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    5 ways to make your keyboard easier to use

    How to use a keyboard might seem academic, but there’s more to typing than just tapping the keys. For most people, the keyboard is the primary computer input and control device—that’s why it’s important to leverage the features and shortcuts that keyboards offer. Read on for tips to maximize ease of use, comfort, and efficiency.…

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    Why IBM Is the Most Innovative Company in IT

    A recent issue of Forbes ranks the most innovative companies in the world, but overlooks IBM. In this opinion piece, eWEEK’s Darryl K. Taft argues that Big Blue belongs atop that list. Why IBM Is the Most Innovative Company in IT     Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training at Certkingdom.com IBM is…

  • Security rundown for week ending Aug. 5, 2011

    A week of scary network threats from Black Hat, McAfee’s Rat Report and more on RSA data breach The report adds: “The definition of successful defense has to change from ‘keeping attacks out’ to ‘sometimes attackers are going to get in; detect them as early as possible and minimize the damage’ Assume that your organization…

  • Security rundown for week ending Aug. 5, 2011

    A week of scary network threats from Black Hat, McAfee’s Rat Report and more on RSA data breach If you’d never heard the phrase ‘advanced persistent threat’ before, you may have gotten an ear full of it the past week in a collection of news stories that used the APT term to describe a variety…

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    ASP.NET – Silverlight: My Life as a Compressed Cookie Redux

    The idea for the original title of this article came from the 1985 Swedish foreign film “My Life As a Dog” which I highly reccommend. Few Hollywood movies ever achieve the sensitivity, simple beauty and depth of some of the foreign films I’ve come to love. The “Redux” part is because it is, as the…

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    Windows 7 smartphone is ‘world’s smallest PC’

    Fujitsu says an Intel Atom-powered smartphone that runs Windows 7 will be available in Japan July 23. Touted as the “world’s smallest PC,” the Loox F-07C includes a four-inch, 1,024 x 600 pixel touchscreen, 1GB of RAM, a 32GB solid state disk, dual cameras, a microSD slot, and an HDMI video output, according to the…

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    Multi-touch wall’s powered by embedded Windows

    NEC has demonstrated one of the world’s largest multi-touch computers, powered by Windows Embedded Standard 7. The “Multi-Touch Wall” measures about 15 feet diagonally, offers resolution of 5,464 x 1,536 pixels, and employs infrared sensing, according to a DigInfo.tv report.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com   NEC’s giant Multi-Touch Wall…

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    iPads in the Enterprise: 5 Price Negotiation Tactics

    Did you know you can gain up to a margin point of additional discount when buying at least 1,000 iPads from an Apple reseller? Before you jump on the iPad bandwagon there are five things you need to know to ensure you get the best deal. CIO — The iPad enterprise adoption craze is underway,…

  • Intel’s Q2 Atom revenue drops as netbook demand slows

    IDG News Service – Intel’s Atom microprocessor shipments declined during the second fiscal quarter of 2011, but the company reported strong profit growth even as it tried to diversify into the smartphone and tablet markets.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com Revenue from the Atom microprocessor and chipset fell to US$352…

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    Microsoft plans 22 patches for Windows, Office next week

    Sole critical bulletin will fix flaws only in Vista and Windows 7 Computerworld – Microsoft today said it will issue four security updates next week, only one of which is pegged as critical, to patch 22 vulnerabilities in Windows and Visio 2003.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com   Next Tuesday’s…