Year: 2011
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Hello, Siri, People Aren`t Obsolete Yet
By Charles Eaton Like most users of the new iPhone 4S, I’ve been having fun discovering what Siri, the phone’s virtual personal assistant, will say to odd requests. The Apple team has done a great job giving her witty responses. Make a HAL reference, for example, and Siri sighs like she’s heard it a million… Read more
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Workplace of the Future How Technology Will Change the Way We Work
Categories: CareersWorkplace of the Future How Technology Will Change the Way We Work 78% of companies currently have less than 10% of their employees working from home more than one day a week, but that number is expected to grow by 2015. No Title Perks companies offer to attract knowledge workers:41% said flexible workplace options39% said… Read more
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Security VAR Opportunity Application Delivery Controllers
Categories: SecuritySecurity VAR Opportunity Application Delivery Controllers 42% had a firewall fail due to network-layer Denial of Service (DoS) traffic load in the past 12 months No Title 36% of which failed in application-level DoS attacks. No Title 38% of respondents reported that traditional safeguards understand traffic context and protect against complex, blended threats less than… Read more
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Symantec Launches Instant Messaging Security.Cloud
Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) announced the availability of Symantec Instant Messaging Security.cloud (IMS.cloud) with support for Microsoft Lync. Symantec is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor that supports Microsoft Lync users, helping organizations that communicate using instant messaging platforms address their security and compliance issues. IMS.cloud scans messages and attachments for malware, blocks malicious URLs, protects organizations from… Read more
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Google Takes ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ Open Source
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nov. 14 rolled out the source code for its Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating system, signaling that platform is moving closer to prime time. ICS, which symbolizes the unification of the 2.x smartphone branch and the Android Honeycomb tablet branch, borrows holographic user interface traits from Honeycomb, and makes apps tailored for… Read more
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Google Reveals 10 Search Algorithm Changes
Categories: News and TrendsGoogle (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nov. 14 peeled away another layer of the multifaceted onion that comprises its search engine by revealing 10 specific algorithm changes the company has made. The company has traditionally closely guarded its search technology signals, or the 1,000-plus factors that help Google.com serve results at such a prodigious clip. Yet Google is endeavoring… Read more