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Can the Clearwire coalition save WiMAX?
WiMAX received a big boost this week when Sprint and Clearwire announced that they will be combining their WiMAX businesses
to create a new $14.5 billion mobile broadband company. But is it too little, too late?
Chinese Internet censorship: An inside look
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, has experienced "The Great Firewall of China" firsthand, an
experience people from around the world will share this summer when the Olympics comes to that country. Fallows talks about
Internet censorship in China in this Q&A.
Wireless computing power saving measures may not be worth the effort
Optimizing the power conservation settings of a mobile computer or communicator, including dimming the display when on battery,
turning off the display and hard drive after a pre-set period of time, suspending (keeping memory alive but the computer otherwise
powered down) and hibernating (writing the image of main memory to disk for later resumption) help in getting the most out
of any given charge.
5 ways insiders exploit your network
A number of recently publicized incidents serve as a harsh reminder that insiders represent a common and often misunderstood
security threat. Data theft and sabotage can result in hard costs, compliance-related problems, legal fees, productivity loss
and, possibly most costly, loss of reputation.
Wireless mesh standard gets boost from OLPC, open source
The proposed IEEE WLAN mesh standard is already getting a workout in the field, from the One Laptop Per Child Foundation and
a new open source consortium.
Tech company CEO compensation raises ire
Executive compensation has been a hot-button issue for several years, and the final crop of fiscal year 2007 proxy statements
filed throughout March and April did little to quell the cry for reform from industry watchdogs, activist shareholders and
the general public.
Deep packet inspection protects financial group
Western & Southern Financial Group had what it considered defense in depth for its IP network but recognized that there were
still ways that sensitive data might leave the network undetected, so it looked for more protection. The company, which manages
$47 billion in assets, chose to add Palo Alto Network’s next-generation firewall to its existing traditional firewall, intrusion
prevention system, URL filtering and data-loss prevention gear.
Five things to consider before committing to SAP
Before you buy SAP apps, consider these five things about the company and its products.
Water-cooled servers gaining steam
Water cooling is the answer to server heat problems, some vendors and data center operators believe.
HP brings storage, servers into one rack
To help IT departments prepare for the coming onslaught of data, HP on Tuesday introduced a platform that combines storage
and computing in one rack with a single file system and management console.
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