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How to solve Windows 8 crashes in less than a minute

Virtual Instruments: Avoiding "The Abyss", trouncing Brocade and not hiding behind SDN

6 things you might not know about Virtual Instruments

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April 15, 2013
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How to solve Windows 8 crashes in less than a minute

Windows 8 has been out for a while, featuring an interface that's as cool as it is annoying . . . until you get the hang of it. But, like any computer operating system, it can fall over. Luckily, there is an easy way to solve the cause of most crashes; just call up WinDbg, the Windows debugger; a free tool to diagnose the most common causes of Windows crashes -- misbehaved third party drivers.

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Issue highlights

1. Virtual Instruments: Avoiding "The Abyss", trouncing Brocade and not hiding behind SDN

2. 6 things you might not know about Virtual Instruments

3. Google's Schmidt predicts 'everyone on Earth' online by 2020

4. Knocking down MPLS myths

5. Law professor makes a case for legally recognizing the Dangers of Surveillance

6. Alcatel-Lucent focuses on practical SDN

7. Human DNA should be Open Source

8. Dell dives deeper into SDN with new hardware and software

9. Find My Mac both useful and frustrating for law enforcement

10. Cisco extends Microsoft support in data center portfolio

11. How to solve Windows 8 crashes

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Virtual Instruments: Avoiding "The Abyss", trouncing Brocade and not hiding behind SDN

Virtual Instruments, the nearly 5-year-old infrastructure performance management software and hardware maker, is one of those companies that might never become a household name no matter how successful it becomes. In fact, many at first mistake the company for being in the music business. READ MORE

6 things you might not know about Virtual Instruments

Bone up on IPO candidate Virtual Instruments, which is targeting infrastructure performance management READ MORE

Google's Schmidt predicts 'everyone on Earth' online by 2020

Google chairman Eric Schmidt took to Google+ on Saturday and made a prediction: Everyone on Earth will be online by 2020. There are many reasons why that would seem wildly optimistic, but here's just one: READ MORE

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Knocking down MPLS myths

As we began to cover last time, until recently, if you were an enterprise WAN manager responsible for a serious WAN, you probably needed MPLS. Thanks to the Next-generation Enterprise WAN (NEW) architecture READ MORE

Law professor makes a case for legally recognizing the Dangers of Surveillance

The Dangers of Surveillance, written by Neil M. Richards, Professor of Law at Washington University in Saint Louis, was recently published on the Social Science Research Network. READ MORE

Alcatel-Lucent focuses on practical SDN

Last week, Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) held its annual Industry Analyst conference in Annapolis, Maryland. Unified Communications has historically been the primary focus for ALU's go-to-market strategy, but the company has spent the last few years beefing up its OmniSwitch data networking portfolio as well. In fact, if you recall, ALU was the focal point of this Network World Article where the company beat... READ MORE

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Human DNA should be Open Source

No one should be able to own the naturally occurring sequence of molecules that make up DNA in the human genome. First of all these are naturally occurring sequences, not invented by anyone. It is akin to an old time explorer planting a flag in a new land and claiming it for his country. Territory is not patentable and neither should be genes. READ MORE

Dell dives deeper into SDN with new hardware and software

Dell says it's hoping to move closer to the forefront of data center technology with the release today of a suite of new products designed for software-defined networking. READ MORE

Find My Mac both useful and frustrating for law enforcement

Find My Mac can be used to show the location of a stolen Mac, but the service often does not provide enough evidence to obtain a search warrant and get the stolen device back to its rightful owner, the Dutch police said on Monday. READ MORE

Cisco extends Microsoft support in data center portfolio

Cisco last week extended its data center product line to support Microsoft's Windows Server 2012 hypervisor and VM management features to more tightly align their respective data center and cloud architectures for joint customers. READ MORE

How to solve Windows 8 crashes

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How to solve Windows 8 crashes

Like any computer operating system, Windows 8 can fall over. Luckily, there is an easy way to diagnose the cause of most crashes.

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