Microsoft boosts kill-IE6 campaign with new countdown site

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	Microsoft boosts kill-IE6 campaign with new countdown site IE6 usage still at 12%, Microsoft seeks to get it under 1%"Friend's don't let friends use Internet Explorer 6," Microsoft said this week in launching a new site that tracks the progress of pushing IE6 market share below 1%. "10 years ago a browser was born," Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 Countdown site says. "It's name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we're in 2011, in an era of modern web standards, it's time to say goodbye." Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Improve Application Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. In this Issue The World of Tech Photos: February, 2011 300,000 clients of umbilical cord blood bank at risk of ID theft Six IT Tools Picks for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad Android app could slash smartphone data bills EMC chief Tucci nets 37% pay raise to $12.4 million Android smartphones top iPhones, BlackBerries for first time Beijing to track people's movements via their mobile phones IBM uses mobile web to aid illiterate job-hunters Five exabytes of disk storage ship in 2010 Prison for four who ran credit card fraud market WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point Advanced ADCs Take Over Where Load Balancers Leave Off Server load balancers offer fairly basic capabilities. This white paper details the advanced content switching, application acceleration and VMware integration capabilities that have data centers using Equalizer Application Delivery Controllers to take over where server load balancers left off. Read More The World of Tech Photos: February, 2011 A look back in pictures at technology-related events spanning the globe. Read More 300,000 clients of umbilical cord blood bank at risk of ID theft Storage tapes lost to car break-in outside San Francisco data center The world's largest stem cell bank, Cord Blood Registry, has mailed data-breach warning letters to some 300,000 people after storage tapes and a laptop were stolen from an employee's car. The break-in occurred just before midnight on Dec. 13, 2010 outside of a private data center in San Francisco called 365 Main Street, according to a police report, yet at least some of those put at risk received... Read More Six IT Tools Picks for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Improve Application Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. Android app could slash smartphone data bills A $9.95 Android app could save you a bundle on your monthly smartphone data plan. SPB Wireless Monitor tracks data use over cellular (and Wi-Fi), and calculates costs, by time or by app, based on your data plan. Read More EMC chief Tucci nets 37% pay raise to $12.4 million EMC's performance in 2010 was the 'best in company history,' says Joe Tucci, who saw his own compensation climb 37% during the same timeframe. Read More Android smartphones top iPhones, BlackBerries for first time Android smartphones beat iPhone and BlackBerry devices for the first time in the U.S. in the latest Nielsen survey conducted just prior to Verizon Wireless sales of the iPhone. Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign The State of Internet Vulnerability What's being done to alleviate Internet vulnerabilities? Are you, or your company, susceptible to threats such as man-in-the-middle attacks and cache poisoning? This white paper reports the results of recent research and examines who is affected by Domain Name System insecurities. Read Now Beijing to track people's movements via their mobile phones China plans on tracking the movements of people in Beijing using their mobile phones, a measure that while aimed at relieving traffic congestion, could set off concerns over misuse. Read More IBM uses mobile web to aid illiterate job-hunters IBM is deploying its voice-based web technology in India to enable illiterate people in the state of Karnataka to find jobs by talking on their mobile phones. Read More Five exabytes of disk storage ship in 2010 IDC released its external disk storage systems factory revenues for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2010, showing more than 5,000 petabytes shipped for year-over-year growth of 55%. Read More Prison for four who ran credit card fraud market Four men who ran what U.K. police say was the largest English-language criminal forum for selling stolen credit card numbers and the tools to steal data were imprisoned for a combined total of more than 15 years, according to the Metropolitan Police. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS 20 awesome tech products at DEMO Build-your-own iPhone and Android apps, cloud services, photo tools and more on display at DEMO Spring 2011. Top 10 Chrome OS extensions Though Google is pitching it as an operating system for netbooks and lightweight notebooks, Chrome OS is essentially the Chrome Web browser bolted on top of a bare minimum version of Linux. The following extensions can improve the user experience of Chrome (OS or browser) to give you some of the functionality found in a traditional operating system. MOST-READ STORIES IPv6 on home routers and DSL/cable modems: FAIL Cisco, sources reveal data center next steps Tablet Tumble: iPad 2 vs. Motorola Xoom 20 hot IT security issues Real life HAL 9000: computers reacting to human emotions? First look at Apple iPad 2: what's new, unchanged, still missing Open source expert takes on the hardest job at Microsoft iPad 2 both excites and frustrates business customers Google gives antiquated 404 page a makeover 4 reasons why Apple and its iPad still rule the tablet market
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