Joost gives up the ghoost
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Tries business model 3.0
Joost, the mostly harmless internet TV service created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa, is hoping the third business model is the charm.…Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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Rolling Stone allegedly DDoSed for negative story
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Perverted Justice
Federal prosecutors accused a Pennsylvania man of unleashing a crippling series of attacks against the websites of Rolling Stone and other groups after they published articles that cast him in an unfavorable light.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Forrester re-slashes 2009 IT spending forecast
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How low can you go?
The broomstick used for the IT limbo dance was lowered a bit more today by the analysts at Forrester Research, who once again revised their IT spending projections for 2009…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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GPLv3 grows as GPL stumbles
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New shoot on an aging tree
With open source software on the rise in the enterprise, more projects are looking beyond the ubiquitous GNU General Public License.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Cisco cuddles all clouds but one
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Leaves Amazonian play to the Amazons
Well, it’s the end of June, and Cisco Systems’ “California” Unified Computing System blade boxes and related networking is supposed to be shipping. In a webcast today with analysts, partners, and press that’s part of a two-day analyst event called Cisco Live, representatives ignored two questions from El Reg about [...]
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Google boasts of melting data center antidote
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No chillers? No problem
Structure 09 Google is developing some sort of back-end technology that automatically - and nearly instantly - redistributes live compute loads when a data center is in danger of overheating. Or maybe this is just talk. Google prefers to at least maintain the illusion of data-center nirvana.…What is your recession sales strategy?
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Microsoft enlists WSUS, ex-Superman, and puke in IE8 push
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Take it or leave it
Microsoft will start injecting Internet Explorer 8 into large organizations through its Windows Server Update Services beginning at the end of August.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Firefox 3.5 - it’s not a ‘web upgrade’
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But it’s a nice browser
Review “This isn’t just an upgrade of the browser. It’s also an upgrade for the web”, says Mike Beltzner, Firefox product director, in his What’s New in 3.5 video.…The power of collaboration within unified communications
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US court upholds penalty for phone records seller
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200,000 reasons to never do it again
In a victory for privacy advocates, a federal appeals court has upheld a tough penalty meted out last year to a company that sold the contents of individuals’ phone records without their permission.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work
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Apple SD Cards fuel (more) Mac tablet chatter
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SanDisk love-in
A SanDisk investment commentator, blogging as Savolainen, reckons Apple is going to introduce a tablet or netbook-type Mac. Yes, you’ve heard this before. But this time, the evidence lies with the SD Card adoption by MacBook Pros.…The power of collaboration within unified communications
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