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Yahoo faces board challenge from activist shareholder

Posted February 14, 2012 - 9:45 pm

Activist Yahoo shareholder Daniel Loeb has rejected the slate of board candidates put forth by the company's newly minted CEO, serving notice of his intention to lobby for his own candidates instead.
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NewNet vows to drive forward with onetime Motorola WiMax business

Posted February 14, 2012 - 7:05 pm

Motorola's former WiMax business unit set up shop under new owner NewNet Communications Technologies on Tuesday, diving into the next chapter of a technology that has been largely crowded out by LTE.
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Girl builds LEGO Millennium Falcon in about 4 hours (video)

Posted February 14, 2012 - 4:32 pm

Gotta give some props to YouTuber Valkylrie1337 for this video, in which the self-professed "nerd girl" constructs a Lego set of the Millennium Falcon in about four hours.
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What would you give up to telecommute? A raise? Vacation time? Spouse?

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:45 pm

To some U.S. workers, telecommuting ranks higher than many of life's perks, including raises, vacation time, social media, chocolate, shopping and even soul mates.
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Skyrocket? Maybe the word for mobile data growth is exa-rocket

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:14 pm

Mobile data globally is expected to grow 18-fold by 2016, Cisco said in the update to its Visual Networking Index.
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Four keys to successful BYOD

Posted February 14, 2012 - 12:25 pm

The bring your own device (BYOD) movement formally advocates use of personal equipment for work and obligates IT to ensure jobs can be performed with an acceptable level of security, but how can risks be addressed given the range of devices used and the fact that you lack control of the end point?
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Kinect Star Wars: Even Girls Can Be Darth Vader

Posted February 14, 2012 - 12:13 pm

The Xbox video team has done it again, providing Star Wars fans with another entertaining ad for its Kinect Star Wars game, set to release on April 3.
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Wi-Fi's promise for cell carriers running out of options

Posted February 14, 2012 - 10:28 am

Growing cellular data bandwidth demands driven by the runaway growth of smart devices and bandwidth-hungry applications is forcing many mobile carriers to look for alternate data solutions to relieve their strained networks. With Wi-Fi available on most mobile devices, Wi-Fi offload is being embraced by a number of carriers around the world as a practical part-time solution because it is cost-effective, relatively easy to adopt and free of licences/regulatory requirements.
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Alcatel-Lucent integrates Wi-Fi with mobile networks

Posted February 14, 2012 - 10:10 am

Alcatel-Lucent is integrating Wi-Fi with mobile networks with its lightRadio architecture, allowing users to move seamlessly between the two networks and authenticate using the SIM card, the company said on Tuesday.
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Office for Windows on ARM: Free or not?

Posted February 14, 2012 - 7:05 am

Microsoft's disclosure that it will 'include' four Office apps with Windows on ARM has analysts parsing the news like spies who once tried to figure out what went on inside the Kremlin.
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Nokia Siemens links network and business information for mobile carriers

Posted February 14, 2012 - 3:09 am

Nokia Siemens Networks is offering carriers new ways to view information about their own performance and translate it into action that may improve subscribers' experiences -- or change their rates.
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Throttled iPhones help AT&T show how hard it is to drive smartphone customers away

Posted February 13, 2012 - 8:38 pm

Customers weren't thrilled when unlimited iPhone data plans ended, but none complained too much. Verizon got more expensive, but transparently. AT&T went with manipulation and cloaked accusations of data hoggery to push customers to tiered plans, or toward Verizon.
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Moves to the cloud can spark turf wars

Posted February 13, 2012 - 7:13 pm

The decision to migrate company information-technology functions to the cloud or elsewhere is usually broken down as a set of specific cost-benefit calculations. However complicated the weighing of the startup savings and the longer-term returns involved in outsourcing IT, it at least appears to be a rational process.
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AT&T aims to ease private-to-hybrid cloud transition

Posted February 13, 2012 - 6:31 pm

AT&T has launched a new version of its Synaptic Compute as a Service offering designed to help enterprises access capacity beyond their private clouds.
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DOJ approves Google acquisition of Motorola Mobility

Posted February 13, 2012 - 6:24 pm

The U.S. Department of Justice has approved Google's acquisition of mobile-phone and tablet maker Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion, following the European Commission's approval earlier in the day.
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Free service offers basic enterprise mobile management

Posted February 13, 2012 - 5:28 pm

A free new service lets IT groups quickly set up basic management of corporate and personal mobile devices running Android or Apple iOS.
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1984 video on microprocessors shows early mobile phones in action

Posted February 13, 2012 - 5:15 pm

The AT&T Tech Archives are the gift that keeps on giving. After last week's video showcasing the Infoquest center, the team over there are adding new videos based on those shown at the exhibit.
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Mitel, VMware offer desktop contact center solution

Posted February 13, 2012 - 4:59 pm

Contact centers that want to take advantage of virtual desktop technology have another option from a unified communications company.
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IBM's top network exec talks strategy

Posted February 13, 2012 - 4:35 pm

IBM reversed course on networking in 2010 when it acquired Blade Network Technologies, one of its key network suppliers. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix and Managing Editor Jim Duffy recently caught up with Vikram Mehta, founder of BNT and now vice president of IBM System Networking, for an update on IBM's network visions going forward.
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Citrix simplifies cloud service management

Posted February 13, 2012 - 4:26 pm

Citrix is shipping a new version of its cloud management software CloudStack that makes it simpler for service providers and large businesses to manage and provision cloud services.
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YouTube app for Google TV to get more functionality

Posted February 13, 2012 - 3:41 pm

Google announced Sunday that it would add functionality to the YouTube experience on Google TV, including complete channel pages and the ability to browse by channel.
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Building an IDPS without big iron

Posted February 13, 2012 - 3:31 pm

Companies seeking to deploy intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS) for network security have traditionally had to rely on proprietary appliances that cost from $15,000 to $50,000. That puts IDPS out of reach for many small to midsize companies, but SaaS-based alternatives might fit the bill.
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The good, bad and ugly of 802.11ac

Posted February 13, 2012 - 2:28 pm

Imagine a world where family members can stream their favorite HD content to different rooms, all while your teenage son uploads his latest HD video "project" to YouTube. Well, with new wireless LAN technology based on 802.11ac quickly approaching -- possibly in one or two years -- this digital home network paradise could become a reality.
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Continuous Transaction Monitoring (CTM) protects financial integrity, even when network security inevitably fails

Posted February 13, 2012 - 2:28 pm

Everyone's seen the headlines. TJX. RSA. Playstation Network. Symantec. Major corporations with massive investments in network security reduced to public ridicule and expensive liability by hackers. Even governments aren't immune, as proven by online vigilantes like Wikileaks and Anonymous.
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Google Maps help you find love at the Mall (of America)

Posted February 13, 2012 - 2:12 pm

I've never been to the Mall of America, but I hear it's pretty big. So big that you might need GPS on your phone in order to find anything, instead of going up to the giant kiosk and looking for the "You Are Here" sticker and remembering that you're in standing in front of the Orange Julius.
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