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by Eileen Peck on September 04, 2007
non-profit organizations are having a difficult time recruiting IT workers, according to an article in Information Week. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies report that 70...
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by Eileen Peck on August 25, 2007
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it was retiring its controversial "Get The Facts" web site, which promoted Microsoft products by casting doubts upon the cost-effectiveness of...
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by Eileen Peck on August 24, 2007
A new research report by IDC indicates that the ability to lease or finance major IT equipment purchases plays a strong role in product and vendor selection. According to IDC, the absence of...
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by Eileen Peck on August 22, 2007
In a video conference on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it will make the components of its Unified Messaging system available October 16. The announcement was timed to co-incide with VoiceCon....
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by Eileen Peck on August 18, 2007
According to ABI Research, cable operators are facing a "critical lack of capacity" and will need to spend $80 billion over the next five years to remedy the situation. Bandwidth-hogging...
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by Eileen Peck on August 17, 2007
McAfee reported on Wednesday that it had been able to reproduce a so-called zero-day bug that affects Yahoo! Messenger, first described by Chinese researchers on Tuesday. The vulnerability is found in...
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by Eileen Peck on August 16, 2007
Earlier this week, Boeing launched the Spaceway 3 satellite, which is now in orbit, and the device is sending and receiving commands. The satellite will enhance Hughes Network Systems' high-speed...
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by Eileen Peck on August 09, 2007
With the release of Windows Home Server to manufacturers in July, many new home server products will be coming to market. Home servers are nothing new: Sony put a 1-TB home server on the market in...
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by Eileen Peck on August 07, 2007
A recent survey of nearly 130 million Web sites by Netcraft shows for the first time that more than one-third are powered by Microsoft's IIS. Apache accounts for 48.4 percent of the market, its...
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by Eileen Peck on July 31, 2007
Sprint and Google announced last week that they will collaborate on a new mobile portal that will provide search, social networking, mobility, location-based and interactive communications tools to...
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by Eileen Peck on July 30, 2007
Universities won a round in Congress last week against a proposal sponsored by Harry Reid that would have required colleges and universities to use technology that would prevent illegal downloading of...
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by Eileen Peck on July 29, 2007
The FCC's established sunset date for analog cellular service may cause problems not previously anticipated. The National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association is now warning that more than 26...
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by Eileen Peck on July 28, 2007
Earlier this week, Omnilert announced that more than 100 colleges and universities in the US had adopted eCampus, the company's mass notification system. eCampus can push SMS text messages,...
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by Eileen Peck on July 27, 2007
In an address delivered at Cisco's annual Networkers conference, Cisco CEO John Chambers predicted that "Web 2.0" applications and technologies will have a large impact on productivity...
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by Eileen Peck on July 25, 2007
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives held a hearing on the impact that peer-to-peer file sharing could have on matters of national security. The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,...
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by Eileen Peck on July 23, 2007
Fujitsu has developed a third series of 2.5" hard drives designed for continuous use. The drives are available in capacities up to 200 GB and should be on the market by August. Applications for...
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by Eileen Peck on July 20, 2007
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are experimenting with ultra high radio frequencies to achieve high data transmission rates over short distances. The technology could prove useful...
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by Eileen Peck on July 19, 2007
Internet2 has announced the availability of a new Commercial Peering service for its members. The service provides high-speed, carrier neutral access to high-bandwidth applications like...
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by Eileen Peck on July 17, 2007
Google has made several business-friendly changes to its search of late, indicating that things are once again heating up in the Search Engine Wars. The company is set to release a customized version...
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by Eileen Peck on July 10, 2007
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 will be introduced simultaneously in Los Angeles on February 27, 2008. The code for the...
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by Eileen Peck on July 06, 2007
Ipsos Insight has released its most recent comprehensive study of online usage trends. The Face Of The Web, an annual report, shows that more users are focusing on video content - watching streaming...
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