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    Sun Cloud looks beyond Java 22/04/2009 08:39:00

    Sun Microystems, which announced Sun Cloud in March, is taking a different tack than the Java clouds from Google, Aptana, and Stax because it wants to be more than just a Java provider. The new cloud will create new clusters of machines from any disk image, including some of the most popular versions of Linux and Solaris. Java, of course, will be found in most of these images, but you don't need to use it if you want to, say, run some emulated version of Cobol on a version of Puppy Linux. Unless Sun Cloud is interrupted by Oracle's acquisition, it should be available in a few months.
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    Privacy rules slow adoption of electronic medical records 15/04/2009 05:18:00

    In a study that is unlikely to find favor among privacy advocates, researchers from two academic institutions warned that increased privacy protections around health data will hamper the adoption of electronic medical records systems.
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    Social networks link terrorists 08/01/2009 09:17:00

    A new breed of terrorists are using online forums to recruit people who align themselves with the mission of Al Qaeda, creating global networks of would-be terrorists who pose a growing threat, a senior cyberterrorist researcher warned this week.
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    Silverlight, for real this time 19/11/2008 08:58:00

    Microsoft's answer to Adobe Flash and Flex and several other RIA (rich Internet application) and AJAX frameworks, Silverlight arrived with a flourish just over one year ago. Silverlight 1.0 manipulated its multimedia-savvy, WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) user interface using JavaScript. Silverlight 1.1, which added support for compiled .Net languages and supported more of the .Net API, was available at that time only as an alpha test.
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    Top 10 podcasts 13/08/2008 16:02:43

    The Internet's a noisy place, with media giants and bedroom pundits alike broadcasting their thoughts on anything from the meaning of life to the price of fish. But who's worth a listen?
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    Google's unhappy Android developers 13/08/2008 07:30:29

    For a long time, Google has led a largely blissful existence, fostering a widespread perception -- sometimes in direct contradiction to the facts -- that it can do no wrong. Yet the company's controversial Android mobile platform venture threatens to seriously dent this notion, at least with some of the people it needs most.
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    What are critical issues with VoIP service? 01/08/2008 08:59:31

    VoIP services are rapidly becoming the bread and butter of enterprise voice networks, as roughly 72 per cent of all enterprise voice lines shipped by vendors in 2007 were IP-capable. Now that companies are definitively moving away from the traditional Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) voice networks and into Session Initiation Protocol-based (SIP) VoIP networks, we examine the VoIP industry's most pressing issues, including SIP interoperability, TDM-to-SIP transition services and VoIP security issues.
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    How social networking saved New Orleans 30/06/2008 08:08:37

    If there is any doubt to the power of social media, social networking and social software, then nonbelievers may need to Think New Orleans.
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    Guitar Hero: On Tour 25/06/2008 16:40:00

    When Activision announced plans to convert Guitar Hero to the Nintendo DS, many gamers raised a cynical eyebrow. Combining the world's bestselling console with the world's bestselling game franchise might make perfect business sense, but from a practical viewpoint it seemed dubious to say the least. How could you possibly recreate the indelible 'rock god' experience on a tiny, handheld console? The answer is simple: you can't. Instead, Guitar Hero: On Tour relies on DS-flavoured gimmicks and catchy tunes to win over its audience. The amount of enjoyment you get from the game will largely depend on your ability to get over your 'guitar envy', as well as your tolerance for cramp-inducing controls.
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    Ninja Gaiden 2 04/06/2008 12:20:00

    Ninja Gaiden reinvented an action classic and set the bar for viciously demanding combat.
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    Firefox 3 First Look 19/05/2008 12:21:20

    I've loved Firefox since version 0.93. It was so much better than Internet Explorer and the other alternatives that I couldn't imagine using anything else. But, then Firefox's memory leaks went from annoying me to ticking me off; I started having real stability problems with it on both Windows and Linux; and security holes started appearing far more often. I was about to switch to Safari on Windows and MacOS and Konqueror on Linux, when Mozilla got serious about not just fixing, but rebuilding Firefox. Now, Firefox 3 release candidate 1 was released early. Based on my quick look at it, I may end up sticking with Firefox after all.
 
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