Is Snorkel (Sun and Oracle) Sinking?
Therese Poletti over at MarketWatch was asking whether Larry Ellison should eat crow after announcing a massive layoff at Sun last week. The reason for the question was that back in January, Larry was very critical of those of us that predicted these massive layoffs and had folks wearing “We Are Hiring” buttons. This is like a weatherman being critical of folks predicting a tsunami and then suggesting the beach was where you should be trying to take a post-tsunami interview from a raft after being swept out to sea — with one exception
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Is Snorkel (Sun and Oracle) Sinking?
When not knocking back gin martinis or sipping “Platform Heinekens” while waiting for the train home, Wired.com NY Bureau Chief John C Abell is quite the handyman. Not only is he the Foursquare mayor of his local Home Depot, he has also put together the best iPad typing stand yet seen. Professional to the last, Mr
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Wired Bureau Chief Builds iPad Stand from $6 Doorstops
Of course, a retractable wire restraint won’t actually help the iPhone play any nicer with AT&T’s beleaguered network, but it will stop the screen of your iPhone (or any other phone, despite the name) from ending up like a crystalline spiderweb after hitting the floor. The extremely dorky process goes like this: You stick an adhesive pad onto the back of the phone, which adds a plastic loop
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IPhone Leash Prevents Dropped Calls
Oh man! It turns out that Star Wars Kid was doing nothing less than predicting the future. The awesome future. Microsoft has demonstrated its Project Natal, which has been renamed Kinect and transformed into a motion-controller for the Xbox 360.
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Video: Microsoft Makes Post-Natal Impression with Kinect Star Wars
Plusnet Broadband ( plus.net ) has launched a new discount code that gives new subscribers a £1.50 per month discount for 12 months (£18pa). The monthly discount is available on all three Plusnet Broadband packages, which are Plusnet Value, Plusnet Extra and Plusnet Pro Broadband. New customers must order their chosen Plusnet Broadband plan online at the plus.net website, remembering to enter the discount code ‘offer’ when prompted
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Plusnet Broadband Discount Code Saves £18
The 2-in-1 Bluetooth Handsfree Wristwatch Headset takes a humdrum, utilitarian Bluetooth earpiece and turns it into an even less appealing wristwatch. So cheaply made is it that even the product shot, usually a gadget’s greatest hour beauty-wise, is all ragged and plasticky at the edges
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Ugly Bluetooth Headset Transforms into Even Uglier Wristwatch
Atom chips are the underpowered CPUs inside most netbooks. But one company has found a way to stitch 512 of them together to create a single powerful server. SeaMicro has used 1.6-GHz Intel Atom processors to create a system that consumes just a fourth of the power and space as a traditional server, while aiming to deliver comparable computing performance
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Startup Builds Power-Efficient Servers With Netbook Chips
Researchers from WebSense are reporting on three currently active malware campaigns, attempting to trick end users into opening malicious HTML files, or automatically exploiting vulnerable PCs relying on the recent Adobe zero day flaw (CVE-2010-1297).
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Malware Watch: Adobe zero day attack, malicious FIFA-themed spam, exploit serving Virus Alerts
One of the of the most important aspects of Steve Jobs isn’t his marketing or presentation skills, it is that he performs the role of virtual customer in Apple and assures the acceptance of most products personally. This connection between the customer and products is rare, but it’s showcased in Apple’s amazing power and popularity since Jobs’ return. EMC and Microsoft are developing different approaches that potentially will create a more sustainable virtual customer
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How Microsoft and EMC Are Building a Virtual Steve Jobs
BT ( BT.com/packages ) is offering new customers a further £60 saving on its broadband and anytime phone calls package – A package that already has the first 3 months free. BT’s new exclusive online deal means new customers switching to BT’s Talk & Surf Plus package can get their first 3 months free, then pay just £15.99 a month, as opposed to the usual price of £19.99 per month. BT’s Talk & Surf Plus package provides broadband speeds up to 20Mbps together with a 10GB monthly download usage allowance.
