Microsoft talks cloud computing security, plans to offer private cloud software Microsoft is looking to unveil a new security structure for multi-tenant cloud environments as well as private cloud software based on the same technology used to build the Azure cloud computing platform. Analysis: TSA document release show pitfalls of electronic redaction The inadvertent posting of sensitive TSA documents this week should serve as a reminder to corporate IT operations not to overlook the security challenges of electronic document redaction. FTC: Explicit Virtual world content easy for minors to see The Federal Trade Commission today said minors can access explicit sexual and vilolent content in 70% of the virtual worlds it reviewed in a congressionally mandated report and urged virtual world operators to make key enhancements aimed at reducing the risk of youth exposure to such content. Rather than patch, Microsoft blocks buggy code Microsoft this week disclosed that it disable buggy code in older versions of Windows rather than issue a fix, an unusual move for the firm. After Criticism, Facebook Tweaks Friends List Options Facebook's new privacy controls remain a work in progress a full 24 hours after release and months after they were announced. Responding to criticism over making its users' Friends Lists public, Facebook is rolling out a new option that allows users to protect their Friends List from viewing or searching. Bugs & Fixes: Safe Boot fixes iWork and iWeb crashes A new Apple Knowledge Base article confirms that iWork software (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers)--as well as iLife's iWeb '09--may crash when running under Mac OS X 10.6.2. Or, as Apple puts it, the applications may "unexpectedly quit." The fix is easy: Just do a Safe Boot (or again, as Apple also phrases it, "Startup your Mac in Safe Mode"). To do this, start up your Mac while holding down the Shift key. When done, restart again as normal. That's it. Lack of Telework Preparedness Threatens Business Continuity Research from Telework Exchange finds organizations expect employees to work from home in a pandemic, yet don't provide adequate resources Mozilla exec suggests Firefox users move to Bing, cites Google privacy stance A Mozilla official today pointed Firefox users to the extension that adds Microsoft's Bing to the list of the browser's search engines after Google's CEO downplayed consumers' privacy concerns. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Happy 25th Anniversary, Cisco and Five Shortcuts to PCI Compliance; On Microsoft Subnet: everRun 2G: Keeps your applications highly available On Google Subnet: Google adds discussion forums, e-mail lists to Google Apps Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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