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	7 free Windows tune-up tools and tips You don't need to spend money to keep a Windows computer running in top form. Here's how to fix, clean and maintain Windows using programs you can download now for free. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Remote Support for PCs, Macs, Tablets and Smartphones Provide instant, on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue. Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs and smartphones anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try Rescue free, today. In this Issue Robocop ran DOS Microsoft's aversion to iOS and Android gives QuickOffice a chance F5 releases two new storage virtualization appliances How eBay's data center benefited from solar Big business in big push for cloud standards Does your security policy reflect mobility and cloud security? Mozilla slates Firefox 5 update to fix Lion crash bug Book Review: Paul Allen's Idea Man Windows Phone 7 Isn't Halting Microsoft's Slide 12 Tech Revolutions That Fizzled RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Aerohive Networks Aerohive Networks: Cloud-based Wi-Fi Done Right Aerohive simplifies networks with cloud-enabled, distributed Wi-Fi and routing solutions for medium sized enterprises including branch offices and teleworkers. Aerohive's cooperative control Wi-Fi architecture, public or private cloud-enabled network management, routing and VPN solutions eliminate costly controllers and single points of failure. Click to continue Robocop ran DOS Virtually no sci-fi or action flick these days is complete without a computer scene showing a few screens of mysterious scrolling text and a 3D wire-frame model. But where does this vaguely tech-looking stuff come from? Well, more often than not, it comes from a Website, app, or startup screen from the real world at the time the movie was made. Read on for some of the most unexpected tech cameos in movies. Read More Microsoft's aversion to iOS and Android gives QuickOffice a chance With Microsoft ignoring iOS and Android, the market for mobile office software is left to small vendors like QuickOffice. Read More F5 releases two new storage virtualization appliances F5 Networks announced two new storage virtualization appliances that are designed for entry-level and midrange businesses. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent, Arista, Avaya, Brocade, IBM, and Juniper An Approach that Meets the Requirements of Cloud Computing The advent of cloud computing changes the approach to data center networks in terms of throughput and resilience. The ability to scale, control, visualize and customize the cloud network is an important evolution to a "data center-in-the-box" approach. Learn more! How eBay's data center benefited from solar eBay's Global Data Center Services manager explains how the online auction company installed a 100 KW solar array on its data center in Denver. Read More Big business in big push for cloud standards The rise of cloud computing has led to a major push from many IT leaders for cloud standards around such things as security and data portability among different clouds. Read More Does your security policy reflect mobility and cloud security? Recently I was at a technical meeting and overheard a client say that even though this area had just recently suffered a great deal of damage from several tornados, businesses are still very reluctant to develop or test Disaster Recovery Plans (DRP) or Business Continuity Models (BCM). Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Value of Service-Centric Visibility IT organizations are under pressure to avert problems before they occur. To achieve the proactive approach required and move to the next level of service delivery, they need "service-centric" visibility that ties infrastructure components to the services that rely on them. Read More Mozilla slates Firefox 5 update to fix Lion crash bug Mozilla plans to update Firefox for the Mac to deal with a bug affecting the browser in Apple's soon-to-be-released Lion operating system. Read More Book Review: Paul Allen's Idea Man I've been absolutely swamped the past two weeks, with both a number of projects and a particularly vexing network problem, but I reserved a part of each evening to read a little of Paul Allen's autobiography, Idea Man. I should say from the start that I don't read too many works like this; I stick mostly to books on technology and such. Technical manuals have never been bedtime reading around here.... Read More Windows Phone 7 Isn't Halting Microsoft's Slide The release of Windows Phone 7 hasn't diminished the downward spiral for Microsoft in the smartphone market, according to figures released by comScore. Despite generally good reviews for Windows 7, Microsoft's U.S. smartphone market share has dropped by 35 percent since Windows Phone 7 went on sale last November. Read More 12 Tech Revolutions That Fizzled Virtual reality and its oversize helmets. The Segway scooter. AT&T's Picturephone from 1964? These tech innovations and more were supposed to change your life. Whoops! Read More
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