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Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs in cost-cutting blitz
Cisco Systems will cut about 6,500 jobs as part of an effort to focus its business and reduce operating expenses by about US$1 billion per year, the company announced on Monday. Read More


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Napkins: Where Ethernet, Compaq and Facebook's cool data center got their starts
Napkins don't really stack up well against hard drives or even floppy disks for preserving data over time. But some of the technology and business world's most enduring ideas are said to have at least gotten their starts as sketches on dinner or cocktail napkins (which in fact were inspiration for the 5 ¼ floppy disk's size). Read More

The 8 Unfriendliest Cities for Teleworking
You would think in this day and age all businesses would be doing everything possible to support remote workers. But a surprising number of companies in major American cities are still behind the teleworking times, according to a recent Microsoft survey of 4,500 information workers. Here are eight major cities that finished at the lower end of Microsoft's rankings. Read More

Microsoft staffing secretive Windows Phone project
Microsoft is working on a secretive new project in its Windows Phone division, according to a job description it posted over the weekend. Read More


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This Forrester paper explains the concept of service assurance and highlights how it can address fundamental issues around managing application performance and business services. Learn More

Are we getting too much information about data breaches?
Some 2,000 patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston have gotten one of those letters; you know, the one where a company or organization says, sorry, but we've let loose your personal information. This time, though, it would appear as though the potential for damage is virtually non-existent. And while I'm not suggesting that the hospital shouldn't have told its patients what happened,... Read More

Apple iOS still rules but Windows Phone 7 edges Android in user satisfaction
Apple's iOS-based iPhone remains the most preferred smartphone, for half of all prospective buyers surveyed. About one-third prefer Android phones. But for the first time, Windows Phone 7 outstrips Android in user satisfaction. Read More

Despite Microsoft gains, VMware still dominates virtualization market
VMware is the primary hypervisor for 58% of organizations that use x86 virtualization software, with Citrix and Microsoft's Hyper-V splitting the rest of the market. Read More


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Post-Novell, Xamarin readies Mono upgrade for developers
Aimed at Windows developers, Mono 2.12 offers benefits for multicore PCs and for creating mobile and Web apps Read More

Apple iOS 4.3.4 security fix jailbroken overnight
Apple's iOS 4.3.4 PDF vulnerability fix issued Friday didn't stymie jailbreakers for long -- a beta jailbreak tool for the mobile software update was released on Saturday. Read More

Microsoft posts $250K reward for Rustock botnet herders
Microsoft upped the ante on Monday in its months-long battle against the Rustock botnet by posting a $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the hackers who controlled the malware. Read More

Microsoft's Imagine Cup brings together students from around the world for technology competition
Microsoft's Imagine Cup brings together students from around the world for technology competition Innovative ideas seek to solve global humanitarian issues using everything from smart phones to cloud computing. From: networkworld Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:03 More in Science & Technology Read More



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