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TechCrunch knocks off Vulture Central RegPadâ„¢

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The nonexistent future of couch computing
The long-rumored TechCrunch CrunchPad does not exist, according to more rumor.…The power of collaboration within unified communications

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Cisco and Juniper ‘clientless’ VPNs expose netizens

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No cure for authentication bypass
Virtual private networking software from Cisco Systems, Juniper, and other manufacturers can make users susceptible to a variety of web-based attacks, the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned on Monday.…What is your recession sales strategy?

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Sun VirtualBox gets live migration

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EU grudge list candidate
The clever techies behind Sun Microsystems’ VirtualBox hypervisor just keep plugging away on improving the product, as if the $7.4bn Oracle acquisition had not happened and as if Oracle will have anything useful to do with VirtualBox other than sit on it and keep it out of a rival’s hands when the [...]

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Apple job listing hints of iPhone-Google divorce

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Wanted: map-meister extraordinaire
Apple is advertising for a software engineer to help take its iPhone Maps app to “the next level” - and perhaps to help Cupertino gain independence from its latest smartphone competitor, Google.…What is your recession sales strategy?

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Microsoft files cloud data portability patent

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Component method
Microsoft has filed a patent to lock-down a method for moving data between different “clouds.”…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

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IBM hoists Tivoli Monitoring onto Amazon cloud

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More Big Blue sky
After lobbing a large chunk of its database and middleware software on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service early this year, IBM has now hoisted its Tivoli Monitoring onto the Amazon cloud.…What is your recession sales strategy?

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Apple ‘games’ NAND flash market

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Order a lot, buy a few?
Korean flash-memory manufacturers are grumbling that Apple is gaming the NAND market.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Prolific penis pill pushers fined almost $19m

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At last
Federal authorities have imposed almost $19m in fines on an enterprise accused of spamming the world with billions of emails advertising male-enhancement pills and other pharmaceuticals.…Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn’t work

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Server sales stabilizing, says study

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Falling less fast
The server market was down but not out in the third quarter.…What is your recession sales strategy?

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eBay fined 1.7m euros in perfume kerfuffle

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Christian Dior ban slap
A Parisian court has fined eBay 1.7 million euros (roughly $2.6 million) for violating an injunction that bars users from buying and selling perfumes and cosmetics from French luxury goods maker LVMH.…Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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