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03/11/2010 03:48 PM
As Microsoft continues to tout its push toward increased browser interoperability, Google has released the results of a recent run of its Sputnik JavaScript conformance test, which shows Microsoft's Internet Explorer falling behind on JavaScript conformance.
- As Microsoft continues to tout its push toward browser interoperability, Google has released the results of a recent run of its Sputnik JavaScript conformance test, which shows Microsoft's Internet Explorer as falling behind on JavaScript conformance.
In a March 11 blog post entitled: quot;Does Yo...
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03/11/2010 03:47 PM
Growth in the population of unstructured files will soon drive 75 percent of the demand for new storage capacity. By providing an allocation of cloud storage to users, storage and desktop services managers can effectively place storage management of user files into the hands of the departments, with built-in chargeback mechanisms that make them pay for the storage used. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Chip Bates discusses how organizations can establish the process for migrating unstructured data to the cloud and the advantages they will gain from doing so.
- The business benefits of using cloud computing for file storage are hard to beat, including dramatically lower IT management costs, unlimited scalability, and pay-as-you-need resources always on demand. But the technology is still young and it's not yet practical for a company to give up custody of ...
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03/11/2010 03:17 PM
Coyote Point Systems aims to help administrators increase ROI by delivering load balancing appliances that work with virtualization technologies, in particular, VMware's vSphere. What's more, Coyote Point offers a new approach to load balancing by shifting traffic shaping from basic Layer 4 algorithms to Layer 7 application-aware calculations. Click on for a slide gallery of the Coyote Point E650GX in action, and be sure to read eWEEK Labs' full review here.
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03/11/2010 03:17 PM
Barnes and Noble plans on creating an e-reader application specifically for Apple's upcoming iPad, suggesting that Barnes Noble has truly embraced a strategy of porting its e-reader brand onto as many screens as possible even as its own device, the Nook, looks set to compete directly against the Apple tablet PC. Both Amazon.com and Barnes Noble stand to be substantially affected by the iPad's presence in the market, as Apple has highlighted its devices abilities as an e-reader and reportedly been negotiating with publishers for content.
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Barnes amp; Noble will create an e-reader application
specifically for Apples upcoming iPad, according to an executive posting on
the booksellers official blog.
quot;Designed specifically for the iPad, our new B amp;N eReader
will give our customers access to more than one millio...
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03/11/2010 02:40 PM
The release of Opera Mini 5 Beta for Google Android follows the March 4 release of Opera Mini 5 Beta for Windows Mobile 5.x and 6.x devices. Opera Software says Opera Mini 5 Beta for Google Android includes such features as Speed Dial, tabbed browsing and boosted speed. Although Opera lags behind competitors Google and Microsoft in the traditional browser space, data suggests that it leads in the mobile browser space for smartphones.
- Opera Software released a beta of Opera Mini 5, the next version of its
mobile Web browser, for Google Android on March 11. The announcement comes
exactly a week after Opera announced it would release the same application for
Windows Mobile 5.x and 6.x smartphones, indicating that the company is
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03/11/2010 02:10 PM
Few manufacturers are more prolific these days than MSI Computer, which since the ringing in of 2010 has introduced 24 new mobile PCs, including notebooks and netbooks. The relatively little-known MSI describes itself as based in the City of Industry, California, but Endpoint Technologies analyst Roger Kay clarifies that its Micro-Star International, a Taiwanese ODM thats recently entered the branded space. Such firms are rolling the dice, Kay told eWEEK, gambling that there is more money to be made selling branded products than they stand to lose by angering their OEM customers. The risk is that their OEM customers, like Dell, HP and Acer, will cut them off if they appear to be making real market share inroads, he said.
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03/11/2010 01:42 PM
These days, companies are implementing unified communications technologies across their organizations, applying unified communications to various communication processes in different departments. Yet the contact center is one of the most critical communication channels to an organization's success, as its agents are on the front line with customers. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Gary Barnett explains how to get the most ROI out of your unified communications investments, especially in the contact center.
- Expanding a unified communications (UC) strategy to business processes in the contact center can extend the benefits outside the enterprise to the end consumer, ultimately leading to improved customer satisfaction. But it requires IT groups to look at the technological and architectural consideratio...
