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The Weekly Hash - March 29, 2013

Phil Johnson — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:29:11 +0000

Having some fun at the expense of this week’s top tech newsmakers, this week featuring astronauts having a quick rendezvous, a Google exec having a midlife crisis and one teenager having a very good week

9 great advantages of technical certifications

Eric Bloom — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:44:24 +0000

I love being technical and at least for the foreseeable future I would like to stay that way. Is it worth the time and money to get a technical certification? Yes it is and this is why.

Rackspace plans to hire 1,000

IDGNS staff — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:15:01 +0000

Rackspace plans to add 1,000 people to its staff of about 5,000 over the next two years. It is doing so under an agreement with the state of Texas, which will help train its workers.

Channel partners poised to help enterprises build software-defined networks

IDGNS staff — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:19:32 +0000

Enterprises replacing legacy network infrastructure are increasingly turning to software-defined networks, which can automate an entire network fabric. Having helped hosting companies and academic institutions, a variety of resellers, system integrators and consultancies are ready to bring SDN to the enterprise.

Office won't be in the App Store in five months

kevinpurdy — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:46:55 +0000

A seeming leak of iOS/Android plans from a Microsoft office in the Czech Republic seems like confirmation. But it’s really just confusion.

Migration Lesson Plan for Educational Institutions

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:15:28 +0000

Education IT leaders at universities and K-12 school systems are under pressure to support improved collaboration and a virtual learning environment. Discover the lessons learned and the benefits realized by those within the education sector who have migrated from the outdated Windows XP operating system to Windows 7.

Channel partners make virtual desktop infrastructure a reality

IDGNS staff — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:11:26 +0000

Implementing VDI strategy requires expertise that many organizations lack. To reap virtual desktop benefits that include cost savings and better security, many IT pros turn to system integrators, resellers and other service providers to set up the VDI and make sure IT staff know how to make the most of it.

Apple retail VP slashes store personnel, then reconsiders

James Gaskin — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:41:31 +0000

John Browett, from UK electronics chain Dixons, called stores “too bloated,” and planned to sacrifice customer service for a “few more margin points.”

New tools finally give users a way to enforce their own privacy

KevinFogarty — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:45:02 +0000

A rush of new products are designed to add "military grade" encryption to email, text messages and corporate data. None are perfect; none are revolutionary. Collectively they represent acceptance, for the first time, that users should have tools to keep their data secure even from their own employers and tech suppliers.

U.K. trial tests whether jokes on Twitter are jokes, or threats

KevinFogarty — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:01:30 +0000

@stephenfry: God I hope common sense & natural justice prevail ‪#TwitterJokeTrial @Joannechocolat:</a> "All writers should be following #twitterjoketrial. The future of humour, hyperbole and the use of common sense is being decided right now..."

New IBM channel chief: Partners lead new business growth

IDGNS staff — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:17:23 +0000

IBM is promoting local, skilled solution providers to C-suite customers -- and, increasingly, the midmarket -- for quicker implementation, lower costs and stronger ROI. That's the mission of Big Blue's channel chief, a 32-year IBM veteran and former CIO responsible for global integration, as he reveals in an interview with CIO.com.

MIT app gives humans vision like a vampire

KevinFogarty — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:30:34 +0000

Software from researchers at MIT selectively enhances color and motion in video images, bringing out details like a baby's pulse that are too faint or small to be seen under normal conditions. Now if only they could get it to sparkle adorably in the sunshine.

Malware raids bank accounts with no warning to show what happened

KevinFogarty — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:38:38 +0000

The Zeus and SpyEye Trojans are pretty effective at stealing financial data from victims, but they're not good at actually raiding bank accounts without having to try to hide warning screens. New malware adds an Automatic Transfer System to let your Trojans move money from your bank accounts without bothering you for approvals or signatures or calls to 911.

Google finds 9,500 new threat sites per day

KevinFogarty — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:24:03 +0000

On the fifth anniversary of its Safe Browsing initiative, Google has opened up about some of the risks it sees trending and what it's been doing about them. Mainly it warns users, many of whom ignore warnings about legitimate sites that have been compromised by malware.

Senator calls for limit on peeping by Apple, Google spyplanes

KevinFogarty — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:11:34 +0000

Apple and Google are fighting for dominance in the mapping/personal navigation market with high-res photos taken from "spy planes" showing more detail of cities, houses, power and water infrastructure and, Senator worries, people sunbathing in their own back yards.