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IT Blogwatch: Why is Intel canceling Larrabee graphics chip?
Intel announced that it was killing the Larrabee GPU program late last week. It was late and slow, it seems. But in IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if there’s more to the story. Not to mention baroque anatomy …
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Preston Gralla: Like Google DNS? Here’s something better
Google made much about it just released Google Public DNS, its DNS resolution service for speeding up Web browsing, but there’s a better alternative, also available for free. OpenDNS has had a similar service for years. I’m a long-time OpenDNS user, and can vouch that it’s everything you get from Google Public DNS, and more.
Seth Weintraub: FCC inquiry into Verizon $350 fee can be solved with truthful billing
I have an easy solution to the early termination fee that is so simple, it hurts.
Chris Poelker: Why virtualization is the foundation of cloud computing
I have always given credit to Microsoft Visio as the reason the term “cloud computing” came to represent services provided outside the data center. Whenever the network geeks want to draw out the details of their networks, they invariably use Microsoft Visio to create the pretty pictures using the pre-canned cloud graphics within Visio to depict the connections between locations.
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DirectAccess and UAG: Better Together
Here are some of the key reasons why you would want to run Unified Access Gateway with DirectAccess
Mitch Betts: IDC: Expect IBM, Dell and Oracle to acquire more vendors in 2010
The acquisition targets Juniper, CA, Compuware, BMC, Novell and Symantec. Others say the brands Motorola and Palm may disappear, too.
IT News Podcast: Intel delays Larrabee indefinitely
In today’s podcast: Intel delays Larrabee indefinitely; Dell sets up mobile product division; and Microsoft, Yahoo finalize search deal.
Shark Tank: Sometimes these things just slip our minds
User stomps up to the cubicle of this tech who’s responsible for backups and demands that he restore her spreadsheet. Where is it? On the user’s laptop — which hasn’t been backed up.
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SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY
POS + Masters Degree = HAHAHAHAHAHA
I got a call that the store was down, so I headed to the store. I found 16 lines of holiday shoppers angrily waiting for registers to start processing …
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