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Sure, Apple claims the 3G is fast, but with all the problems with 3Gs connecting all over the world, just how fast is it really? The folks at Wired.com have decided to find out, and they need your help. They’d like you to test your iPhone at the TestmyiPhone.com network speed testing site, and then hit up their global ZeeMap to register your speed.

Instructions are over on their website, and they’re testing both Edge and 3G upload and download speeds, so you’ll have to run three tests total. You’ll also have to sign up for a ZeeMap account.

The eventual payoff will be a relatively clear look at iPhone speeds around the world. Wired states that they’ll eventually average global data, but there’s a lot of things that could be done with data like this — heatmaps? Speed per carrier? Once they get a good set of figures together, there’s probably all kinds of things that can be done.

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Good catch by The VAR Guy in highlighting a new marketing campaign from Red Hat:

With Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, you don’t need expensive add-on software from Veritas to enjoy the benefits of cloud computing and high availability clustering. Red Hat’s Cluster Suite can save you $

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I’ve to concur with Mike Masnick’s contention that Nicholas Negroponte is way off base in arguing that Intel and Microsoft are to blame for the One Laptop Per Child’s problems. Whatever Microsoft’s problems, a fervent desire to compete isn’t one of them. Ditto for Intel. …

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I had nearly overlooked the fact that Red Hat went public nine years ago on August 11, 1999 with one of the top-ten single biggest gains in Wall Street history. Impressive.

And yet those stock gains weren’t to last.

What did endure, however, was Red Hat’s commitment to …

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You win some, you lose some. Microsoft is getting its brand on the Beijing Olympics in more ways than one, in one case to very poor effect.

Reports from China suggest that Microsoft’s Silverlight is delivering exceptional streaming video for NBC’s Olympic coverage.

Unfortunately, Microsoft also had the shame of the Blue Screen of Death afflict the opening ceremonies, …

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