Networking World: Twitter’s 10 most antisocial celebs: They follow no one

Hybrid public-private cloud usage more widespread than you think | New Microsoft ad takes shot at the iPad

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Twitter's 10 most antisocial celebs: They follow no one
Followed by millions, these Twitter celebrities follow no one (or only one) in return. This is atypical celebrity behavior on Twitter, too, as these are the only 10 of the top 500 most-followed accounts who return the favor to so few. Read More

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Tackling Peak Traffic Demands in Today's Data Center
As demands on data center infrastructure increase, both IT professionals and their tools will need to adapt. Learn how application delivery controllers (ADCs) can accommodate enterprise needs for performance and scalability while providing a unified platform for application services. Download the report today. Download Now

Hybrid public-private cloud usage more widespread than you think
Many times in discussions about cloud computing, the hybrid cloud – meaning a service that combines both off-site public cloud and on-premises private cloud computing resources – as being some nirvana state that will be the dominant architecture at some point in the future. Read More

New Microsoft ad takes shot at the iPad
Well it seems that Microsoft still hasn't fully learned it's lesson, which is to say that product specs in and of themselves don't sell hardware! In a recently released ad, Microsoft compares a Windows 8 Tablet against the iPad. While the ad does touch on specs, it does also, to its credit, cover real world uses such as multitasking. I don't think the ad really will do much of anything to stem the... Read More

Ericsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network
Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show. Read More

French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead
The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search. Read More

Box buys iOS app to improve its own
Box has acquired an unreleased application called Folders, designed to give iPhone and iPad users a mobile front-end interface for the cloud storage and file management and sharing service as well as for competitors Google Drive and Dropbox. Read More

Scientists growing new crystals to make LED lights useful for office, home
When to comes to offering warm yet visually efficient lighting, LEDs have a long way to go. But scientists with the University of Georgia and Oak Ridge and Argonne national laboratories are looking at new family of crystals they say glow different colors and hold the key for letting white LED light shine in homes and offices as well as natural sunlight. Read More

20 milestones in Ethernet's first 40 years
Reviewing the highlights of Ethernet's first four decades Read More

10 things you may not know about Ethernet
Ethernet's value to networking and IT is well established over the past 40 years. But did you know that "Ethernet" refers to two slightly different ways of sending information between endpoints on a LAN? That and some other perhaps lesser known facts about this 40-year-old technology are reviewed here: Read More

Ethernet filters out naughty bits, plus 9 other facts (?) we learned from Bob Metcalfe's Reddit Q&A
Bob Metcalfe, who 40 years ago invented Ethernet along with David Boggs, spent two hours this week regaling Reddit users with his thoughts on everything from software-defined networking to Internet porn. Read More

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20 milestones in Ethernet's first 40 years

Reviewing the highlights of Ethernet's first four decades.

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