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Microsoft eating its virtualisation dogfoodview story

http://www.itwire.com – Microsoft is using Hyper-V on its production systems to reduce the amount of hardware required and to respond more quickly to changing user needs. (IT news)

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When Microsoft hardware works more easily on Ubuntu than XPview story

http://www.itwire.com – How often have you heard the words "it's difficult to get this software/hardware working on Linux, that's why it hasn't caught the mass imagination"? (IT news)

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Hybrid cloud adoption part of the near futureview story

http://www.itwire.com – A Microsoft executive has predicted that 80% of organisations will be using a mix of on-premises and cloud software in as little as three years time. (IT news)

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Server virtualisation "hugely successful": Microsoftview story

http://www.itwire.com – Virtualisation is now mainstream and Hyper-V is gaining traction at VMware sites, according to Microsoft's server virtualisation guy. (IT news)

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Praise for NBN from an unexpected quarterview story

http://www.itwire.com – A private sector executive in the home of free enterprise has backed the Federal Government's decision to put public money into the creation of the National Broadband Network (NBN). (IT news)

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Microsoft R&D lab in the vanguard of data centre greeningview story

http://www.itwire.com – A Microsoft facility has taken a different approach to housing and cooling a large number of systems. (IT news)

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A slip of the box-art - Fable III will run on Windowsview story

http://www.itwire.com – An early release of the proposed box art for the latest version of Fable - Fable III has a small 'blemish.'  A small stamp at the top has the words "Only on Xbox 360 & Windows" surrounded by a green rectangle. (IT news)

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"It's the worst virus we've ever seen," and other such nonsenseview story

http://www.itwire.com – Over the past few days, news outlets have been emulating those bogus virus warnings we regularly receive from well-meaning friends.  Here's the short answer: Khobe isn't a problem. (IT news)

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Gamekeeper turns poacher? Industry analyst joins Ericssonview story

http://www.itwire.com – Ericsson Australia/NZ has appointed Warren Chaisatien as strategic marketing manager. (IT news)

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Juniper set to unveil first 'Stratus data centre networking productsview story

http://www.itwire.com – Juniper is expected to unveil on Monday the first products embodying its new 'flat' for data centre networking, announced in February 2009 as the Stratus Project, and has hinted at very significant efficiency gains for data centre networks. (IT news)

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Skype debuts videoconferencing serviceview story

http://www.itwire.com – Skype has unveiled plans to offer a videoconferencing service and has made a beta version available for up to five Windows users. (IT news)

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Laser: 50 years old, still tech focusedview story

http://www.itwire.com – The word laser was originally the acronym LASER, which stood for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation." Now, fifty years since its invention, we look back to its origin and its future.   (IT news)