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IBM System Storage DS8000 Architecture and Implementation

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday February 02, 2009

This IBM® Redbooks® publication will help you plan, install, and configure the IBM System Storage™ DS8000® Series. This book discusses the architecture and components of the DS8000, and it provides useful information for those who will manage the DS8000. It includes hints and tips derived from users experiences for efficient installation and use.

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Technology > Data

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Unofficial Fedora FAQ Update: 2009-01-30

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday February 02, 2009

Here's what's changed since the last update:
- The ATI question has been updated to reflect that there are now working 3D drivers for Fedora 10.
- Some people experience sound cracking or popping on their machines. I've added instructions on what to do about it.
- Fixed the Flash instructions.
- Fixed the instructions for installing Windows fonts.
- Two new translations: German and Portuguese.
- The site's layout and style has changed--let me know what you think.

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Linux Distros > Fedora

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Perl 5.8.8 Release Announcement

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday February 02, 2009

The Perl 5 developer team is pleased to announce the Perl Release 5.8.8, the eighth maintenance release of Perl 5.8. The CPAN ftp multiplexor will pick a mirror close to you, if you select either bz2 (10123359 bytes) or gz (12829188 bytes) here; or, you can choose your own from one of the 272 CPAN mirrors worldwide.

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Web Development > Perl

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Tips for Safe Cloud Storage

Submitted by Webmaster on Sunday February 01, 2009

Entrusting enterprise data to a storage provider's online cloud may be no more risky than putting it in a proprietary storage platform in your own data center, according to some analysts and users. But there are specific steps you should take to prevent problems.

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Technology > Cloud Computing

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cloud-storage online-storage security

Adobe, Apple working together on Flash for iPhone

Submitted by Webmaster on Sunday February 01, 2009

Once thought to be building Flash for the iPhone mostly on its own, Adobe has mentioned at the World Economic Forum that it's not only continuing work on the animation plug-in but has teamed up with Apple to make it a reality.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Apple

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Google Flags Whole Internet As Malware

Submitted by Webmaster on Sunday February 01, 2009

We're not quite sure what's going on, but a couple of minutes ago any search result from Google started being flagged as malware with a message stating "This site may harm your computer". Including Google's own websites as you can see above.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Google

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google internet malware web-search

Ma.gnolia Suffers Major Data Loss, Site Taken Offline

Submitted by Webmaster on Sunday February 01, 2009

There was a meltdown at bookmark sharing website Ma.gnolia Friday morning. The service lost both its primary store of user data, as well as its backup. The site has been taken offline while the team tries to reconstruct its databases, though some users may never see their stored bookmarks again.

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Technology > Security

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OpenChange, KDE brings Exchange compatibility to Linux

Submitted by Webmaster on Saturday January 31, 2009

Recent developments in the OpenChange and KDE open source projects are set to bridge a "missing link" in messaging and groupware compatibility from Microsoft's Exchange to open source clients.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Open Source

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kde linux ms-exchange openchange

More traces of GDrive popping up

Submitted by Webmaster on Saturday January 31, 2009

Traces of GDrive have been extremely difficult, or impossible, to find in the wild - until recently that is. This higher rate of GDrive related discoveries tells me that the service is sure to be a released as a real product at some point, hopefully soon.

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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gdrive google online storage

10 Websites To Make You A Photoshop Ninja

Submitted by Webmaster on Saturday January 31, 2009

Photoshop is hard. There's all kinds of menus, commands, and keyboard shortcuts that you've got to figure out. Once you learn how it works, it's an unbelievably useful and powerful tool, but the learning curve is enormous.

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Web Development > Graphics Design

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Hitachi warns of $7.8 billion loss, to restructure

Submitted by Webmaster on Saturday January 31, 2009

Japan's Hitachi warned of a record $7.8 billion annual loss due to weak sales, a firmer yen and costs to restructure its sprawling operations, joining a growing list of technology companies affected by the deepening recession.

That loss would be the biggest ever by a Japanese manufacturing company.

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Technology > Business

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10 cheap and easy upgrades for your old PC

Submitted by Webmaster on Saturday January 31, 2009

Is your old PC starting to feel a little sluggish? Upgrading a desktop computer really isn't as difficult as it sounds.

The components are modular, the slots uniform and systems are expressly designed for expansion.

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Technology > General

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Remaking Microsoft: Get Out Of Web Search

Submitted by Webmaster on Saturday January 31, 2009

Microsoft continues to pour time, money, and management resources into online search--a market where it not only can't win, it can't even compete despite the billions of dollars it has spent on acquisitions, a Live Search program that pays users, and overtures toward Yahoo.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Microsoft

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Britain unveils plans for universal broadband

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday January 30, 2009

Britain unveiled plans to provide universal broadband access on Thursday as it believes the £50-billion digital industry will help the country move out of recession.

A report by Communications minister Lord Carter said Britain would work to provide broadband access to the whole country at least 2 Megabits per second (Mb). He also intends to introduce legislation to force Internet service providers to crack down on Web piracy.

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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The case against Web apps

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday January 30, 2009

Five reasons why Web-based development might not be the best choice for your enterprise.
For most of us, especially given these tough economic times, for the Web to have become the platform of choice for enterprise application development seems like a no-brainer. But to paraphrase The Return of the Living Dead, maybe we need more brains.

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Web Development > Web Design

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development thin-client web web-apps

Google Earth Reveals 2-Acre Weed Patch to Swiss Police

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday January 30, 2009

Google Earth has helped police in Switzerland bust a marijuana farm suspected of doing up to $8.7 million a year in business. The police were initially using the application to locate a suspect's address, but as they scanned the view, they happened to glimpse the 2-acre farm, which was surrounded by rows of corn plants.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Google

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Canonical`s $30 Million and Redmond`s Gathering Storm

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday January 30, 2009

Linux's gains are Microsoft's losses, and there were both aplenty in the past week, despite the best efforts of the Redmond crowd to tamp down enthusiasm for free OSes. Bloggers across the FLOSS world are speculating over what they see as a building storm headed straight for western Washington.

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Technology > Business

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Microsoft adds fancy search option for Firefox

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday January 30, 2009

If you had any doubts Microsoft didn't appreciate the advantages of Firefox's ability to accommodate add-ons, you can dispel them now. The company just released one that makes Microsoft's search service work better with the open-source Web browser.

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Internet Browsers > Mozilla Firefox

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NEC will cut 20,000 jobs

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday January 30, 2009

Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp. says it plans to slash at least 20,000 jobs worldwide in an effort to cut 80-billion yen ($895-million U.S.) in costs over the next two years.

Toshiba Corp. is in talks to merge part of its chip operations with NEC's semiconductor unit, a source said, as a sharp global slowdown forces Japanese chip makers to cut jobs and try to band together.

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Technology > Business

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Amazon profits from festive sales

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday January 30, 2009

Profit at online retailer Amazon rose 9% in the final three months of last year, as the company enjoyed a robust holiday shopping season.

It said net profit totalled $225m in the fourth quarter, up from $207m a year ago.

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IT Vendors/Companies > Amazon.com, Inc.

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