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	New malware overwrites software updaters For the first time security researchers have spotted a type of malicious software that overwrites update functions for other applications, which could pose additional long-term risks for users. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! 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Learn More China's Great Firewall spreads to U.S. A networking error has caused computers in Chile and the U.S. to come under the control of the Great Firewall of China, redirecting Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube users to Chinese servers. Read More Researchers sound alarm on Web app "side channel" data leaks New research from Microsoft and Indiana University has found that data leaks from Web applications such as popular tax programs and online health programs - even when encrypted -- is a real and growing threat. Read More 20 years for notorious TJX hacker Gonzalez Hacker mastermind Albert Gonzalez was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to two concurrent 20-year stints in prison for his role in what prosecutors called the "unparalleled" theft of millions of credit card numbers from major U.S. retailers. Read More iPad and other tablets score high for business use A new survey of U.S. mobile phone users finds smartphones are widely used for personal and business tasks, that users want better access to more of both kinds of data, and the top task for the impending Apple iPad is "conducting work." Read More WHITE PAPER: Arcsight Building a Successful Security Operations Center For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Learn More Hot space projects produce cool cosmic discoveries NASA, ESA and others' spacecraft and telescopes find new planet, make sense of old ones and solve cosmic mysteries. Read More Inside the Atari 1040STf The Atari ST series premiered on the PC stage 25 years ago. In honor of that important line's silver anniversary, we dissected its most prominent model. Read More Cisco takes stake in smart grid player Cisco has acquired a stake in Grid Net, a maker of smart grid and "smart home" software for utilities and their customers. The amount of the equity investment was not disclosed. Read More Coolest videos from Demo Sixty-five companies debuted products at DEMO this week. Here's a peek at some of the best demonstrations from the show. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps IT Service Management: Beyond the Myths Discover best practices and supporting technologies that deliver the straightest path to service reliability, operational efficiency and effective ROI. Also, examine three case studies that show how IT service management works in the real world. Read More! US Wireless Carriers Take Different Routes To 4G Service The buzz over new, super-fast 4G networks is louder than ever here at the CTIA 2010 show. Everybody from handset makers to network infrastructure makers to app developers to network testing companies is talking about what they are doing to prepare for or participate in the movement of the entire ecosystem of wireless companies toward fast 4G service. Read More The FCC's Broadband Plan - It's the Politics, Stupid So I finished reading through the Executive Summary of the FCC's broadband plan announced on Tuesday of last week, and I've heard the commentary on the business channels (yes, I still monitor these during the day, although I switch to another one when the all-to-frequent commercials come on). Read More Lawmakers offer support for public safety network U.S. lawmakers plan to start implementing parts of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's new national broadband plan soon by introducing legislation to pay for a nationwide wireless broadband network for public safety agencies, one lawmaker said Thursday. Read More Only a few days left to snag your CCNP cert training materials Posted by Cisco Subnet editor Julie Bort. March 31 is your last day to try and snag one of the titles in the massive CCNP training materials giveaway from Cisco Press. Cisco recently revamped its CCNP and we are giving away an entire library of stuff to help you pass the test. Read More Network World channeling The Onion or vice versa? Both items were published this past Monday, March 22. And both were centered around the familiar image of technology inventors and entrepreneurs toiling away in a garage on what will eventually become an HP, an Apple, or an Amazon.com. Or in The Onion's example, none of the above. Read More
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