Cisco all but kills Cius tablet computer

Cisco is slowly killing off its Cius business tablet less than a year after it started shipping. [...]

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Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download

Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday. [...]

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Most OpenOffice users run Windows

Nearly 9 out of 10 downloads of the new version of OpenOffice have been for Windows machines, rather than Linux, according to recently released statistics from Apache. [...]

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Take me out to the ballgame, with 4G

Ever been to a sports game and tried to send a text message, upload a photo to Facebook, or send a tweet about that awesome play that just happened? If so, you may have been left frustrated by the overcrowded network that prevented that all-important message from making your friends jealous. [...]

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Brits send 11 million texts an hour
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IaaS: Renting on-demand technology

Putting your faith in the cloud  can be a risky endeavor. A survey from earlier this year showed that of 600 large companies, only 27% were using public cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service. [...]

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Gartner: Don’t trust cloud provider to protect your corporate assets

When a family with a baby buys a new car, they don’t buy a car seat from the vehicle manufacturer: There is specialized equipment to handle the family’s most sensitive asset. John Pescatore, a Gartner vice president and security analyst, says cloud security can be thought of in a similar way: Users shouldn’t rely on their cloud service provider’s security features to protect their most critical data. [...]

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Windows 8 Update: Steve Ballmer’s 80-inch Windows 8 tablet

While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there’s an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear. [...]

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Dell’s 7-inch Android Tablet is a Snoozer So Far
Dell broke the mold with its 5-inch Streak tablet, but its 7-inch follow-up merely joins the pack....
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Will Apple's rumored iSlate tablet boast a 10-inch touchscreen? The masses seem to think so, but one...

Cisco takes its lumps, keeps developing video meeting tools

Cisco Systems owned up to some miscalculations in its video collaboration strategy but showed off some promising future capabilities in a briefing with media this week. [...]

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Cisco adds tools to scale wide-area video
Cisco Systems continued to build its enterprise video infrastructure on Thursday with the ECDS (Enterprise...
Cisco Router Supports 322Tbps, Designed for ‘Net Video
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NASA denies Iranian cyberattack

Hackers often claim to have penetrated NASA's IT systems, when in fact they haven't, agency says [...]

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Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year. [...]

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