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Virtualization stalwarts and start-ups alike are aiming for the desktop. A baker's dozen.
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Peter Richards, CEO of VirtualLogix, discusses how tomorrow's mobile device will be all things to all people.
Massachusetts startup uTest is launching an on-demand service that weds application testing to...
Have you ever had your Web site just drop off the face of the 'Net even though you know that the... ...1
Late Friday night Google solved the third Gmail outage of the past two weeks, but questions remain...
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical...
Gmail users, including those who use it for work as part of the Google Apps hosted suite, are again... ...1
Free software advocates are praising a federal appeals ruling that allows greater protection for...
The number of hosted e-mail seats will grow by nearly 40% in the next four years, with... ...1
VMware's new CEO had to apologize in his second month on the job after a major bug prevented... ...4
A study by the boutique consultancy Voke finds corporate software development in a state of...
Google has increased the options for sharing feeds in its Reader product, giving users more control... ...1
A judge in the northern town of Bergamo, Italy, has ordered Italian ISPs to block access to the... ...1
SAP attorneys have filed a counterclaim to the lawsuit Waste Management filed in March over...
Microsoft Thursday floated a trial balloon on a new PowerPoint prototype that starts with a single...
Bill Gates showed he means to keep up with Microsoft's research efforts despite retiring from his... ...1
Foundry Networks this week unveiled out-of-the-box integration with IBM Tivoli Netcool software for...
Symantec won a big settlement from a UK-based software company that was accused of selling 35,000 counterfeit copies of Symantec's PC Anywhere product. Nusoft Trading Limited is one of several companies Symantec has won such settlements from, and more legal actions could be on the horizon.
Preview articleCommentAn alarming number of custom software projects at Fortune 500 companies are simply abandoned after deployment because they don't meet the needs of users, a new study finds. Inadequate tools, lack of automation, and a failure to review business requirements are the main culprits.
Preview articleCommentBill Gates predicted that increasingly powerful software will raise new challenges in securing privacy, during a Hong Kong speech for the 10th anniversary of Microsoft Research Asia. "'When interaction gets more natural, computers can be everywhere to listen to you,' he said, adding that 'society will have to have more explicit rules' governing privacy boundaries around software as technology develops."
Preview articleCommentA legal battle involving model train hobbyist software could have interesting implications for the open source community. A federal appeals court in Washington ruled that that just because a software programmer gave his work away did not mean it could not be protected.
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Looks like I might own one of those iPhones with the pesky 3G reliability issues. I bought the phone two weeks ago, but had spent the majority of the time since in Maine, where AT&T's 3G coverage is limited. Yesterday, I was back in a 3G area with what looked like a full signal, but every time I... 1

Tim O'Reilly proposes the following rule: Ensure that no more than 50% of the links on any page are to yourself. (Even...

Power IT Down Day: it's a new initiative by HP, Dell and Citirx to help all of us reduce the power consumption of our...
We have just wrapped up a major study of the instant messaging, real-time communications and presence market. The goal of... 2
Have you ever had your Web site just drop off the face of the 'Net even though you know that the server was running? One... 1

For bloggers there is a constant push to post content. In some cases, the content is new, original, and even sometimes...

I have to admit, I am sort of intrigued by this concept (but not necessarily in a good way) but I wonder if this is just... 1
Management and remote site employees expect the same level of network service as the headquarters site. However, when IT staff are faced with limited resources to support remote site networks, often the applications, services and performance at those sites is not as robust as the headquarters site. See how to deliver a high level of network service at remote sites using the best practices outlined in this white paper.

Discover the six simple steps you can take today to create - or bolster - your disaster recovery...
Toward More Flexible, Next-Generation Collaboration SolutionsA recent study by CIO Magazine and IDG Research Services found that while collaboration tools are...
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Find out why analysts say approaching virtualization with an ounce of caution is wise. And also why...
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Keeping Spam at BayThe editors of Network World bring you this informative compilation of news, trends, analysis,...

Join us for this new webcast to hear how one company ensures their 8.5 million subscribers receive...
Lowering the Cost of Email ArchivesFind out how you can support a high performance and reliable e-mail system by using a robust and...
Google Webcast: Why archive email? Top challenges and best practicesIn this webcast, Michael Osterman, President of Osterman Research, discusses the business...
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