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What is Google Chrome OS?

4 Lies that Can Cost You Your Job

When Mark N. was approached by one of his company’s vendors, the Information Technology professional had no idea that secretly taking on a client in his spare time would cost him his job. Sure seems obvious after the fact, but Mark is not alone. Lisa F. shares his pain, but from a managerial perspective. “I [...]

Bluetooth 3.0 Specifications Announced

Bluetooth 3.0 officially launched The latest version of , Bluetooth 3.0 + HS, was officially launched during a recent meeting among the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). 

Researchers Complete Windows-Smartphone Ultrasound Machine

Soon your cell phone will be able to see your babies and innards When the iPhone OS v3.0 came out, there was talk of medical peripherals at Apple’s presentation.  While such thoughts might strike some as odd, the prospect of medical devices attached to smartphones is becoming increasingly considered. A pair of computer engineers at Washington [...]

Data center wars: HP preps its server sortie

Cisco, Dell, IBM and Sun have all rolled out their plans to cater to the next generation of data centers. Now it’s Hewlett-Packard’s turn. HP on Monday will reportedly launch a new server system designed for corporate data centers. The Wall Street Journal reports: According to HP documents reviewed by the Wall Street Journal and [...]

Facebook Quick Tip: Managing The Redesign

Facebook’s redesign puts more information in your News Feed — sometimes too much. Here’s how to block updates from the noisiest pals in your social network, without un-friending them entirely. By Mitch Wagner  InformationWeek  April 6, 2009 04:00 AM    With the advent of Facebook’s design changes a couple of weeks ago, the News Feed suddenly [...]

Hackers activate worm, but no systems trashed

OTTAWA – Wednesday was D-Day for malicious Conficker, the super-worm that was supposed to be eating its way through computers worldwide, but no systems crashed despite sensationalized fears the latest scourge would wreak havoc on the Internet. The worm was activated on April Fool’s Day, but experts said Wednesday that although nothing noticeable had occurred [...]

Use Eventtriggers.exe to send e-mail based on Event IDs

Through Eventtriggers.exe, you can automatically start a batch file or VBS script which performs a custom action or captures useful information. You can also use a script to perform correction actions on the machine, preventing the problem from reoccurring.  Sometimes you just need to be notified when certain events are created in the Event Viewer, so [...]

Pakistani Boy Becomes World’s Youngest Cisco Expert

via www.computerworld.com.au Irtiza Haider, a Pakistani student of class 8 from Faisalabad has been crowned to be the world’s youngest Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). He did it by answering 80 percent of the questions correctly in 2 hours, in order to pass the CCNA test. The CCNA, is a certification that emphasizes on the [...]

Internet Explorer 8 Ready to Download

Microsoft is proclaiming Internet Explorer 8 finished and will be releasing the final bits for download on March 19. Microsoft plans to make the bits available as of 9 a.m. PT on Thursday. Interested parties will be able to grab them from the Internet Explorer 8 Web site, officials said. Update: The final IE 8 bits are [...]