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Google CEO on innovation: 'We're at 1% of what's possible'
Google CEO Larry Page took the stage today to wrap up a nearly four-hour long keynote that kicked off the Google I/O developers conference here. Page, who is dealing with a scratchy voice caused by vocal cord paralysis, didn't pitch products, but was more philosophical, talking about innovation, negativity and the future of technology. Read More

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Webinar: Create Competitive Advantage, Featuring Synchology
You are invited to our live, interactive webinar featuring the President and Product Director of Synchology: The Branded Payments Company. Synchology was using SAS and Excel to create performance reports for their clients, which was time-consuming and had numerous technical limitations. View Now!

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WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

HP reference configuration for Premium OLTP
This paper describes a hardware and software reference architecture for using HP hardware to deploy very large and highly transactional Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 OLTP database systems in tier 1 enterprise application environments. Learn More!

Windows 8 isn't New Coke, says top Microsoft exec; it's Diet Coke
Microsoft's head of corporate communications defended his company's Windows information disclosure strategy Tuesday, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple's "cone of silence" approach to imparting news. Read More

How to keep your network humming
Argent wins test of 6 midrange network management tools Read More

5 free remote desktop apps for Windows 8
You're away from the office when you get that sinking feeling. Maybe that file you need is locked on your desk PC in London while you're visiting Shanghai. You don't need to sweat, thankfully. Remote desktop apps let you log on to your PC or tablet and access a faraway computer as if you were there in person. Here are 5 options for Windows 8 slates and PCs. Read on to find which app is the best fit for your business. Read More

NASA: Mars hit by some 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year
You'd need an umbrella made of kryptonite if you were to go walking on Mars apparently. NASA scientists using images from the space agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across. Read More

Meet 'Appcessories': Products that connect to your smartphone
Appcessories are, essentially, devices that connect to a smartphone to make use of its features. Some of these resemble everyday items found in the Jetsons, while others, such as a smart basketball or a virtual reality headset, are groundbreaking in their own right. The technology is progressing fast enough to draw attention from research firms, such as Canalys, which recently announced that it will... Read More

Cool tool: One click installation of open source apps
Downloading open source applications can sometimes be a pain in the neck. There can be multiple drivers, a variety of related components and a handful of little status bars that move from left to right at varying rates of speed. Read More

EFF urges appeals court to stop porn-copyright 'shakedown'
The Electronic Frontier Foundation yesterday filed a brief urging the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit "to stop a copyright troll's shakedown scheme in a case linked to the notorious Prenda Law firm." This comes in the wake of last week's decision by a federal judge in California to level sanctions totaling $81,000 against Prenda and refer the matter to criminal... Read More

FBI briefs US bank executives on wave of cyberattacks
The FBI has reportedly briefed US bank executives on a wave of cyberattacks that have lashed the industry since last summer as part of a new policy designed to foster co-operation between the state and private sectors. Read More

Mozilla to Firefox: 'Browser, heal thyself'
Mozilla on Tuesday released Firefox 21, adding more social media connections, tweaking the Do Not Track privacy setting and rolling out a new tool that long term, aims to create a self-healing browser. Read More

Chaotic family life briefly slows down with an adaptive learning app
Chaotic family life briefly slows down with an adaptive learning app The Whitman family in San Francisco tried out the Leo's Pad app by Kidaptive for IDG News Service, testing whether their daughter would like it and how they ... From: networkworld Views: 38 2 ratings Time: 03:10 More in Science & Technology Read More

Hottest products from Interop 2013
Interop 2013, one of the biggest networking shows each year, is here and the product announcements are plentiful Read More

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