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Simplified Management in the Real World with VMware vCenter Operations
With so much of your network becoming virtual, it can be difficult to visualize and manage things. Check out this webcast to learn more about simplified management in a virtualized world.
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Senators urge FTC to step up Google probe following EU's antitrust offer
Two senators have urged the FTC to set up its investigation into Google's alleged antitrust behaviour following a settlement offer from the European Commission earlier this week.
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Petition: Investigate employers asking for Facebook passwords
Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) has launched a petition backing two U.S. senators who have called for an investigation into the practice of employers asking for Facebook passwords.
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US senators: Investigate employers asking for Facebook passwords
Two U.S. senators are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate employers asking for Facebook passwords.
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Senator urges photos, contacts FTC inquiry into Apple, Google
A U.S. Senator is asking the FTC to investigate Apple and Google after a spate of smartphone applications could access user's contact list data and private photos.
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John Glenn and Friendship 7, we have 50 years (photos)
On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. He became one of America's most beloved heroes, as well as a four-term U.S. senator, as well as a Space Shuttle astronaut.
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Senator co-sponsor of PIPA officially abandons bill. Why?
Senator Marco Rubio, one of the co-sponsors of PIPA, has abandoned the bill over Facebook. What does this mean for the next generation?
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With no apparent legal leg to stand on, Senator Bob Casey pressures Apple to remove app
If we allow our politicians to treat online activities as unworthy of fundamental American rights, we will be allowing them to erode our fundamental American rights.
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How evil is Google? Your Senators want to know.
Is Google evil? That's essentially what the United States Senate is going to be trying to figure out over the next few days. Here's a resource guide and some points to ponder.
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GOP senators out to derail FCC on net neutrality
Seven Republican senators have announced a plan to curb the Obama administration's push to impose controversial Net neutrality regulations on the Internet.
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Senators propose granting president emergency Internet power
New bill forces selected companies, including broadband providers, search engines, and software firms, to "immediately comply with any emergency measure" decreed by the federal government.
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Senators call for changes to Facebook's privacy settings
Four U.S. senators are calling for Facebook to adjust some of the new privacy settings so users can have more control over the personal information that's made public.
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Patched cybersecurity act proposed in the Senate
Senator Jay Rockefeller introduces to the Senate an upgraded cybersecurity bill that requires cyber security certification and removal of Presidential power to shut down the Internet in the United...
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FCC, Comcast, others testify before Congress: NBC Universal-Comcast merger
The U.S. Senate convened a hearing (Consumers, Competition, and Consolidation in the Video and Broadband Market) today regarding the NBC Universal - Comcast merger. It wasn't a free for all many...
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Special Report: F-35 Fighter Lightning II to be delayed to 2015/16 - Lightning does strike twice.
The total cost of the program is now pegged at $300 billion.
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Homeland Security hearing: Senators scratching heads over IT-related testimony
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security yesterday heard testimony from the IT side of intelligence agencies with respect to the Christmas Day bombing attempt. The hearing demonstrated that...
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Social networks change how we understand Sotomayor nomination
Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor are happening now, with partisan forces on both sides cheering on their relevant Senators. The debate, of course, is also happening online,...
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Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivity
Congress continued to take the wireless carriers to the mat over the wrong issue, specifically the cost of a text message. Now, it looks like there may be an effort to pin them down on a matter ...
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Senators ask FCC to look into iPhone-AT&T exclusivity
With rumors flying about that Apple plans to open up the iPhone to Verizon as well as AT&T, four Senators are calling on the FCC to investigate exclusive mobile deals like the iPhone deal and...
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Did tweet blow deal in Virginia Senate?
Possibly, the head of the Virginia Republican Party blew an historic power-sharing deal by alerting Democrats via Twitter that one of theirs was about to cross the aisle. Or not.
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This is a Corker: Detroit's Shrinking Three may get help from feds
A junior Republican senator has crafted a plan that has a business-ignorant, vacation-thirsty Congress looking for a fast vote and a plane home. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn) has a direct...
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