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Triple trouble: Satellite sees three hurricanes in the Pacific

A weather satellite looked down on the Pacific over the weekend and caught sight of three separate major hurricanes.

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Apple, Cisco link up so your iPhones, iPads will run faster at work

Apple and Cisco tout a "fast lane" for the devices that allow iPhones and iPads to more quickly run through Cisco's network.

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VMware's got just one more thing you need to build a software-defined data center

EVO SDDC takes Virtzilla's best bits to build hybrid clouds

VMworld 2015 For the last couple of years, VMware has been talking up the software-defined data center and saying it can deliver it with vSphere and flagship products like VSAN, NSX, and vRealize.…

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VMware unleashes vCAOS on the world

VMware's vCloud Air Object Storage with either Google or EMC ViPR

VMware is launching a cloud object storage service based on either the public Google cloud, or EMC ViPR for a private cloud alternative.…

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'Star Wars' or 'Star Trek'? The debate rages on in new video

Get ready to boldly go where no Jedi has gone before in this video from WatchMojo that tries to settle the "Star Wars" vs. "Star Trek" showdown once and for all.

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Amazon SNS Notification Is Now Available for Amazon IP Ranges Updates

You can now subscribe to Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) notifications for changes of AWS' IP address ranges. We publish the IP address ranges for AWS and specific services, like Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon CloudFront, and Amazon Route 53 in a JSON file. You can use these ranges to update your firewalls or other configurations. Now you can use this Amazon SNS notification to automate the updates. For more information, see http://ift.tt/14ZcFtR.

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Samsung's new challenge: Sharing the smartwatch market with Apple

For the first time, Samsung will be launching a wearable while a device from key rival Apple is available. But don't count Samsung out yet.

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Ashley Madison says it's adding new members despite hack

The extramarital-dating site boasts that hundreds of thousands of new members have joined despite a cyberattack that exposed customer data.

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Driver posing for selfie crashed into tree, police say

Technically Incorrect: A Maine man had seven people in his car. He still allegedly needed to pose with them for a photo.

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JetComfy pillow has extendable arm for in-flight nap ninjas

You can take a snooze in cramped airline seats without drooling on your neighbor when you use a pillow with an arm that holds the cushion in place by your face.