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03/11/2010 01:39 PM
Microsoft will be asked by representatives from seven smaller Web browser-makers to alter its Web browser choice screen, which was designed to sidestep European antitrust concerns over bundling Internet Explorer with Windows by offering users an automatically downloaded window with several browser options. A report from a March 8 meeting suggests that the European Commission, the EU's antitrust body, encouraged the smaller browsers to engage with Microsoft over the issue. While Microsoft has already introduced more randomization into the placement of the larger browsers on the ballot screen, these smaller companies want changes that will give their products a better chance at front-and-center positioning.
- Microsoft faces another request from seven browser companies
to alter its quot;Web browser choice screen quot; for European users of Windows.
Originally introduced on March 1 to sidestep concerns from the European
Commission (EC), the EUs antitrust regulatory body, about the bundling of
Interne...
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03/11/2010 01:28 PM
News Analysis: Although Google still controls a significant portion of the search space, evidence suggests Bing is gradually gaining ground on the search giant. It still has a long way to go. But if things keep up as they are, Bing may prove to be a formidable competitor to Google in a few short years.
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Google provides a service that is not easily
rivaled. Its search algorithm is outstanding. The simplicity with which users
can search the Web is top-notch. And the company's integration of Search into
so many other products and services makes it a likely choice for both consumers
and...
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03/11/2010 12:09 PM
Adobe's LiveCycle Enterprise Suite enables organizations to build applications through Adobe client technologies.
- Adobe's LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, the latest
version of which began shipping in November, is a set of Web services with
which organizations can build applications for interacting with users,
implementing business processes and managing document-based communications, all
through Adobe client te...
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03/11/2010 11:46 AM
Google's addition of biking directions and bike trail data to Google Maps March 9 is one more example of the search engine giant's increased emphasis on connecting users to information. The move is also part of the company's plan to get more users coming to Google Maps for the purpose of showing them advertisements from local businesses. Of course, the biking directions are in beta and leave something to be desired for some early testers. The New York Post sent one of its intrepid reporters out to test Google Maps biking directions in New York City. It didn't go well.
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Google's addition of
biking directions and bike trail data to Google Maps March 9 is one more example
of the search engine giant's increased emphasis on connecting users to information, with a side of advertising.
The idea is to help cyclists plan bike routes quot;that
avoid bi...
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03/11/2010 11:42 AM
At the Game Developers Conference, Intel showed off its Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, the chip makers first six-core CPU for consumers. Codenamed Gulftown, the Core i7-980X comes with more cores and computing threads, and a larger L3 cache, than the current i7-975, and all at the same price.
- Intel is showing off its new high-end “Gulftown” gaming chip, the
six-core Core i7-980X Extreme Edition, at the Game Developers
Conference in San Francisco.
Intel officials previewed the chip March 10.
The chip, the first six-core Intel chip for
consumers, is built on the companys 32-nanometer ...
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03/11/2010 11:30 AM
Motorola was the most-used handset during a three-month period ending in January, according to a new report from comScore. Among smartphone users, RIM dominated, Google gained share and Microsoft lost out.
- Motorola is the leading handset manufacturer in the United States,
while BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion leads the smartphone space,
according to market research firm comScore.
Google also is gaining share in the smartphone space, though Microsoft is slipping a bit, comScore
said March...
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03/11/2010 11:01 AM
Dice has assembled a working list of technology certifications that are in demand right now in 2010. Certifications alone will not get you a new job, but they can certainly help increase the chances for job interviews and calls from recruiters. Not all certifications are created equal in terms of paycheck impact. While nearly half of all technology professionals have at least one certification, a minority attributed pay increases to certification, wrote Evan Lesser, director of Dice Learning. Here are the 10 hottest certifications in IT right now. (Dice listed the number of job openings in four out of 10 certifications.)
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03/11/2010 10:55 AM
The T-Mobile webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, arriving March 14, will offer access to T-Mobiles super-fast HSPA+ network which is only available in Philadelphia right now. T-Mobile is expected to roll out more deployments during the next few months.
- T-Mobile will extend its webConnect modem line
on March 14 with the addition of the T-Mobile webConnect Rocket USB
Laptop Stick, its first to connect subscribers to the high data speeds
of its new HSPA+ network, where its available.
According to T-Mobile, HSPA+ offers three times the speed ...
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