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• QEMU virtualization reaches 0.11, brings 1400 changes

  Open source virtualization app QEMU has reached version 0.11 and brings some 1400 changes from 90 contributors.
  

• Desktop Virtualization and Licensing: IT Wary of Gotchas

  CIO Roxanne Reynolds-Lair of The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising wanted to bring both Macs and Windows to her college's students, administrative employees and teachers. She bought a MacBook Pro and tested new-fangled desktop virtualization software that allows her to run both Windows and OS X on a single machine.

• Virtual desktops ripe for deployment, hindered by cost

  Desktop virtualization, with its promises of improved security, manageability and flexibility, may be on the verge of huge adoption, some experts are predicting.

• Game-changing IT technologies -- and how they affect the everyday worker

  As IT evolves to support everything from virtualized desktops to mobile and social networking, new advances promise to change the way the business side of the house gets the job done. Here's a look at some of IT departments' game-changing technologies and how they affect the everyday worker.