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Cern: Where the Big Bang meets big data The home of the Large Hadron Collider is to be a testbed for developing big data technologies Read more Resource of the day Power Distribution for Data Centers: AC vs. DC Examine this detailed analysis and model and discover that many of the benefits commonly stated for DC distribution are unfounded. Find out why high-efficiency AC will emerge as the right choice for data center power distribution. More from TechRepublic   Sony Xperia P, Xperia U and Xperia sola launched in Singapore Aussie IT job numbers down one fifth VMware: Why your datacentre needs to be as good as Google's Agile grows up and new challenges emerge On the road? My seven tips for keeping hackers at bay News from ZDNet   NPD: Apple continued to dominate mobile PC shipments in Q1 IBM bans Siri: Privacy risk, or corporate paranoia at its best? Microsoft: 500 million will run Windows 8 in 2013 First test for Googlarola: ICS updates Build your own open-source cloud with ownCloud 4 Nokia changes date and scale of Nokia World Lenovo's next growth act will be much trickier Oracle announces Oracle VM Server for x86 Release 3.1 SAP eyes creating cloud super network with Ariba acquisition SAP gets huge cloud and extended business process boost with Ariba acquisition Apple's next iPhone: 4-inch display; 12.5% more productivity GPlayer fills the iOS void left by VLC Five Android apps worth paying for Leap Motion gesture-control module takes on Microsoft Kinect for Windows News from CNET   FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit U.S. spy agency looking to train students in cyber ops Jonathan Ive: Apple's current work is 'most important' yet Google's Page: Our search was pretty bad five years ago Samsung Galaxy S III smashes preorder records in U.K. Amazon Prime acquires access to Paramount films Anonymous attacks Justice Dept., nabbing 1.7GB of data Dell's first quarter, outlook: Uh-oh Nokia shakes up Nokia World: 'Less CES, more SXSW' Tablet power is in the platform Why Apple needs to settle its e-book suits VCs' next big things: Big data, drugs, and education ITC judge recommends banning Xbox imports Firefox flirts with Blekko for 'instant' search Will Lego produce a hardware hacker's idea of a set for girls? (photos) New Comcast services threaten wireless text and data revenue Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business If you've been stuck using bare bones, web-based tools, you'll appreciate the full featured collaboration in MS Office 365. Check out this live webcast to learn more about Microsoft Office 365, and why it's the best office suite on the market. Today's recommended downloads Social Media Analytics: Making Customer Insights Actionable (IBM) Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business (Microsoft) Ready for Anything: Preparing for The Future of Communications (IBM) IBM and a Smarter Insurance Industry (IBM) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn)   About this newsletter The Tech Sanity Check newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner TechRepublic Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow my Twitter feed (@jasonhiner) or my Google+ feed (+Jason Hiner). Connect with TechRepublic Reading online privacy policies cost us $781 billion per year Michael Kassner interviews two privacy researchers who feel we are spending too much to understand privacy policies. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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[TechRepublic] Get So.cl with Microsoft

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Poll: Is Microsoft's So.cl an idea with a bright future? Microsoft has stealthily released a nascent social network designed to be used by students as a collaborative learning tool. Read more Resource of the day Disk Performance Analyzer for Networks What's slowing your network down? Find out fast with powerful, free software that gives you a network-wide at-a-glance view of fragmentation accumulation. Discover bottlenecks before they cost you time and effort tracking them down. Quick Tip: Disable the Sticky and Filter Keys in Windows While accessibility features are terrific for those who need them, they can be annoyance for those who don't. Read more Posts from TechRepublic   On the road? My seven tips for keeping hackers at bay Hackers aren't always miles away. They can be sitting next to you waiting for the chance to get into your device and onto your network. Read more Three tools for better searching in Google Apps There are at least three third-party add-on tools that provide better and faster searching for Google App users. Read more What is the best font to use in a resume? Could the font you use in your resume really be that important? You bet it can. Read more A quick Word trick for typing text into a scanned document This quick trick will have you up filling in scanned paper forms in less than two minutes. Read more Posts from ZDNet   Will Windows Phone's bumpy start eventually lead to success? How long will it really take for Microsoft to grab even ten percent of the worldwide smartphone market? Read more Featured multimedia   Desktop wallpaper: Eclipses Solar and lunar eclipses are some of the most fascinating astronomical events to take place and still be visible from the Earth's surface. View on site Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business (Microsoft) Local vs. Cloud: Closing the Gap with WAN Optimization (Riverbed) Optimize the Virtual Environment without Draining Your Resources (Condusiv Technologies) Simplified Management in the Real World with VMware vCenter Operations (VMware) SuccessFactors White Paper: Leaders Drive Productivity (SuccessFactors) Favorite Windows How do I   How do I remap my keyboard with KeyTweak? How do I back up my important data with Yadis Backup? How do I turn off the Caps Lock key? How do I create and configure a network with Windows 7 HomeGroup?   Connect with TechRepublic Five of the most addictive smartphone apps There are hundred of thousands of apps available, and some of them are literally irresistible. Here are five of the most addictive apps. Did the app you can't live without make the list? TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise Cracking Open 10 Things

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[TechRepublic] SonicWALL routers and dropped ARP packets

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SonicWALL routers and dropped ARP packets Mark Pimperton describes how more secure handling of ARP packets by a new router caused a baffling loss of both Internet connections after 15 minutes. Read more Resource of the day Research shows the market is aggressively moving away from tape-based backup and recovery processes. Demand is exploding for purpose built backup alliances. Download the 2011-2015 report now! How to switch boot partitions through a VPN tunnel Daryl Lucas explains how he rebooted his office PC into a different OS while tunneled into it through a VPN tunnel. Read more Managing Macs in a Windows shop, part 3 Lauren Malhoit walks through setting up Profile Manager and Time Machine using the Mac server. Read more PCI DSS compliance for a small business--part 2 Mark Pimperton tackles stubborn weak ciphers and mysterious port scan failures to pass external vulnerability scans and maintain compliance. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Add transitions and custom animations to presentations in LibreOffice Impress Discover how to bring your presentation to life with effects and custom animations in LibreOffice's Impress tool. Read more Agile grows up and new challenges emerge The conversation shift from "why should we adopt agile?" to "how can we adapt to agile across the enterprise?" presents a new set of cultural and tactical challenges. Read more What you should know about Windows 8 security features Alfonso Barreiro takes a detailed look at all the security features available in each edition of Windows 8, including what's brand new, improved, and carried over from previous versions. Read more Featured Webcast Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business If you've been stuck using bare bones, web-based tools, you'll appreciate the full featured collaboration in MS Office 365. Check out this live webcast to learn more about Microsoft Office 365, and why it's the best office suite on the market. Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report Stop Wasting Time and Money on Bad Data (Melissa Data Corp) Live Webcast: Getting to Microsoft Office 365: The Right Migration for Your Business (Microsoft) Remote support for PCs, Macs and Smartphones (LogMeIn) Perennial favorites   How to keep your website up to date on a small budget A simple framework for SMB IT risk management Anti-virus to web filtering: A glance into a small company's IT system toolbox Cloud computing tools for small businesses Connect with TechRepublic Five of the most addictive smartphone apps There are hundred of thousands of apps available, and some of them are literally irresistible. Here are five of the most addictive apps. Did the app you can't live without make the list? TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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