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	Old electronics don't die, they pile up and up and up and... The electronic waste industry is booming and not necessarily in a good way. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that the US federal government discards some 10,000 computers per week and Pike Research says the number of electronic devices at end-of-life will double from 2010 to 2025. It is estimated that as much as 60 million tons of e-waste could end up as landfill. There are many efforts to stem the tide of course -- the European Commission recently said that by 2015 75% of e-waste must be recovered and 65% of it recycled (after 2020, 85% must be recycled). Here we take a look at where old electronics really go to die most of the time. Read More   WEBCAST: HP Intel VMware   The Cloud: Why the Hybrid Cloud May Be Best A combination of the public and private cloud, the hybrid cloud fits the needs of a broad range of enterprises. View Now! In this Issue Can anybody catch Amazon? There are tragedies and then there are sunset photos New global warming rules put the heat on data centers NSA Revelations Prompt Tech Industry to Call for Privacy Safeguards Fortinet, McAfee among first to support VMware NSX net virtualization Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message Cisco Live Distinguished Speaker Hall of Fame: First Female Inductee ADC: It's a platform, not a product 10 scenes from Ballmer's Microsoft RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Powerful and secure remote support with LogMeIn Rescue For companies that want to compete in their industry, improving the customer experience is a top priority. To do that, having an on-demand remote support solution is essential. That's why companies around the world choose LogMeIn Rescue to provide powerful, secure support of any device, anytime, anywhere. Rescue offers a simple, reliable interface packed with all the features technicians want. Check out LogMeIn Rescue to learn more and start your free trial today. Can anybody catch Amazon? It is quite a stretch for most cloud service providers to match the geographical reach of Amazon Web Services. Read More   There are tragedies and then there are sunset photos While it's true that I am easily amused, I cannot be the only one who read this headline on Slate today and laughed. The tragedy of the sunset photo? Tragedy? ... Talk about your first world problems. Read More   New global warming rules put the heat on data centers California is rolling out a new law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from electric generating plants, and the cost of the effort is expected to be passed along to data centers, which are among the biggest consumers of electric power in the state. Read More   NSA Revelations Prompt Tech Industry to Call for Privacy Safeguards Leading trade organizations representing tech firms call on White House to tighten privacy and transparency requirements associated with government's electronic surveillance programs. Read More   Fortinet, McAfee among first to support VMware NSX net virtualization   Even though the NSX network virtualization software VMware is unveiling Monday at the VMworld Conference won't be available until year-end, security vendors such as Fortinet and McAfee are already throwing their weight behind it. Read More   Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message It was 22 years ago on Sunday that Linus Torvalds announced in a newsgroup posting that he was creating a free operating system, a message he echoed in his announcement Sunday of the latest Linux kernel release candidate. Read More   Cisco Live Distinguished Speaker Hall of Fame: First Female Inductee "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." ~William Arthur Ward Shelly is one of those "great teachers that inspire"!! Truth be told I would never have known what a great speaker she is had I not seen the announcement of her as an inductee into the Distinguished Speaker Hall of Fame. She makes the complex seemlingly... Read More   ADC: It's a platform, not a product It was a decade ago, in 2003, when Gartner first defined the application delivery controller (ADC). At that time, ADC was little more than the marriage of load balancing and offload technology. Read More   10 scenes from Ballmer's Microsoft As word spread of Steve Ballmer's impending retirement, Microsoft shares soared 8% higher. Read More
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