Year: 2011
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Apple iPad to Get Bigger Screen in 2012?
Fans of Apple s iPad tablet can look forward to a version of the device with a larger screen size — 7.85 inches, to be exact — in the fourth quarter of 2012, along with a new version of the popular tablet in the first quarter of the new year, according to a report in… Read more
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Dell Discontinues Inspiron Mini Netbooks
Dell apparently is doing away with netbooks to make room for ultrabooks. The world’s second-largest PC maker is no longer selling its line of Inspiron Mini notebooks, choosing instead to focus its efforts on thin and light notebooks, including the ultrabook category championed by giant chip maker Intel. The 10-inch Inspiron Minis are no longer… Read more
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PCI Security Adoption Lags as IT Budgets Shift: Gartner
Payment Card Industry data security standards may be a hot topic, but a recent survey by IT research firm Gartner found that 18 percent of respondents admitted to not being PCI-compliant, even though the survey data suggested that they should be. The survey of 383 IT managers found trends in buying behaviors and permitted predictions… Read more
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IP Thieves An Insider Job
Categories: SecurityIP Thieves An Insider Job The average IP thief is a male employee around 37 years old who serves in a technical position, such as an engineer, scientist, technical manager or programmer. No Title Most IP thieves signed an IP agreement. No Title Close to 65 percent of IP thieves were already out the door,… Read more
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VMware Partners Uhuru, Tier 3 Take .NET to the Cloud
VMware’s Cloud Foundry is now open to .NET developers in more than one way. Dubbed an open Platform as a Service (PAAS), VMware’s Cloud Foundry supported Java, Ruby, Erlang and other platforms, but lacked support for .NET. Now, in less than a week, there are two options for developers to take .NET applications to the… Read more
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Cisco Launches OnPlus Managed Services for SMBs
Expanding on its offerings to small business partners, networking specialist Cisco announced a cloud-based service called OnPlus that offers channel partners a way to provide network assessment, management and advisory services to their small business customers. By enabling value-added resellers (VARs) to create or expand their managed services practice, OnPlus aims to help to evolve… Read more