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Spotify bests Google in music service smackdown: For now

Posted May 20, 2013 - 12:27 am by Tom Spring

Google Play Music All Access falls flat when compared to Spotify in a desktop and mobile app showdown. Here's the scorecard.
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Google I/O live streams: Your front row ticket

Google Glass to get Windex treatment at I/O

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Google search tips and tricks

Posted May 20, 2013 - 05:56 am by ITworld tips

Search smarter on Google using more than just basic keywords. In this TechTip we show you how to find more meaningful search results.
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Peeping tom or artist: Whose derriere is it, any way?

Posted May 19, 2013 - 02:27 pm by Dan Tynan

Does secretly photographing your neighbors inside their homes violate their privacy? The answer depends on which side of the lens you’re on.
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Acxiom exposed: A peek inside one of the world’s largest data brokers

Is Do Not Track dead on arrival?

When it comes to privacy, we’re all just pretty little liars
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Inconsistent AJAX requests using XDR under Internet Explorer [FIXED]

Posted May 18, 2013 - 08:00 am by Matthew Mombrea

Why world? Why do you cling to IE 6 and 7? These two browsers are the cause of massive frustration and wasted time for developers. In our latest thrill ride with Internet Explorer, we came across an issue where AJAX requests were being aborted almost instantaneously, but only sporadically.
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How to build a rack mounted server from scratch

Should you build and host your own server using a co-location?

How to build a drop down menu with CSS and HTML
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One useful thing actually coming to your phone from Google I/O 2013

Posted May 17, 2013 - 04:08 pm by Kevin Purdy

A lot of Google's announcements at its I/O conference were developer-related, and long-term. This one thing is neat and needed.
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Google kills off SMS Search: What you can't do now that it's gone

How Netflix is revolutionizing cloud computing just so you can watch 'Teen Mom' on your phone

Five things you probably don't know about Bluetooth
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Has Intel finally landed that elusive Atom deal?

Posted May 20, 2013 - 09:17 am by Andy Patrizio

After years of trying, Intel might finally have a major vendor win for its embedded processor. Rumor has it that Samsung will adopt an Atom processor for the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1.
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BrandPost: Is the Post-Windows Enterprise IT World Upon Us?

Posted May 17, 2013 - 06:24 pm by Paul Kapustka

New report from Forrester says enterprises will skip Windows 8
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Should Enterprises Embrace Google?

Will Microsoft's anti-iPad strategy work?

BYOD Q&A with Gartner's David Willis

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Music labels promise to split iRadio royalties equally with artists; what could go wrong?

Posted May 21, 2013 - 12:00 am by Phil Johnson

Directly licensing music from labels could let Apple and others offer music services which may be better for the listener, but potentially less profitable for recording artists
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Mark Zuckerberg’s birthday party hits a snag

We the Geeks: White House hosts Google+ Hangout to discuss Grand Challenges

Which restaurants violate health codes and other insights from open data
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Unix: Book Review -- Absolute OpenBSD: Unix for the Practical Paranoid by Michael W. Lucas, Open Starch Press, 2013

Posted May 20, 2013 - 09:58 pm by Sandra Henry-Stocker

BSD -- the Berkeley Software Distribution flavor of Unix -- is alive and well and thriving on a remarkably secure system near you. And the second edition of Absolute OpenBSD (Michael W. Lucas, 2013, no starch press) is ready to teach you all about it.
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Linux commands: Newusers adds new users ... fast and furious!

Unix tip: Using Bash's regular expressions

Unix: Timing your cron jobs
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Legitimate online services enable DDoS-attacks-for-hire sites

Posted May 20, 2013 - 09:17 pm by paulfroberts

A recent expose shines a light onto the strange world of "booter" or "stressor" web sites which offer DDoS-attacks-for-hire.
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Social media steps up in wake of Boston Marathon blasts

IRS's big data play built on shaky foundations

Crowdfunded lock lets car owners secure their data
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Watch this animation of Patton Oswalt's famous 'Star Wars Filibuster' speech

Posted May 20, 2013 - 01:30 pm by Keith Shaw

It was inevitable - someone has animated the plot of Episode VII (from the mind of comedian Patton Oswalt).
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This Sony PS4 first look is really blurry

YouTube stars attempt to be funny with Comedy Week stunt

This Week on Mars: Prepping for another dig session
To the cloud RSS

Dell dumps its public cloud offerings

Posted May 20, 2013 - 12:16 pm by Nancy Gohring

Dell said it will start offering public cloud services only through partners, dumping its own offerings
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Newvem adds Azure monitoring, despite signs of low demand

Look out Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Engine is open for business

Facebook shakes up switch market with new Open Compute Project
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Tested: The fastest and most reliable online storage and syncing services

Posted May 20, 2013 - 11:32 am by Melanie Pinola

Two reports compare Dropbox vs. Google Drive vs. SkyDrive vs. Amazon Cloud vs. Box
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What does social media say about you?

Posted May 20, 2013 - 10:35 am by Eric Bloom

Since graduating from college I have been on a number of great interviews but still haven’t found a job. I don’t understand it. I have a degree in computer science from a great school and some relevant work experience as a summer intern. Any idea what I could be doing wrong?
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7 Steps to Get Back Into IT

Why your data center skills need an upgrade

Help your company sell its products and save money
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NASA's great video of an explosion on the moon

Posted May 20, 2013 - 09:31 am by Chris Nerney

A meteor crashed into the moon on Friday under the watchful gaze of NASA video cameras.
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Association of music with colors crosses cultural boundaries

Scientists discover billion-year-old water in Canadian cave

Mount Everest ice is melting away, researchers say
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New Android-on-TV service Gamepop announced. Ouya gets funding, delays launch

Posted May 10, 2013 - 06:00 am by Peter Smith

Ouya gets $15 million in funding, delays launch and improves their controller. Meanwhile Gamepop offers a subscription-based Android gaming solution for your TV. But many questions remain.
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Stream PBS content to your Roku player

Xbox 720 headed to Gamescom, new Wolfenstein to next gen consoles, but no Battlefield 4 for Wii U

Xbox 720 always-connected rumor debunked, PS4 share button nerfed, and Wii U to get mobile apps?
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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
Open for Discussion RSS

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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