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May 18, 2009
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IDC White Paper Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security
With Web-based threats increasing in number and complexity, businesses are
struggling to balance growing security needs with limited resources. More
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of Web security. IDC believes SaaS provides numerous technical and business
benefits that companies should consider for adoption.
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In this issue:
1. IT Blogwatch: Palm Pre rumors: launches tomorrow
2. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Look out IE, Firefox, Chrome is getting much better
3. Preston Gralla: Microsoft's biggest blunder: Vista or Windows Me?
4. Seth H. Weintraub: Did Google's outage kill 5% of the Internet?
5. Michael Horowitz: Kids belong on Linux netbooks
6. Seth Weintraub: Project Charlie, iPod cameras, background apps and Hackintosh improvements
7. IT Blogwatch: Videogame sales are down, down, down
8. Lisa Hoover: Does your company need a Facebook fan page?
9. Shark Tank: Testing, redefined
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IT Blogwatch: Palm Pre rumors: launches tomorrow
It's IT Blogwatch, and Richi Jennings is watching the Palm Pre. Looks like we'll
see the launch of the new smartphone real soon now: perhaps tomorrow. Not to
mention Error'd...
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5051716/283856150/191300/0/
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Look out IE, Firefox, Chrome is getting much better
Google's Chrome Web browser is faster than faster, but it only runs on Windows
and it doesn't support extensions. That's all about to change though and
browsing the Web will never be the same.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5051716/283856150/191301/0/
Preston Gralla: Microsoft's biggest blunder: Vista or Windows Me?
With the news that Microsoft is recommending that some companies should abandon
Vista deployment plans and move instead full-bore into Windows 7, Microsoft is
beginning to close the chapter on Vista, one that the company would rather
forget. But Vista wasn't the company's biggest blunder --- Windows Me was far
worse.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5051716/283856150/191302/0/
Seth H. Weintraub: Did Google's outage kill 5% of the Internet?
That's the assertion of Arbor Networks' Craig Labovitz, who in a Thursday blog
post and Web traffic graph noted that when Google has an hour and a half outage
this week, Internet traffic slowed by 5%.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5051716/283856150/191303/0/
Michael Horowitz: Kids belong on Linux netbooks
The debate over operating systems on netbooks is mostly about adults. When it
comes to children, however, the choice seems clear, they belong on Linux.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5051716/283856150/191304/0/
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Seth Weintraub: Project Charlie, iPod cameras, background apps and Hackintosh improvements
It was a busy week for Apple rumor followers with four major headlines coming
this week. Let's have a look at what has transpired ...
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5051716/283856150/191305/0/
IT Blogwatch: Videogame sales are down, down, down
Sales of video games and gaming hardware continue to fall: 17% down
year-on-year. IT Blogwatch Extra tells you all you need to know in one page.
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5051716/283856150/191306/0/
Lisa Hoover: Does your company need a Facebook fan page?
Many businesses using social media are discovering the charms and benefits of
Facebook fan pages. It's a nifty little value-added service that allows
businesses and organizations to build an interactive page inside the Facebook
ecosystem to engage existing or potiential customers. It's an intriguing idea,
but does your company really need one?
http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/5051716/283856150/191307/0/
Shark Tank: Testing, redefined
Pilot fish and his team are called upon to investigate a large computer that's
running slowly. The solution: A script to catch and kill abandoned sessions on
the big machine. At least, that's the plan.
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SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY
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What the heck!?
I was called to one of our remote sites the other day because the computer had
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and reboots to do it all over again ...
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