The World's Worst PowerPoint Presentations

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	The World's Worst PowerPoint Presentations Most of you have probably had to make a PowerPoint presentation, so you probably know the basic PowerPoint rules: Use a lot of bullet points. Don't overdo the text. Avoid multimedia excesses. It might seem like pretty basic stuff to you, oh PowerPoint Guru, but unfortunately it's not so obvious to some other people. We took a stroll through the PowerPoint presentation-sharing site, Slideshare.net, and found a scarily large number of really bad PowerPoint presentations. Here are some of the worst (or should we say best?) ones of the bunch. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). 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. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue Giant W.A.S.P Sniffs Out Insecure Wi-Fi Wozniak recalls role of memory in Apple's early days McAfee inside: How Intel bid could shake up IT security Most popular stories this week: Aug. 20 Facebook Places could spark new privacy fire Protect Your Network from Facebook Malware Google makes Chrome devs dig into pockets Executive steps down for review of Apple kickback charges Nokia kills social networking application WHITE PAPER: Sybase IT Guide to Managing Personal Devices in the Enterprise You can't avoid it any longer: Developing a strategy for managing employees' personal mobile devices. Get this paper and learn how to create a more secure and manageable mobile enterprise. It's yours, compliments of Sybase. Read More Giant W.A.S.P Sniffs Out Insecure Wi-Fi A pair of hackers have created the ultimate gadget for finding unsecured Wi-Fi connections -- one made with a surplus US Army drone. "Mike" and "Rich", also known as Rabbit Hole, created the autonomous W.A.S.P (Wi-Fi Aerial Surveillance Platform) to fly around and find people's insecure Internet connections. Read More Wozniak recalls role of memory in Apple's early days Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak shared memories about memory on Thursday at the Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California. Read More McAfee inside: How Intel bid could shake up IT security Intel has pledged that its proposed $7.68 billion McAfee buyout will result in more secure networked devices through an integration of software and hardware that will challenge offerings from other big security vendors and perhaps change the way in which security is delivered to enterprise IT shops. Read More WHITE PAPER: Websense Seven Criteria for Evaluating SaaS The right Security-as-a-Service solution can perform reliably and effectively and deliver the flexibility and control associated with on-premise solutions — at a significantly lower cost — without compromising privacy and security. Read More Most popular stories this week: Aug. 20 This week's top stories were all about conflict - Torch vs. iPhone, Apple Graphics Tablet vs. iPad, Microsoft vs. Google. But there were exceptions, like the story about the number of devices connected to the Internet. Check out the full list. Read More Facebook Places could spark new privacy fire With its new location-based Places feature, Facebook may have just lit the match that will ignite another round of privacy controversy. Read More Protect Your Network from Facebook Malware Reports are circulating of yet another malware scam targeting Facebook users. The sheer size of the social network, combined with the inherent trust users place in messages from friends and family through Facebook make it a prime target for malware attacks to exploit. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware Applications: 6 Articles on the Latest Thinking This eGuide addresses application performance management efforts, especially those supporting next-generation enterprise initiatives and better coordination between IT and users. These articles explore the latest thinking on application performance management tools and best practices. Read now Google makes Chrome devs dig into pockets Google announced it would require new Chrome extension developers to pay a one-time $5 registration fee as a way to stymie malicious add-ons for its browser. Read More Executive steps down for review of Apple kickback charges A top executive at JLJ Holdings, the parent company of a Singapore-based Apple supplier named in an alleged kickback scheme, has stepped down from his position "for the time being" as the company pursues an investigation of the charges, it said Thursday. Read More Nokia kills social networking application Nokia's Messaging for Social Networks will never make it out of the beta stage. On Friday, Nokia said it is discontinuing the application and instead will use what it has learned in the upcoming N8 smartphone. Read More
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