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New York says Dell defrauded PC buyers
The New York attorney general has filed a lawsuit charging that Dell Inc. used fraud and false advertising to increase profits on PC sales.
U.S. military bans access to social networking sites
The U.S. Department of Defense has blocked access to some social networking sites on its computers, saying use of the sites could clog the military’s networks, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Gates christens Longhorn Windows Server 2008, outlining future areas of focus
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates Tuesday revealed one of the company’s worst kept secrets by announcing Longhorn Server will officially be called Windows Server 2008.
Start-up’s DNS server boosts VoIP and media streaming
U.K. start-up 3C has launched what it calls the world’s fastest authoritative DNS server, capable of answering over a million queries per second on a single CPU.
VMware adds central control to ACE
VMware has announced the general availability of ACE 2 Enterprise edition, an update for its locked-down virtual machine generator.
Aventail SSL VPNs can be extended to smartphones
Aventail SSL VPN gear now supports VPN security for smartphones based on the Windows Mobile operating system.
IBM targets healthcare market with grid computing
Hospitals have unique and challenging storage needs, as they are required to store every X-ray and medical record they create, and IBM is reaching out to that market with a system being unveiled Wednesday at a healthcare industry event.
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Sweaty e-mails in your future? Try the treadmill workstation
Did you know you could lose as much as 66 pounds by sweating on you PC? Well using the Mayo Clinic’s vertical workstation, that just might be the weightloss wave of the future.
