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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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Supremes dubious of challenge to child porn law
Is a law designed to stop online child pornography so broad that it infringes on the First Amendment? That's the argument the Supreme Court heard today. The appellant is one Michael Williams, who...
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Congress passes 7-year Net tax ban
The House unanimously passed a seven-year extension of a ban on Internet taxes, in harmony with a bill passed by the Senate last week. The bill goes to President Bush for approval, just two days...
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Putin allies building a pro-Kremlin network of blogs, news sites
Vladimir Putin is building a propaganda network of friendly blogs, The Washington Post reports. Allies [of Putin] are creating pro-government news and pop culture Web sites while purchasing some...
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UK tech agency warns schools on Vista licensing
Becta, the British government's agency for education technology (does the U.S. have anything remotely similar?), is telling schools not to sign licensing agreements with Microsoft, Ars Technica...
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Boucher takes Comcast to task
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) has taken notice of Comcast's tricks (literally) to squeeze out BitTorrent and other P2P traffic. In an interview with CNET's Crave blog, Boucher said the cable company...
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White House shared docs in exchange for telecom immunity
The White House cut a deal with the Senate Intelligence Committee, allowing the committee to see documents on its warrantless surveillance program in exchange for advocating immunity for telecom...
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Webcasters hope for progress on Net radio bill
We haven't heard much about saving net radio lately, but webcasters are hoping that will change with a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Thursday on that issue, among several other issues around...
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Verizon drop suit to change spectrum auction roles
Verizon had been very, very unhappy about the FCC's open access rules for the upcoming 700MHz spectrum auction. In September, the wireless carrier sued the FCC to block the rules, saying vaguely...
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Using Twitter to report on SoCal fires
Cell phone networks are overwhelmed in San Diego and other parts of southern California as residents thoughtlessly make voice calls to alert relatives of their condition, W. David Stephenson, a...
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Under pressure, NASA vows to release air safety data
NASA's damage control machine has been reeling since the Associated Press reported Monday that the space agency conducted an extensive survey of pilots but is refusing to release the data....
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Are terrorist sites a danger - or rich intelligence?
The Times takes a look at some folks who have made it their mission to shut down terrorist websites. It's not exactly what U.S. antiterrorism experts would hope for. One of them, Joseph Shahda, a...
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ITU approves WiMax for third-gen technology set
WiMax got a big vote of confidence Friday as the UN's International Telecommunication Union voted to include the long-range wireless technology as part of its third-generation family of mobile...
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Mukasey says that war powers may allow for warrantless wiretaps
The love feast for attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey came to an abrupt halt Thursday, as the nominee suggested that the president's executive powers are pretty darn expansive, after all....
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World Digital Library to offer the world's cultures online
Two years ago, James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, proposed a global digital library. The vision may be realized over the coming years, The Washington Post reports. The World Digital...
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States ask court to extend oversight of Microsoft
Parts of a consent agreement by which a federal court provided oversight of Microsoft's market behavior are due to expire Nov. 12. And although federal regulators and attorneys general from...
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French laws force Apple to offer unlocked iPhone
The French government has achieved what an army of hackers have so far failed to do: Unlock the iPhone in such a way that Apple will relock or "brick" the phone. Apple has agreed to make an...
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Attorney general nominee says he will protect civil liberties
Even as an administration that aggressively expanded warrantless surveillance and intelligence gathering enters its final year, the nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general spoke...
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Facebook settles with NY attorney general over sex predators
Facebook agreed with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to settle charges that the social networking site has failed to responsibly deal with sexual predators on the site, Reuters reports....
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Rep: Yahoo lied to Congress about Chinese journalist
Yahoo lied to Congress last year about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist, Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) charged Tuesday. Lantos said Yahoo general counsel Michael Callahan lied when he...
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Verizon says it complies with warrantless requests
Verizon complied with warrantless demands for customer calling records hundreds of times since 2005, The Washington Post reports. In a letter to Democratic congressmen, Verizon also said that it...
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