5 ridiculous tech fees you're still paying

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	5 ridiculous tech fees you're still paying We don't begrudge companies charging us a fair rate for services they provide, but when those fees are holdovers from a bygone era, are unfairly applied or abusive, or even a result of our own complacency, then they're just ... ridiculous. Read More WEBCAST: ExaGrid Disk Backup for the Mid-market: The Best In Class Solution Marc Crespi, VP Product Management of ExaGrid, will be joined by customers to discuss how ExaGrid's approach to disk backup with deduplication solved their business challenges. Learn More. In this Issue Microsoft sending mixed signals about Xbox One, Kinect, and advertising Find and fix Microsoft Office problems with Microsoft's free OffCAT utility Four-seater solar car hits 120 kph in cross-Australia race Qualcomm backtracks from Apple A7 marketing gimmick comments Wireless networks that follow you around a room, optimize themselves and even talk to each other out loud WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Make your data center available, efficient and safe We will discuss what you should expect from a world class service provider and the scope of services needed to make your data center the best it can be. Learn More. Learn More. Microsoft sending mixed signals about Xbox One, Kinect, and advertising The Xbox One's Kinect sensor can gather all kinds of data about you while you sit in front of it. Data that would be valuable for advertisers. Read More Find and fix Microsoft Office problems with Microsoft's free OffCAT utility Sometimes you'll even find issues to troubleshoot you didn't know existed Read More WEBCAST: IBM Dispelling the Top 3 Myths for Utilizing Business Analytics Many organizations are focusing on their Operations to reduce costs. Operations aligns processes to ensure customer expectations are met. In order to excel in Operations, organizations must go beyond what they've been doing with process improvement – and create and sustain smarter processes. Register Now Four-seater solar car hits 120 kph in cross-Australia race A solar-powered car carrying four people hit speeds of 120 kilometers per hour (75 miles per hour) on Tuesday as it raced across the Australian desert in this year's World Solar Challenge. Read More Qualcomm backtracks from Apple A7 marketing gimmick comments Qualcomm has backtracked from an earlier statement in which a company executive said Apple's A7 64-bit chip in the iPhone 5s is a marketing gimmick, and that the technical advance had limited benefits in mobile devices. Read More Wireless networks that follow you around a room, optimize themselves and even talk to each other out loud Graduate students at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory showed off their latest research at the university's Wireless retreat on Monday, outlining software-defined MIMO, machine-generated TCP optimization, and a localized wireless networking technique that works through sound. Read More
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