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Cisco CEO pay up 16%; Microsoft blasts Google for Chrome plug-in; Cheap ways to use your gadgets on the road

Microsoft blasts Google over Chrome Frame plug-in; Cheap and easy ways to use your gadgets on the road
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Chambers' pay package climbs 16% while Cisco net income falls 23%

Cisco CEO John Chambers received a $2 million bonus as part of his 2009 compensation package. Read full story

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Microsoft blasts Google over Chrome Frame plug-in
Microsoft today warned Internet Explorer users that they could double their security woes if they installed and used Chrome Frame, the plug-in that provides better JavaScript performance and adds support for HTML 5 to IE.

Cheap and easy ways to use your gadgets on the road
Travel can be stressful and expensive. Here are tips for keeping your gadgets charged and for saving money on smartphone bills while you're away from home -- whether elsewhere in the United States or halfway around the world.

NASA: Orbiter spots ice in Martian meteor craters
A NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has spotted exposed ice in five different spots on the Red Planet. After years of speculation and last year's intensive hunt for water and other elements that could support life, NASA scientists reported today that they've found frozen water just a few feet below the planet's surface.

Social networking sites leaking personal information
Many major social networking sites are leaking information that allows third-party advertising and tracking companies to associate the Web browsing habits of users with a specific person, researchers warn.

Google outages defy customer confidence
Google keeps telling us its applications are business ready, but again we have learned otherwise, thanks to another Gmail outage. OK, it has been a bad week, but a Google News outage on Tuesday, followed by a Gmail failure Wednesday, is just too much to bear.

MIT creating microchip that could restore vision
MIT researchers say they have developed a prototype of a microchip that could help restore at least some of the vision of blind persons.

IBM offers fixed-cost BlackBerry support
IBM wants to manage BlackBerry devices for enterprises and will now do so for a fixed cost. Depending on the services delivered, enterprises will pay $15 to $18 per user per month.

Gartner: Turn server heat up to 75
Data center managers should turn server temperatures up to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and adopt more aggressive policies for IT energy measurement.

Microsoft set to fire up Dublin data center
Microsoft has opened up for business its new Dublin data center, a massive 500,000-square-foot facility dedicated to serving primarily European customers.

Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages.

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