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News: 2012 MacBook Air review, Game Center and Chess in Mountain Lion, retina 1Password, and more!
Tue, 17th Jul 2012
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2012 MacBook Air impresses in latest review; Mountain Lion updates bring Game Center and revamped Chess; 1Password goes Retina; Ex-Apple exec joins Parallels.
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News: Retina MacBook Pro and EPEAT, Mountain Lion launch date, North Carolina data center, and more!
Mon, 16th Jul 2012
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Apple's MacBook Pro with Retina may lose its EPEAT gold amid a possible review, ahead of the anticipated Mountain Lion launch on July 25.
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News: Apple's EPEAT turnaround, dictation and speech in Mountain Lion, and more!
Sun, 15th Jul 2012
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Apple reverses course, rejoins EPEAT registry, amid wider updates on Mountain Lion's speech features and privacy enhancements.
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The role of the datacentre today
Thu, 12th Jul 2012
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Datacentres are not a new phenomenon; they have been extensively used for the last few decades. Today most IT users will view the role of the datacentre in their business differently.
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Layman's explanation of Skype
Thu, 12th Jul 2012
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Skype simplifies global communication with free voice/video calls and instant messaging.
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Continuity & integrity in datacentres
Wed, 11th Jul 2012
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Datacentres face complex challenges in maintaining continuity and data integrity during power outages, despite advances in server virtualisation.
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Ingram Micro FlexCloud events this week
Wed, 11th Jul 2012
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Cloud computing is broadly considered the way of the future, but it isn’t exactly fait accompli for every business.
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News: beta iCloud website, expensive Thunderbolt cables, App Store Sandboxing, and more!
Wed, 4th Jul 2012
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Apple has unveiled a new beta of the iCloud website that features a few new apps that aren't currently available to consumers on the normal iCloud website.
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Twitter cuts links with LinkedIn
Tue, 3rd Jul 2012
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Twitter slashes its social ties with LinkedIn, stopping the automatic syncing of user tweets to their LinkedIn profiles.
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News: higher prices for Mac users, Apple's Reno data center, iCloud and the App Store, and more!
Wed, 27th Jun 2012
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Orbitz targets Mac users with pricier options, while Apple invests $1bn in Reno data centre and faces iCloud, App Store issues.
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App of the Week: a bit of fun
Wed, 27th Jun 2012
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From flicking paper in offices to calculating life stats, explore the quirky apps turning dull moments into fun!.
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News: inside the Retina display, Apple and Liquidmetal, Thunderbolt Ethernet adaptor, and more!
Tue, 19th Jun 2012
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iFixit uncovers the engineering prowess behind Apple's Retina display, revealing a marvel marred only by repair challenges.
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Cheaters won’t prosper in Max Payne 3
Wed, 13th Jun 2012
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Rockstar introduces a 'Cheater's Pool' in Max Payne 3, quarantining rather than banning cheaters, in a lenient take on online fairness.
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Deja vu as RimuHosting takes over HostingDirect’s VPS business
Tue, 12th Jun 2012
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RimuHosting takes the reins of HostingDirect's VPS business, promising a seamless transition for clients, echoing a similar move in 2009.
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Make more money from managed services
Mon, 11th Jun 2012
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Resellers boost earnings using GFI MAX's unified dashboard for customer management, streamlining tasks from security to disaster recovery.
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Game review: Diablo III
Mon, 28th May 2012
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Diablo III shatters sales records, offering a seamless blend of multiplayer and single-player action, despite facing launch night woes.
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IBM completes major upgrade for AUT
Fri, 25th May 2012
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Shift from leasing to ownership structure signifies first step in five-year deal.
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Hacking claims dog Diablo III
Fri, 25th May 2012
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Blizzard assures users the only breaches it has seen have come from password theft - but a lot of people aren't convinced.
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Brocade and NEC announce SDN partnership
Wed, 23rd May 2012
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Brocade and NEC forge a strategic SDN partnership, aiming to revolutionise data centre and WAN management with open standards solutions.
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News: Mountain Lion automatic downloads, the state of IPv6 in OS X, and more!
Mon, 21st May 2012
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Apple's Mountain Lion to introduce automatic downloads across devices, beefs up IPv6 support, and commits to 100% renewable energy for data centres.
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Seeby is back with purchase of Net24
Tue, 15th May 2012
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Acquisition signals a serious expansion strategy for Orcon founder Seeby Woodhouse, following 18 months quietly re-growing the Voyager brand.
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Off-site datacentre solution opportunities
Wed, 9th May 2012
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How resellers can go where data centre operators can't, and use data centre services to provide total solutions to customers.
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Servers stretched in latest Guild Wars 2 beta
Mon, 30th Apr 2012
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Guild Wars 2 beta packed as 'hundreds of thousands' test the servers, sparking positive buzz. The game's unique questing and no fees impress.
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Dell announces 40GB blade server switch
Fri, 27th Apr 2012
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Dell unveils a groundbreaking 40GB blade server switch, promising up to 10x better performance for BI workloads, set to revolutionise data centres.