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Smartphone usage driving up greenhouse gas emissions: report

Posted March 12, 2013 - 11:45 am

Public policy makers need to support the deployment of smart infrastructure.
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iPad sales collapse? iPad mini leads to changes in buying behavior

Posted March 12, 2013 - 11:40 am

In light of speculation that the sales of the full-size Apple iPad have "collapsed," an informal and non-scientific poll of "iPad enterprises" and consultants shows instead some changing buying behaviors.
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Internet freedom advocates pleased with European Parliament backtrack on porn ban

Posted March 12, 2013 - 11:35 am

Net freedom campaigners celebrated a victory on Tuesday after the European Parliament decided against calling for an all-out ban on Internet pornography.
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Amazon Web Services aims to simplify roll-out of Node.js apps

Posted March 12, 2013 - 9:53 am

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its Elastic Beanstalk to include Node.js, in an effort to make it easier to deploy and manage application development on its cloud.
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Cloud forensics: In a lawsuit, can your cloud provider get key evidence you need?

Posted March 12, 2013 - 8:19 am

Any business that anticipates using cloud-based services should be asking the question: What can my cloud provider do for me in terms of providing digital forensics data in the event of any legal dispute, civil or criminal case, cyberattack or data breach?
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What you Like on Facebook could reveal more than you think

Posted March 11, 2013 - 6:21 pm

Before you "like" a friend's or company's post on Facebook, think twice. A new study shows that your Facebook "likes" may be far more revealing than you ever thought.
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AT&T to sell BlackBerry Z10 for $200 under contract March 22

Posted March 11, 2013 - 12:13 pm

AT&T will sell the BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone on March 22 for $199.99 with a two-year contract, the carrier confirmed.
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Fave-reads: 6 must-read books to ignite your IT career

Posted March 11, 2013 - 11:33 am

We asked four IT professionals from different industries to share the books that have influenced them in their own professional development.
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Building the perfect Franken-tablet

Posted March 11, 2013 - 11:19 am

Toshiba Exite edges Microsoft Surface RT in test of five flawed tablets.
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EA making progress fixing SimCity problems

Posted March 11, 2013 - 10:53 am

Electronic Arts isn't able to say Game On quite yet to all SimCity fans, but it says it has made "huge progress" fixing problems that tarnished the March 5 release.
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WordPress unveils hosting package for small businesses

Posted March 11, 2013 - 10:40 am

The popular blog service offers live support, unlimited themes, and unlimited storage for $299 annually.
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Thornton May: IT's epic challenges

Posted March 11, 2013 - 10:12 am

For IT leaders, the two biggest looming challenges are learning to think outrageously and to be brutally honest.
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Two years after quake, Japan still connecting online

Posted March 11, 2013 - 9:50 am

At 2:46 Monday afternoon, Japan went quiet.
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Meet 60GHz Wi-Fi, the insanely fast future of wireless networking

Posted March 11, 2013 - 8:57 am

New wireless networks operating in the 60GHz spectrum will be capable of multi-gigabit ethernet.
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How to avoid BYOD disasters

Posted March 11, 2013 - 7:23 am

Imagine an organization where employees are given several consecutive months of vacation every year. It sounds like a dream, but in the era of BYOD, it could also be an IT exec's worst nightmare.
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HP has 'no plans to break up,' Whitman claims

Posted March 11, 2013 - 6:19 am

Struggling Hewlett-Packard has taken several steps this year to assure users and investors that it's working to put past distractions behind it while bolstering its full product line.
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Hoping to quell uproar, Yahoo downplays impact of telecommuting ban

Posted March 11, 2013 - 6:19 am

Yahoo is trying to quell the furor that arose in the wake of its decision to call telecommuters back into the office.
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Paul Glen: The hazards of literal listening

Posted March 11, 2013 - 6:18 am

Geeks are often told that they are annoyingly literal, which they find confusing and unfair. But their colleagues have another way of listening.
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Samsung Galaxy S4: What to expect and what really matters

Posted March 11, 2013 - 6:18 am

Samsung's next-gen Galaxy S4 smartphone, to be unveiled Thursday in New York City, will reportedly have a larger display with ultra-high resolution, a faster processor, and Eye Scroll software that tracks a user's eyes to determine when to scroll through pages on the display.
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SXSW show floor: Beam videoconferencing device takes a spin

Posted March 10, 2013 - 7:53 pm

Tech enthusiasts at South by Southwest Interactive exploring the exhibit hall's gizmos and apps on Sunday were greeted a little differently at one booth -- the figure approaching them was not a person but a television-sized monitor mounted to a sleek base on wheels.
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Google's Singhal: speech, natural language recognition among search's biggest challenges

Posted March 10, 2013 - 7:53 pm

As Google aims to expand search's ability to answer increasingly difficult questions based on contextual information, several key obstacles still stand in its way.
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Strangest Apple Store robbery yet: Thieves attack with bear spray

Posted March 9, 2013 - 8:21 am

Vancouver police are investigating a brazen robbery at an Apple Store in which three male suspects allegedly sprayed 40 people with a chemical mix designed to ward off bears as they swiped an undetermined amount of Apple laptops, iPads and iPods.
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Marketers wrestle with Facebook's Graph Search

Posted March 8, 2013 - 10:27 pm

Facebook's Graph Search could be a powerful tool for steering people toward products and services on the social networking site, and marketers are starting to wrestle with the impact it may have on their brands.
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FTC: Mobile carriers should take steps to fight bill cramming

Posted March 8, 2013 - 3:56 pm

Mobile carriers should deploy a number of safeguards to protect their customers against a growing problem of unauthorized billing through mobile payments, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Friday.
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Facebook's updated News Feed cuts through clutter, boredom

Posted March 8, 2013 - 3:49 pm

Facebook's redesigned News Feed may help keep users flooded with information from quitting the social network, anlaysts said.
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