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Malicious code that comes with release notes?

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Malicious code that comes with release notes?
I was astonished when Mike Dausin of security provider HP TippingPoint briefed me on a new state of network security report and explained how much more sophisticated writers of malicious code had become. Their code is much cleaner than it had been in years past and that recently, some updated versions of this code had actually come with release notes. Read More


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Gartner Research Note: Load Balancers are Dead
Gartner Research Note "Load Balancers are Dead: Time to Focus on Application Delivery" helps you understand how to replace your basic load balancing technology and focus on getting the highest availability, performance and security for your web apps. Includes key recommendations you can use. Read now!

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Load Testing: Best Practices to Ensure Holiday Success
The holidays drive more traffic to your website and have great revenue potential, but have you done everything you can to make the most of the season? There are only a few months left until the rush begins. Making sure you site is ready requires planning and testing – starting now. View Now

Internet Explorer 9: A Visual Tour
The public beta of Internet Explorer 9 is here. Have a look at some of the changes and new features it introduces. Read More

Akamai: Why our IPv6 upgrade is harder than Google's
Akamai says one of its key engineering projects for 2010 is revamping its massively distributed network infrastructure to support IPv6, the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol. Read More

VMware, others to divvy up Novell?
VMware may purchase Novell for its Linux assets, the Wall Street Journal reports. Read More


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Inside Intel's security organization
The "Here You Have" e-mail virus that ripped across the Internet last week didn't leave Intel unscathed: The 80,000-plus employee company had 4,400 employees click on the malware and wound up with 400 infected machines. Read More

Buzzblog: Fly on the wall says Apple made Newsday kill iPad app ad
Yesterday we were speculating about whether Apple was behind the sudden disappearance from YouTube of a newspaper's funny iPad app ad that depicted a Dad "forgetting" that an iPad is not a rolled up newspaper and using it to swat a fly ... with predictable results; the iPad shatters into a million pieces and we all get a good laugh. Read More

Chrome 7 Will Get 60 Times Faster, Google Says
Microsoft's hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 9 may be dominating the headlines this week, but Chrome isn't waiting around for the dust to settle. Read More


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10 Tips for IP-based Communications
With IP telephony, the goal is to stop maintaining two parallel networks for voice and data. This white paper provides 10 tips to simplify management of VoIP and UC and achieve the end goal of self-service IP-based communications. Read More!

Researchers issue homemade patch for PDF zero-day bug
Research firm RamzAfzar this week issued a home-brewed patch that appears to fix a critical bug in the popular Adobe Reader software. Read More

Avaya's new portable isn't a tablet, it's a 'desktop video device'
Avaya had barely unveiled its new portable video device on Wednesday when just about everybody started calling it the Flare Tablet. Read More

8 Cloud Security Concepts You Should Know
Cloud security isn't that hard. It's really just traditional security concerns in a distributed and multi tenant environment. The challenge for most organizations is getting past the hype of what a cloud is. Read More

NASA introduces its R2 robot and Shuttle mission STS-133
NASA's next Space Shuttle mission, STS-133, will have an extra passenger in the shape of the R2 robot. We spoke to NASA Payloads Specialist Scott Higginbotham about the robot and the upcoming mission. Read More



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