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If you need ammo, Bing is your search engine

Posted May 08, 2013 - 06:00 am by Phil Johnson

If comparing Bing and Google on regular search results isn’t enough, try comparing them based on autocomplete suggestions
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Don't call it a 'hackathon' in Germany

The Weekly Hash - May 3, 2013

Government releases We the People API
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It's Change Your Password Day. How hackable are you?

Posted May 07, 2013 - 03:46 pm by Melanie Pinola

90% of passwords are vulnerable to hacking, according to risk-management firm Deloitte. Is yours one of them?
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How to add Dropbox and Google Drive as storage options in Office 2013

Mount ISO files as virtual CD drives with Microsoft's free utility

The companies that protect your data from the government (and the ones that don't)
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Where are the BYOD phone commercials?

Posted May 06, 2013 - 02:31 pm by Paul Kapustka

Why aren't phone manufacturers trying to sell to the BYOD consumer?
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Mobility could be the CIO savior

Will You Give the BlackBerry Z10 a Chance?

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Unix tip: Using Bash's regular expressions

Posted May 05, 2013 - 08:37 pm by Sandra Henry-Stocker

Bash has quietly made scripting on Unix systems a lot easier with its own regular expressions. If you're still leaning on grep and sed commands to get your scripts to do what you need from them, maybe it's time to look into what bash can do on its own.
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Unix: Timing your cron jobs

Unix & Security: So you're about to be audited

Cheat sheets galore: Everything you wanted to know about everything ... almost
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Should you build and host your own server using a co-location?

Posted May 03, 2013 - 12:00 am by Matthew Mombrea

If you’re leasing server equipment in a hosting provider’s data center, you’re likely paying through the nose for antiquated technology. There is peace of mind that comes with that service in the form of care free hardware maintenance, but is that really enough to keep you paying for that same 4GB of RAM every month for life?
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How to build a drop down menu with CSS and HTML

Discourse - A new type of forum

Nebula - A turnkey private cloud brought to you by NASA
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Xbox 720 headed to Gamescom, new Wolfenstein to next gen consoles, but no Battlefield 4 for Wii U

Posted May 08, 2013 - 06:00 am by Peter Smith

Yesterday we got word of another confirmed next gen title launching in Q4 of this year. Plus good and bad news for Wii U owners, and Sony gets even more indie-friendly.
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Xbox 720 always-connected rumor debunked, PS4 share button nerfed, and Wii U to get mobile apps?

Give your Wii Balance Board a second life with FitScales for Android

New Call of Duty to be shown at Xbox 720 reveal event, PS4 at GameStop EXPO

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Facebook shakes up switch market with new Open Compute Project

Posted May 08, 2013 - 04:48 pm by Nancy Gohring

The new project will describe a switch that disaggregates the hardware and software. The result could lead to more options and better prices, even for non-Web scale businesses.
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Tier 3: Private cloud offering in the works

Amazon takes aim at private clouds

Eucalyptus becomes first private cloud provider to support Netflix tools
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Here are mankind's oldest 23 words

Posted May 07, 2013 - 06:00 pm by Chris Nerney

Know what the oldest words on record are? (Hint: They're not BlackBerry or shizzizzle.)
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10 amazing facts and theories about dogs

Science of attracting new Twitter followers revealed!

A huge database of rock music journalism
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Squee alert: Ender's Game trailer

Posted May 07, 2013 - 04:49 pm by Keith Shaw

Will science-fiction book fans flock to a movie 27 years in the making?
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NASA satellite fleet captures awesome images of May 1 solar explosion

Friday Fun: Iron Man 3 chalk art; homemade Lord of the Rings

Lego Thursday: Breaking Bad, Iron Man 3 parodies
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Four reasons why you should worry about online tracking (and advertising isn't one of them)

Posted May 07, 2013 - 03:57 pm by Dan Tynan

Pay no attention to the advertisers behind the curtain. The real battle over Do Not Track is bigger and scarier than which ads you're shown online.
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Who is tracking you across the Web? Even the ad industry doesn’t know

