Thursday, December 1, 2011

Dollar-and-change sale knocks U.K. gadget site Ebuyer offline

Another tale of fun with naming Wi-Fi nets | Even Wales finds his wall-to-wall Wikipedia pictures 'annoying'

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Dollar-and-change sale knocks U.K. gadget site Ebuyer offline
So what do you think might happen if a major online computer and electronics retailer decided to offer a whole bunch of clearance sale items, including laptops and cameras - all for a buck-and-a-half apiece - on what is already understood to be the most active e-commerce day of the year. Read More


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Why Managing VMs is So Complex
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The Best Way to Build a Cloud
Implementing a private cloud can be complex and daunting. HP's solution, CloudSystem Matrix, helps you build a turnkey private cloud environment to deliver the benefits of the cloud to your business users. Read now to find out how the HP CloudSystem Matrix can enable you to move quickly to a private cloud model Learn more

Another tale of fun with naming Wi-Fi nets
A recent item here about the FBI allegedly using "FBI Van 1" as a Wi-FI SSID (almost certainly a joke) elicited this anecdote from David Henderson, technology coordinator for the Southwest Arkansas Education Cooperative: Read More


WHITE PAPER: FireEye

FireEye 1H 2011 Advanced Threat Report
The Advanced Threat Report is a technical look into the trends cyber criminals are employing to bypass traditional security. In the most recent semi-annual report from FireEye, they find that 99% of organizations are facing significant malware infections that have penetrated NGFW, IPS, AV, and Web gateways. Read now!

Even Wales finds his wall-to-wall Wikipedia pictures 'annoying'
You know the old line: "Look up (whatever) in the dictionary and you'll see (whomever's) picture next to it." Well, try that on Wikipedia -- and no matter who or what you look up -- the first picture you'll see is of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Citrix

8 Reasons Why Citrix Beats F5
Is your network ready for the Cloud? Not with F5. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. Shift up to the Cloud. Download 8 Reasons Citrix NetScaler beats F5. Read now

Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a ...
My 10-year-old daughter, Emma, spotted this triangular contrail configuration outside our home that I presume is the work of the UFO you can see clearly in the upper left-hand corner of the photo (black speck). Read More



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