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	RIM urges BlackBerry users to turn off JavaScript Research in Motion is recommending that IT departments and users disable JavaScript on their BlackBerry devices, citing a vulnerability unearthed at this year's Pwn2Own hacker challenge as the reason. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Polycom Win a 360º unified conference station It's a chance to win the Polycom® CX5000, featuring a 360 degree panoramic view. Easily add group video collaboration to Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 and Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Bring a whole new perspective to your meetings. Enter the sweepstakes today! 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View Now Add-on lets IE6 apps live forever Browsium replicates IE6 engine to run apps in IE8/9I'll bet that many Microsoft customers noted the launch of Internet Explorer 9 yesterday wistfully, wishing they could have joined the party at SXSW but couldn't because they're still stuck in IE6. One company is offering to build a bridge for them so they can migrate with their IE6-engineered Web apps to the Windows 7 operating system and at least IE8, and soon IE9. Read More Wiring closet winners and losers Management software vendor SolarWinds held a contest to find the cleanest, most catastrophic and most creative wiring closets.IT management software vendor SolarWinds recently held a photo contest to find the cleanest, most catastrophic and most creative wiring closets. Read More EFF exposes porn industry's latest copyright screw job Electronic Frontier Foundation decries 'reverse class action' gambit What would copyright-infringing porn downloaders - and those wrongly accused of being such - do without the support of the Electronic Frontier Foundation? I'll tell you what: They'd get their pants sued off ... and not in a manner that anyone but a copyright troll would consider fair or just. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMware and NetApp Key Considerations for Virtual Desktop Deployment Full optimization of virtualized desktops can provide a huge cost savings. Read these key considerations with regard to storage and learn how NetApp can make more efficient use of disk space via thin provisioning, improve storage utilization by eliminating VM redundancies, and maintain RAID 10 protection with half the disk normally required. Learn more! Security service on lookout for malware like ZeuS, SpyEye Spotting notorious Trojans like SpyEye and ZeuS on compromised desktop computers is the goal of a new security service from Trusteer. Read More IE9: Five Changes CIOs Should Care About Internet Explorer 9, which becomes generally available tonight at an event at the South by Southwest show in Austin, Texas, has come to the end of the browser's most elaborate release process. Read More Group push-to-talk comes to BlackBerry, Windows smartphones Smartphone users can almost instantly create push-to-talk groups for instant voice communications, no matter what cellular carrier they use, thanks to a new hosted service, Wave Connections, from Twisted Pair Solutions. Read More Wi-Fi-only Xoom arrives in U.S. March 27 for $599 Motorola Mobility announced today that its Wi-Fi-only Xoom tablet will hit the U.S. market on March 27 for $599 from a variety of retailers. Read More Verizon quickly grabs more than 12% of U.S. iPhone market Verizon, which began selling the Apple iPhone 4 in the U.S. on Feb. 10, has already grabbed as much as 12.7% of the U.S. iPhone market, according to stats released by ad network Chitika. Read More
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