatch that may be released as early as this year. But Apple may not be the only company developing a wristwatch these days. Bloomberg is reporting that Samsung is also busying itself with developing a smartwatch of sorts. During a recent interview, Samsung executive VP Lee Youhg Hee explained, "We've been preparing the watch product... Read More

Rackspace program looks to 'seed' cloud workforce
Rackspace launched the Open Cloud Academy today, a training program to teach skills in various open source areas, such as OpenStack, Hadoop and Linux, with a specific focus on cloud computing. Read More

Email addiction: Why the enterprise can't break free
Atos CEO Thierry Breton caught a lot of flak last year when he announced he wanted his employees to give up email, but he may have been on to something. Read More

Funny or Die to beat other Steve Jobs biopics to the punch with "iSteve"
The yucksters at Funny or Die say they will release the "world's FIRST Steve Jobs biopic" on April 15, beating the Ashton Kutcher-led "jOBS" and out the door. The 60-75 minute film is described in a New York Times scoop on the project. Read More

Mozilla gamifies the learning process
Playing a video game is fun. Winning a trophy is fun. The makers of the major video game systems learned this lesson long ago. You can now earn "Trophies," "Badges" and "Achievements" in just about every video game on every console known to man. Part of the fun of earning those rewards is to display them to the world – or, at least your close friends. Being able to taunt your, obviously inferior,... Read More

Second computer glitch stalls NASA's Mars rover
After a computer glitch sidelined NASA's Mars rover Curiosity late last month, another problem has it down again. Read More

Z10 sales start Friday in U.S., but Blackberry's future still far from certain
BlackBerry Z10 sales kick off this Friday in the U.S., but it is still unclear how popular the smartphone and its Q10 cousin running BlackBerry 10 will be, amid a number of contradictory predictions and indicators. Read More

Products of the week 3.18.13
Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Cisco, Fortinet, Sepaton Read More

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