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BT Broadband Deals Offer Additional £60 Saving
A French group of security researchers has obtained the email addresses of 114,000 iPad users, who signed up for AT&T’s 3G wireless service, relying on a flaw in AT&T’s site which allowed them to automate the process. What are the security and privacy ramifications of this leak, if any?
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The security and privacy ramifications of AT&T’s iLeak
TalkTalk ( talktalk.co.uk ) has launched a free connection offer that’s available on both its Essentials and Pro broadband and phone packages. Usually £29.99, the free connection offer is available as an online exclusive, meaning new customers switching to TalkTalk Broadband will need to order online at the talktalk.co.uk website to qualify. TalkTalk Broadband and phone packages start from £6.99 a month for the Essentials package which provides up to 24Mb broadband download speeds plus evening and weekend UK landline phone calls
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TalkTalk Broadband Free Connection Offer Is Back
This week’s Malware Watch reviews five currently spreading malware/scareware campaigns, including two recent cases of digital devices shipped with malware on their memory cards.
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Malware Watch: Twitter password reset emails, IRS-themed crimeware, malicious PDFs, and fake YouTube pages
I was at TechEd this week, where IT folks learn how to deploy and use Microsoft products. While Apple was focused on phones and MP3 players and Google on search and all the stuff that makes up the other 3 percent of its revenue, Microsoft was focused on a 10-year plan to build out a new ecosystem.
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TechEd Thoughts: How Microsoft Could Beat Google and Apple in Smartphones
With just four days until the FIFA World Cup begins, cybercriminals have already started showing their interest in taking advantage of the event. Considering that, these threats and exploitation tactics prone to intensify throughout the entire event, let’s review some of the most commonly used attack vectors, and discuss the risk mitigation strategies for each and every one of them.
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Protection tips for the upcoming FIFA World Cup themed cybercrime campaigns
TalkTalk’s ( talktalk.co.uk ) one week only offer of 12 months free TalkTalk Broadband and phone is set to end at midnight on Tuesday 8th June, leaving new customers with just 3 days to order one of this year’s hottest broadband deals. The offer, which provides free broadband speeds up to 24Mbps plus free evening and weekend phone calls to UK landlines, means customers switching to TalkTalk need only pay telephone line rental of £11.49 a month for the first year – And then only an additional £6.99 a month thereafter
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TalkTalk Broadband 12 Months FREE Ends Tuesday
O2 ( o2.co.uk/niggles ) is aiming to ease the frustrations of thousands of broadband users across the UK with its high profile niggles and narks advertising campaign. The campaign follows a recent 2,000 strong survey by the ISP that found slow internet connections to be the biggest daily frustration for 41% of respondents, well ahead crime (26%), job cuts (18%) and NHS waiting times (14%)
Sky ( sky.com/broadband ) has boosted the download speed of its Sky Broadband packages to up to 20Mbps as part of a refresh of its broadband deals. New and existing Sky TV customers can now choose from two up to 20Mbps broadband packages, known as Sky Everyday Lite and Sky Unlimited
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Sky Broadband Deals Get 20Mb Speed Boost
Virgin Media ( virginmedia.com ) has launched a web exclusive £5 per month offer for its up to 10Mbps fibre optic broadband service. Usually £12.50 a month, this new online offer means new customers switching to Virgin Media’s size L fibre optic broadband package can now save themselves £22.50 over the first 3 months of their contract.
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Virgin Media Fibre Optic Broadband Now £5
TalkTalk ( talktalk.co.uk ) has today launched an exclusive 12 months FREE offer on its broadband and phone Essentials package. The offer is available for 1 week only until Monday June 7th and can be ordered either online at the TalkTalk.co.uk website or by calling TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.
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TalkTalk Broadband And Phone FREE For 1 Year