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The 10 best laptops of 2014 (so far)

Top Tech Stories - Mon, 09/01/2014 - 12:00
With back-to-school shopping season underway and the holidays looming, it’s a perfect time to take stock of the year in laptops Dek:  With back-to-school shopping season underway and the holidays looming, it’s a perfect time to take stock of the year in laptops External Source:  pcworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/162939
Categories: IT General

15 simple, secret Windows tips and tricks to save you time

Top Tech Stories - Sat, 08/30/2014 - 12:00
From old-school task switchers to Jump List and taskbar tricks, here are some ways to make the most of working with Windows Dek:  From old-school task switchers to Jump List and taskbar tricks, here are some ways to make the most of working with Windows External Source:  pcworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/162977
Categories: IT General

Good news for Microsoft: China wants to dump Windows

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 21:06

My niece has been staring at the TV with glazed eyes, stunned by the news that Hello Kitty is -- wait for it -- not a cat. No, really.

Categories: IT General

After Xen and KVM, meet a new Linux hypervisor: Jailhouse

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 18:32

In the world of hypervisors for Linux, a couple of names have come to the fore over time: Xen and KVM.

Categories: IT General

The must-have utilities for your iPad office

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 12:00
The 10 tools you must have on your iPad for business Dek:  The 10 tools you must have on your iPad for business External Source:  infoworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/162867
Categories: IT General

Google completes its office suite for iOS, to no one's benefit

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 12:00

When I hear about companies and government agencies adopting Google Docs or Google Apps, I figure they must use no mobile devices in their work, because Google's decent Web productivity apps are horribly limited when used on a mobile browser, whether iOS's Safari or Android's Chrome.

Categories: IT General

Linux Foundation's certification sets new benchmark for admins

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 12:00

At LinuxCon last week, the Linux Foundation announced a new certification sche

Categories: IT General

The care and feeding of a rockstar developer

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 12:00

Developers rule in the current tech landscape and have their choice of prime positions at any number of major companies. They appear to be on a promised path, with companies fighting for their services. The world is their oyster, so it seems.

Categories: IT General

Microsoft Azure makes nice with Google to get a piece of Docker

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 12:00

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Categories: IT General

Comcast, Marxism, and Net neutrality: Twisted words, shameless hypocrisy

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 12:00

In the final weeks for filing comments to the FCC on Net neutrality, the gloves have come off and the world'

Categories: IT General

How Microsoft could beat Google and even AWS to lead the cloud

Top Tech Stories - Fri, 08/29/2014 - 12:00

Microsoft Azure took an unexpected dirt nap last week. This is not good news for Microsoft, which identified the Azure IaaS and PaaS cloud as key to its success. Azure competes against Amazon Web Services, Google, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Verizon, and others, with AWS and Google as the main rivals. Among such contenders, Azure can't afford many missteps.

Categories: IT General

Microsoft ships replacement patch KB 2993651 with two known bugs

Top Tech Stories - Thu, 08/28/2014 - 13:41

Even by Microsoft standards, this month's botched Black Tuesday Windows 7/8/8.1 MS14-045 patch hit a new low.

Categories: IT General

Move over, Raspberry Pi: 7 single-board computers for geeks

Top Tech Stories - Thu, 08/28/2014 - 12:00
Get a head start on the next tech boom by hacking together tomorrow’s Internet of things hit today Dek:  Get a head start on the next tech boom by hacking together tomorrow’s Internet of things hit today External Source:  infoworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/162645
Categories: IT General

Get a job: The top 10 hottest IT skills today

Top Tech Stories - Thu, 08/28/2014 - 12:00

It's time for a fall tune-up, not for your car, but for your career.

Categories: IT General

Big data: There's signal in that noise

Top Tech Stories - Thu, 08/28/2014 - 12:00

Credit: loops7

Fearmongers warn that capturing data means capturing noise and well-tended gardens are the only way to manage data. Well, guess what? Sometimes noise is the point.

Categories: IT General

The star of JavaOne is ... JavaScript?

Top Tech Stories - Thu, 08/28/2014 - 12:00

Java and JavaScript are two very different programming languages, albeit with similar names. Java is generally associated with enterprise application development and the Android mobile platform. JavaScript, meanwhile, is the lingua franca of Web development.

Categories: IT General

Dropbox Pro bulks up, but still lags in enterprise features

Top Tech Stories - Thu, 08/28/2014 - 12:00

The Pro version of Dropbox ups its game once again, to the tune of 1TB of storage for $9.99 a month.

Categories: IT General

Cisco -- that's right, Cisco -- soars in server sales

Top Tech Stories - Wed, 08/27/2014 - 21:09

The biggest surprise found in IDC Worldwide's Quarterly Server Tracker numbers, released yesterday, isn't that big names like IBM and Dell are hurting.

Categories: IT General

Windows rumor roundup: Cloud hypervisors, Threshold RT, and Metro

Top Tech Stories - Wed, 08/27/2014 - 13:57

A consensus of leaked details -- hardly infallible -- now places a technical preview of the next version of Windows in late September or early October.

Categories: IT General
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