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    Rising to data centre challenge

    Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 01/12/2010

    » SINGAPORE : Huge virtual data centres present new challenges in networking and network security, prompting Cisco to come up with a series of solutions where the boundaries of the data centre are no longer confined to one building.

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    The world of webtops

    Database, Gotfried. K, Published on 01/12/2010

    » There are a surprising number of webtops out there on the Internet, so surprising that it makes you wonder what all the fuss is about. After all, a webtop is simply a web page that acts like a computer operating system. The webtop screen looks a lot like your computer desktop, offering access to email, calendaring, word processing, instant messaging and so on - some even come with their own web browser (a browser within a browser - what's the point of that?).

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    Flaws in the scramble for safer driving

    Database, James Hein, Published on 01/12/2010

    » Imagine the uproar if the government announced that all cars would need to have scrambling technology installed so that drivers - and, by extension, passengers - could not use a mobile phone while the car was in motion.

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    Getting up close to the screen

    Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 01/12/2010

    » A valued reader writes with a problem that I suspect is extremely common but gets little attention in the computing mainstream. He asks what he can do when he can't read teensy-weensy type on his screen.

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    Thank Thnic

    Database, Published on 01/12/2010

    » Mark Dec 16 as a significant day; Thnic, the Thai Network Information Centre Foundation that manages the Internet names for Thailand, said it will begin serving the dot-thai top-level domain name in Thai on that day; Thai joins a tiny (but growing) handful of languages that can be used throughout the World Wide Web and Internet in general as actual addresses; at press time, Thnic had still not announced how to reserve a dot-thai name in Thai, but that should happen any day now; in the beginning, registration for the Thai-language domain name will be restricted to those already holding a dot-th domain name in English.

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    A view of the future

    Database, Published on 01/12/2010

    » The poor saps at SAP were told to consult and pay the Oracle; a US jury found that the world's largest software company SAP of Germany violated Oracle copyrights so badly that it owes the US firm $1.3 billion (although not the $1.7 billion that Larry Ellison and Oracle claimed); the case dated back to 2007, when it was fairly well documented that the SAP's then-TomorrowNow division stole software and documentation covering 120 Oracle copyrights; SAP can appeal, so that should keep some lawyers busy for a few years.

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    Tame and change PDF files

    Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 01/12/2010

    » If you want to do anything with completed PDF files, you are usually in trouble. They are a handy way to distribute formatted and attractive information to people with various types of computers, but they are not meant to be changed.

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    Macs vs Windows

    Database, Published on 01/12/2010

    » What are the advantages and disadvantages of Microsoft Windows vs Macintosh? I want an ultra-portable laptop to do mainly word processing, surfing (mainly news media, eg, NY Times), and limited photo editing (using Lightroom), and don't know how to select between the two camps of operating systems. I don't play games online.

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    Internet site of the Week

    Database, Wanda Sloan, Published on 01/12/2010

    » Splashup made me feel, just for a few moments, like one of those old people caught with the DVD on fast reverse to rewind it to the start.

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    Compact charisma

    B Magazine, Richard Mcleish, Published on 05/12/2010

    » The compact camera market has evolved to the point where the quality of new models has started encroaching on the professional camera market.

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