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Google Chrome, HTML5, and the new Web platform

February 16, 2012 - The Chrome dev team is working toward a vision of Web apps that offers a clean break from traditional websites
Web Development, HTML5, JavaScript, Web Applications, Web Browsers, Google Chrome
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Tech's Bottom Line

America's wireless broadband problem just got a lot worse

February 16, 2012 - FCC veto of LightSquared's plans for massive wireless network may have also put the brakes on widespread 4G deployment
Wide Area Networking, Internet, Federal Regulations, Mobile Technology, 4G
Read more Tech's Bottom Line
Notes from the Field

Are your mobile apps spying on you?

February 15, 2012 - Facebook, Twitter, and other popular mobile apps all make copies of your personal contacts -- often without telling you
Cringely, Mobile Apps, Internet Privacy, Facebook Faceplant
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InfoWorld Tech Watch

Microsoft's not so happy Valentine's Day

February 15, 2012 - Spectacular Security Essentials false positives, an extensive Hotmail outage, and errors when installing a Black Tuesday patch made for a bad day in Redmond
Microsoft Windows, Email Software, Patch Management, Microsoft
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Advice Line

Microsoft's killer tablet opportunity

February 15, 2012 - Forget about outdoing Apple's iPad and give us the features that finally improve the way we work
Tablets, Microsoft Windows
Read more Advice Line
Enterprise Windows

Why small businesses should switch from Exchange to Office 365

February 15, 2012 - Get past the poorly chosen name and use this hosted service to eliminate deployment and maintenance hassles
Email Software, Collaboration Software, Managed Services, SaaS, Server Provisioning, Unified Communications, Google Apps, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft SharePoint
Read more Enterprise Windows
Off The Record

Gross! Unsanitized tales from tech support

February 15, 2012 - PC troubleshooter? Check. Server skills? Check. Disinfectant? Double check. You'll need them all when working the help desk
IT Jobs, IT Management, IT Training, your IT tales
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Security Adviser

Chrome turns its back on security standard

February 14, 2012 - Google is right that digital certificate revocation checking is broken, but wrong to abandon the standard
Security, Web Browsers, Web Security
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Modernizing IT

IBM's startup guy: We're cracking new markets

February 14, 2012 - Drew Clark expounds on IBM's prolific partnerships with vertical analytics startups -- and hints at new public cloud services from IBM
Cloud computing, BYOD, E-government, Application Development, PaaS, Private Cloud, Mobile Development, Consumerization of IT, Data Center, Enterprise Architecture, Mobile Technology, Security, IBM, OpenStack
Read more Modernizing IT
Cloud Computing

Why Google's Gdrive won't set the cloud on fire

February 14, 2012 - The market doesn't need another stand-alone cloud storage service, but integrating Gdrive with Google Apps makes sense
Cloud Storage, Google, Google App Engine, Google Apps
Read more Cloud Computing
Mobile Edge

The end of the PC, courtesy of Microsoft

February 14, 2012 - Apple dealt a severe blow to the traditional PC with the iPad, but it looks as if Microsoft itself will finish the job
Desktop Computers, Microsoft Windows, Laptops, Tablets, ARM, Intel, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Windows 8
Read more Mobile Edge
The Deep End

Why aren't we finally rid of patch cables?

February 13, 2012 - Few tasks are more annoying than wrestling with data center patch cables. It's high time we drastically reduce their number
Data Center, Data Center Design, Network Switch, Networking
Read more The Deep End
Virtualization Report

VMware paves path to hybrid clouds with vCloud Integration Manager

February 13, 2012 - Tool allows service providers, resellers to automate delivery and operations of VMware vCloud Director-based clouds
Server Virtualization, Hybrid Cloud, IaaS, Managed Services
Read more Virtualization Report
Information Overload

Bring new IT staff into the fold -- fast

February 13, 2012 - Integrating a new IT hire in the midst of a torrent of projects is never easy, but here's one approach that really works
Storage, IT Jobs, Information Technology Careers
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Smart User

Relax, IT: Endpoint diversity is nothing to fear

February 10, 2012 - More devices, tools, and platforms mean complexity and work for IT. But they can bring advantages -- and less IT work -- too
Consumerization of IT, IT Management, Mobile Device Management (MDM), Systems Management
Read more Smart User
Open Sources

Despite whacking Windows, Linux gets too little respect

January 20, 2012 - A decade on, management holds onto an outdated view of Linux that may be hindering its adoption
Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open Source Software
Read more Open Sources
Lab Notes

VDI shoot-out: HDX vs. PCoIP

December 14, 2011 - The differences between the Citrix and VMware remote desktop protocols are more than skin deep
Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Networking
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