Former NSA tech chief: I don't trust the cloud; Apple abolishes Wi-Fi scanners

	Apple Abolishes Wi-Fi Scanners From App Store | Report: North Korea develops own Linux distribution
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	Former NSA tech chief: I don't trust the cloud The former National Security Agency technical director told the RSA Conference he doesn't trust cloud services and bluntly admonished vendors for leaving software vulnerabilities unpatched sometimes for years. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed WAN Optimization Can Multiply IT Efficiencies Data center consolidation, regulatory compliance and a more distributed environment are some of the IT initiatives making a comprehensive and robust disaster recovery plan more important than ever before. The Enterprise Strategy Group highlights trends in DR, the role of virtualization and the impact of WAN optimization. Learn more. 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Apple Abolishes Wi-Fi Scanners From App Store iPhone apps that find Wi-Fi hotspots by actively scanning for them are no longer welcome in Apple's App Store, Softpedia reports. Read More Report: North Korea develops own Linux distribution North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows. Read More 10 Best iPhone Role Playing Games Everything from action RPGs like Across Age to first-person Oblivion-esque titles like Ravensword. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Develop Effective user Management With IBM, organizations can develop comprehensive solutions to help gain visibility into business continuity risks, achieve control over utilization of sensitive business assets and automate a variety of processes for managing access to critical assets and data. Read more FCC broadband czar defends national plan Blair Levin, who is overseeing the creation of a national broadband Plan, told Computerworld that a final version will be submitted to Congress by March 17, right on schedule. Read More Definition of 'broadband' still a secret in U.S. plan The National Broadband Plan is due to reach Congress in two weeks, but there is still some mystery about how the plan will define the term "broadband." Read More News podcast: Network World 360 Three University of Michigan computer scientists say they have found a way to exploit a weakness in RSA security technology used to protect everything from media players to smartphones and e-commerce servers. Also, a new survey from the Ponemon Institute says identity thieves are increasingly going after medical information data and services. (4:50) Read More WEBCAST: HP Improve Tracking of VM Devices Virtualization has a major impact on the network and those who manage it, making it difficult to gain visibility to inter-VM traffic. This Webcast addresses the challenges – from operating expenses and compliance to security and management. Learn best practices to alleviate some of the burden virtualization has placed on the network. Listen now Microsoft envisions ultra-modular data centers In the years to come, Microsoft's data centers may not be huge buildings tightly packed with server racks, but rather rows of small, stand-alone IT units spread across acres and acres of cool, cheap land. Read More Microsoft to spend $9.5 billion on research in 2010 Microsoft plans to spend $9.5 billion on research and development this year, which a senior executive said Thursday is more than any competitor. Read More IBM aims to replace copper chip interconnects with light IBM researchers are a step closer to developing chips that use pulses of light instead of electrical signals to carry information between them. Read More Chinese attacks like the one against Google are on pace to double this year Recent Internet attacks from China against Google and other U.S. companies will more than double this year if the pace during the first two months continues, a security expert says at RSA Conference. Read More Security firms help shut down Mariposa botnet The cybercriminals behind the Mariposa botnet, which attacked 13 million computers worldwide, stealing sensitive personal data such as social networking logins and credit card details, have been arrested, says Panda Security and Defence Intelligence. Read More
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