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Hackers exploit new Java zero-day bug
Just five days after a Google researcher published information of an unpatched Java bug, a compromised song lyrics site is sending users to a Russian attack server exploiting the flaw to install malware, an antivirus firm said. Read More


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Cloud Computing: Keep your Business Moving
When disaster strikes, business must keep moving. Combing the advantages of a cloud computing infrastructure, IBM helps deliver business continuity and resiliency solutions based on tested methodologies, architecture, and information management designed specifically for your enterprise. Learn More

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Integrating and Automating Composite Applications
Batch Application Integration allows you to process critical transactions, such as payment authorizations, in real-time, and cue fulfillment (such as packaging and shipping) or other lower priority actions for batch processing. Learn more about Batch Application Integration, and how BMC CONTROL-M makes it possible. Learn More

Interop history quiz
How well versed are you on the shenanigans at the Interop trade show over the years? Read More

Microsoft acts to avoid Windows blue screen repeat
Microsoft took steps Tuesday to avoid repeating the debacle two months ago that left Windows XP users staring at the notorious "Blue Screen of Death" after they applied a patch. Read More

Cisco Courts SMBs With Additions to Unified Communications
Today, Cisco announced a handful of new additions to its Services Ready Platform, Wireless VPN Firewall, and Cisco 100 Unmanaged Switch lineups aimed at small businesses. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide
Network Rightsizing is an evolutionary approach to network design that significantly reduces costs while simultaneously increasing mobility for campus and enterprise users. This guide provides a methodology to enable IT to break away from the status quo of port-based network architectures, allowing an unprecedented reduction in cost and complexity. Read More!

Spectrum analysis to be built-into Aruba's Wi-Fi product line
Aruba Networks will offer radio spectrum analysis built-into its line of 802.11n Wi-Fi access points for the enterprise market. Read More

Will Palm's sale create a windfall for U2's Bono and partners?
U2's Bono is part of the investment team for U.S.-based Elevation Partners, which has invested in Palm. News broke this week that Palm is looking for a buyer. Read More

Facebook beefs up site against hackers
Facebook is employing aggressive legal means in combination with technical measures in order to stop hackers from abusing its social-networking site, according to its chief security officer, Max Kelly. Read More


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Minimize Datacenter Costs with Server Offload
This technical guide helps you learn how to reduce your server costs up to 60%. You'll gain valuable information on how Citrix NetScaler helps reduce datacetner costs with server and infrastructure offload. Read More!

Android in 2013: Beyond Smartphones
Last week, I began the "Android in 2013" series, projecting where Android will be a few years' out. That initial post focused on what people usually think of with respect to Android: smartphones. However, the little green guy is already being used beyond smartphones, and there is no indication that this will change during the next few years. Read More

Could open source overtake the iPhone?
A Linux official sees parallels between the iPhone's momentum and technologies from now-defunct Sun Microsystems. Read More

Giving up a VoIP deal to do the right thing
I was put in a position with a school system in which they wanted to upgrade to VoIP and also upgrade the network. They had already made some poor choices in platforms, telecommunication companies and partners. They were looking for my company to come in and help them spend a lot of money. Read More

NASA to rocket humanoid robot to International Space Station
Perhaps taking a page from a Star Wars script, NASA said today it will send its newest humanoid robot known as Robonaut2 - or R2 -- capable of using the same tools as humans letting them work closely with people into space onboard the space shuttle's final mission. Read More



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10 useful Google Chrome Experiments
Google's Chrome Experiments is a Web site that showcases JavaScript programs which deliver a rich user-graphics experience. To date, there are about 80 projects featured on Chrome Experiments. Here are the 10 most useful.

Interop history quiz
The venerable networking tradeshow Interop convenes this month in Las Vegas. Answer the following 10 questions about Interop, keep score and see how you stack up at the end.

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