Stories about: ARS

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    Cisco MARS shuts out new third-party security devices 07/11/2009 06:56:00

    Cisco has finally publicly acknowledged it won't add support for new third-party devices to its security information and event monitoring appliance, ending months of speculation about the future of its Monitoring, Analysis and Response System. Some claim it's the beginning of the end for MARS as a multi-vendor SIEM device.
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    Why do the press hate the Sony PlayStation 3? 21/08/2009 14:06:00

    Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, you’ve doubtlessly heard about the PlayStation 3 Slim and accompanying $200 price drop. Next month, the big black box we know and love will be replaced with a svelte, streamlined variant that weighs a third less than the current model. More importantly, it’s going to cost just $499, which places it in direct competition with the Xbox 360 Pro console.
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    Berkeley lab gets $62M to build blazing Ethernet network 12/08/2009 08:17:00

    Looking to build a blazing Ethernet network that will exclusively support science research, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is receiving US$62 million to develop what it calls the world's fastest computer network.
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    G.I. Joystick: the new video games that are training today's troops 01/08/2009 01:12:00

    War isn't a game, but it's beginning to look like one.
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    Guilty by Google 19/03/2009 08:44:00

    A judge enters a courtroom.
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    Microsoft: Forget ZunePhone, we're aiming for Zune (on) TVs 27/02/2009 07:45:00

    Rather than building a Zune-branded smartphone, Microsoft plans to take the software and online store it built for its Zune media player and bring them to your television set in the hopes of emulating Apple's phenomenally successful iTunes Store. But it still plans to deviate from iTunes in strategy.
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    Near-final Vista SP2 reaches testers, set for mid-May debut 23/02/2009 08:30:00

    Microsoft has wrapped up work on a release candidate for Windows Vista Service Pack 2, according to reports on the Web, corroborating a schedule disclosed last month that slated final delivery of SP2 by mid-May.
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    Mac OS X elbowing its way into business 03/02/2009 11:34:00

    According to Net Applications research data, Mac OS X market share is inching its way to 10% of all computing platforms, currently at 9.93%. The Net Applications data comes by tracking the OS through web browser activity, so it's not a direct measurements of computers. But it's on-target with other market surveys.
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    What will Macs be like in 25 years? 17/01/2009 05:48:00

    The Mac has been the flagship product for Apple since it was introduced in 1984 and continues to be so today, despite the fawning over the iPhone platform. From the time the Apple IIGS died out in the early '90s until the introduction of the iPod in 2001, the Mac was the one product line that Apple kept running.
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    Google API allows creating apps that can track laptops 23/10/2008 08:58:00

    Google has enhanced its Google Gears Geolocation API so that developers can build applications that can track the location of laptop users within 200 meters.
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    MySpace launches iTunes competitor with 5 million artists 26/09/2008 07:53:00

    Social network MySpace lobbed a shot across the bow of Apple iTunes last night with the launch of MySpace Music, a new site that offers free on-demand music streaming along with MP3 downloads for sale to US users.
 
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