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Microsoft finalizes Windows Thin PC; available July 1

Microsoft has released to manufacturing its Windows Thin PC client, and plans to make it available to Software Assurance customers starting July 1, company officials said on June 7. Read more

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Planning For Your Data Center's Future

Even if you think you've planned out your data center perfectly, did you remember to plan for hardware updates and expansion? This white paper from APC teaches you how to make sure you're prepared for the future of your data center.


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HTC opens up Sense UI: Is there a hidden truth?

Jack Wallen offers his take on HTC's announcement that it's opening up the Sense UI source and releasing an SDK. Read on to find out whether he'd welcome an HTC fork of the Android platform. Read more

WWDC: What this PC guy got out of it

Derek Schauland offers a quick take on the WWDC and what he was most interested in as a "PC guy" who has recently started using an iPad and a Macbook on the side. Read more

IT job openings in the government

This week we list job openings in government IT. Read more

I QUIT! How to be a professional when you leave a job

CCIE recruiter Eman Conde offers advice about the right way to quit a job and remain professional, even when all you want to say is, "Take this job and shove it!" Read more

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Nintendo unveils the Wii U

Nintendo has unveiled its newest games console and the successor to the Wii - The Wii U. Read more

Facebook's photo facial recognition enabled: Time to check your settings

A new Facebook auto-opt-in feature has been enabled. If you do not want software to facially recognise you, here's how to turn it off. Read more

Facebook starts rolling out facial recognition feature worldwide

Late last year, Facebook started rolling a facial recognition feature across the US. Now, the company has pushed the "Suggest photos of me to friends" feature to countries outside of the US, but... Read more

Can Apple win 'personal cloud' market?

Apple is late to the cloud party, but has the integration, interface and pricing (free) to disrupt the so-called personal cloud market. Read more

What is World IPv6 Day and why it matters

Tomorrow, June 8th, 2011, is World IPv6 Day, and Facebook, Google and Yahoo are all joining in. Here's what that means and what will it mean for you. Read more

ARM betting on Windows 8 to get big share of notebook market

ARM believes that the release of Windows 8 for the ARM platform will help the company grab a whopping 40 percent of the global notebook market by 2015. Read more

Skype goes down again for 'small number of users'

Skype already went down around the globe once in the last month, and now that problem is occurring for some users again. Read more

Facebook, Microsoft support AT&T, T-Mobile merger

AT&T is getting the support from some very well-known friends in its bid to acquire T-Mobile. Read more

Five unanswered questions about iCloud, iTunes Match

Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced iCloud at the WWDC 2011 keynote on Monday. While we certainly learned that it is much more than the now-defunct MobileMe, there are still some unanswered questions. Read more

Ultimate flattery: Apple's updates are out of Google's playbook

Nothing new to see here, folks. Apple's announcements from the WWDC keynote felt a lot like what Google and other startups have already been offering for some time now. Read more

WWDC 2011: iMessage sticks it to mobile carriers

iMessage is completely carrier agnostic and since Apple controls the server -- not AT&T, Verizon or any other carrier -- it's completely free. Let's hope that Apple rolls it our for Lion as well. Read more

Kindle-related sales reach almost 10 percent of Amazon's revenue

Amazon's core business of online retail still produces the overwhelming bulk of the company's revenue, but the Kindle is pulling its weight. Read more


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