Faking it on Foursquare: Beware of bogus beauties bearing spam

Help, I'm being stalked by the BBC (and also online advertisers)
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Why your data center skills need an upgrade

Posted May 06, 2013 - 08:22 pm by Eric Bloom

Technical advances in data center management are transforming the types of skills that are needed by people working in a data center.
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Help your company sell its products and save money

IT career success and advice: An interview with Marilyn Smith

Begin an internal “Community of Practice”
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Five things you probably don't know about Bluetooth

Posted May 06, 2013 - 04:12 pm by Kevin Purdy

Danish runes, tricky terminology, and Polish marketing firms that try to pair you up in malls. Bluetooth is a hoot.
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Turn your dust-catching Wii Fit board into a smart scale with an Android app

Google Now arrives on iPhone/iPad. So how do you make it useful?

Your weekend homework: review the apps you love, fight the jerky types
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Getting started with Google Slides

Posted Apr 22, 2013 - 07:35 am by ITworld tips

Learn some basic commands for Google Slides.
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Using web forms in Google Drive

Turn your iOS devices into security cameras

How to revert to an old version of a Google Drive file
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Social media steps up in wake of Boston Marathon blasts

Posted Apr 16, 2013 - 09:20 am by paulfroberts

As chaos reigned in the hours after twin explosions at the finish line of the storied Boston Marathon, social media outlets became a lifeline between runners, spectators and the outside world.
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IRS's big data play built on shaky foundations

Crowdfunded lock lets car owners secure their data

Android: The IT community's latest problem child
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RHEV upgrade saga: Creating VMs on Open vSwitch

Posted Jan 17, 2013 - 12:44 pm by Edward Haletky

Previously we create our network by integrating Open vSwitch into RHEL KVM. Now we need to create some virtual machines to run the workloads required.
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RHEV upgrade saga: RHEL KVM and the Open vSwitch

vSphere upgrade saga: HP Insight Management integration

vSphere upgrade saga: Adding a D2200SB w/P4000 VSA
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Life as we know it would be impossible without big data

Posted Dec 27, 2012 - 09:00 am by Irfan Khan

Big data has simplified complexities in so many business processes we hardly notice any longer. It permits our rapidly emerging self-service economy. It’s not just our future. It’s our present.
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The promise of big data: Analytics for all

Speedy in-memory databases put lid on costs

Where does big data come from? Look in the mirror
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Top technology predictions for 2013, part two

Posted Nov 14, 2012 - 05:43 pm by Dan Blacharski

Big changes coming in 2013 as Silicon Valley moves inward, and indie producers gain strength.
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Top technology predictions for 2013, part one

How crappy should your product be?

Product placement and the future of gaming
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Why Linux desktop UIs don't matter anymore

Posted Oct 31, 2012 - 10:42 am by Brian Proffitt

Today's computer users don't care much about interface bling... just get them to their apps safely. This is something Linux can do every well.
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Government and open source's open relationship

How Linux makes the post-desktop world possible

Not even Microsoft love for Internet Explorer
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Shadowing my first consulting engagement

Posted Oct 04, 2012 - 08:00 am by Andrew Weiss

I recently got the chance to experience my first consulting engagement. Now the real fun begins.
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What a Microsoft consultant does on a Saturday

Welcome to the Cloud Ninjas Team

Technical readiness: Warming up for the first client engagement
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Create new corporate value

Posted Aug 15, 2012 - 04:08 pm by CIO Executive Council

Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on how to optimize infrastructure to meet changing business needs. Add your opinion and advice.
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Go beyond the lowest bidders to make your vendors into partners

Business leaders spearhead BI decisions

Measure the success of your IT-business partnerships
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Greenpeace questions the green in clouds

Posted Apr 30, 2012 - 11:45 pm by Beth Bacheldor

That apple ain’t green.
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