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Gomez Launches “User Experience Index” in Time for the Holidays

Compuware Gomez UX Index Hits the Net

TSHOOT Practice Questions – The Answers!

This blog entry reveals the answers to the TSHOOT practice questions posted last week.

A week with Windows Phone 7

It may not make you swoon, but this mobile OS is competitive

WikiLeaks: China was behind Google hack

China’s Politburo directed attack, one of many cyber espionage acts

Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs working on iPad newspaper

Apple and News Corp head Rupert Murdoch are reportedly working together to deliver the first iPad-only news publication

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President Obama signs an iPad.. again

I'm hoping this doesn't become a widespread trend, but here's yet another video of President Obama signing an iPad. This time around, the odd turn of events took place at a NATO summit in Libson, Portugal.

On Santa’s ‘Naughty’ list: credit card skimmers

Cisco Releases AnyConnect SSLVPN client for iPad

Securely connect iPads to the corporate network

Cisco losing more steam in Layer 4-7

Q3 numbers show stunning market share giveback over past 2 years

Ubuntu sticking to six-month development cycle

Rolling update comments by Mark Shuttleworth apply to developers

Is Facebook the new evil Google?

Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the Internet

Microsoft’s Office 365 beta not supported on IE9, Windows XP

Once out of beta, Microsoft will support all major browsers, including Google Chrome

Of Coffee Houses and Code Communities

We can learn a lot about successful community building from Starbucks

Space laser tech could let companies track items, reduce counterfeiting

Space laser can inscribe ID numbers in glass without damaging it

Cisco Tackles the Desktop Virtualization, UC Problem

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Rhyme-studying linguist could teach computers better speech

McGill University research into how we digest poetry could wind up helping computer programs boost computer speech

Pioneer in fiber-optic tech awarded National Medal of Science

Caltech's Amnon Yariv acknowledged by President Obama and NSF for scientific and engineering contributions to photonics and quantum electronics that have profoundly impacted lightwave communications

Oracle’s $1.3B win over SAP means HP CEO can stop ‘hiding’

HP boss Leo Apotheker surfaces on earnings call with sense of humor intact

The Seventh Annual Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards

Attack of the robot floor cleaners

Can Dell ‘convertible’ really be both notebook and tablet?

Inspiron duo, running Windows 7, tries to

Acer announces three Android tablets and an Android smartphone

Android smothers the touch screen market with high-end Android, and Windows, products

Acer will soon ship the famed Microsoft ‘Courier’ tablet

Acer ICONIA tablet features a dual-touchscreen, and lots of other envy-producing features.

Novell bought by Attachmate

Consortium backed by Microsoft to acquire various intellectual property assets

Cisco and Brocade are Fed up

Sales to government vertical slowing for both in current quarter

HTTPS Everywhere gets Firefox “Firesheep” protection

Electronic Frontier Foundation offers protection for Firesheep, other vulnerabilities

Attachmate says openSUSE is safe

Novell acquisition won't immediately affect openSUSE

Novell: A lament over what could have been

Apple releases iOS 4.2 with support for AirPlay, iPad mutlitasking and more; “Find my iPhone” now a free feature

Apple on Monday released the long awaited iOS 4.2 update that finally brings features like multitasking and folders to the iPad. But the iOS 4.2 update has a lot more in store for users than that. Some other features included in the update include Ai