It is a humorous story, but even so it is not good to spread misconceptions. Global warming is due to carbon dioxide produced by cars, not the heat of the combustion itself. And the combustion takes place in the cylinders,...
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I took his fingerprints off of last year's Leapfrog.™
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Hi Li! What are your doubts with respect to telcos running content delivery networks. Is it technical skill or something else?
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Many of these slide commentaries seem to assume that on-premises deployments are less prone to failures and security leaks. Cloud infrastructure and service providers are under the microscope, so we read all about it. Meanwhile,...
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I get that wearable tech is hot right now, but I'm still not convinced many of these products will appeal to the masses (this one included). Pulling out my phone from my pocket or purse doesn't require that much effort,...
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I rarely use the messaging feature on Twitter, but often use it on Facebook. Readers: Will this update encourage you to use Twitter's direct messaging feature more? Why or why not?
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Dell's future lies in becoming a trusted IT integrator for those businesses that can't necessarily invest in a large, sophisticated IT staff themselves. But at what size of company and what level of operations do you shoot...
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Every business will be a social business; we won't need separate social managers. There will be no social conferences, no social technologies. It will simply become ingrained in what we do. Readers: Are you already seeing...
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It's ok Jane. He's the real thing. Cancel the call to 911.
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2013 was the year of SDN promises. 2014 will be the year of dissapointment as companies actually start with deployments and find out how much work still has to happen, both from vendors and inside customer data centers.
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I was glad to see you finally pointed out there are also people/sites that unnecessarily require other browsers beside IE. Some in fact specifically exclude IE, besides just Google. But that is one...
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These captions are hilarious. Keep'em coming!
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The great thing about Active Nav was that it allowed us to go through and find those 15 copies or drafts and then asks how many you would like to keep. It also goes further, and can find near like (not exact) documents and...
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This is obvoiusly a case of application consolidation within IT. Ben-Oni was cagey about the security monitoring system replaced, other than to say it was a "flagship security information and event monitoring system."...
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Now we can find out who Santa really is!
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I often see it go a bit the other way - sites coded for Chrome or Firefox, with less compatibility for IE - perhaps because well meaning young coders "know" that they (Chrome and Firefox) are 100 times better than...
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First, I don't believe that there's anything inherently wrong with passwords -- they're a good first step at securing things. But, like anything, they aren't perfect. Adding biometrics or a token as a second factor makes...
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In this case, the malicious payload is another reindeer sweater.
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The best use of robots (specifically software) I've seen recently has been T-Mobile. When you call the support line, the software tells you immediately you can speak with a human representative. It's a much better implementation...
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Automated train control has been in the news recently, with the derailment of a Metro North passenger train in the Bronx, killing four people and injuring many more. The train was going way too fast around a turn because...
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If Oracle customers are moving toward OpenStack, is that because they want to run Oracle hardware as part of an OpenStack cloud? Or do they want one day to run applications designed for the cloud on commodity cloud hardw...
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InformationWeek December 10, 2013 Special IssueWhere to start when assessing your identity and access management strategy.
2014 Private Cloud Survey
Respondents are on a roll: 53% brought their private clouds from concept to production in less than one year, and 60% extend their clouds across multiple datacenters. But expertise is scarce, with 51% saying acquiring skilled employees is a roadblock.
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