The 10 bloodiest battles Microsoft and Google fought in 2010

	Former contractor says FBI put back door in OpenBSD | Sheriff's Office mistakenly posts informant, others' data online
	Network World Daily News AM
	TOP STORY: The 10 bloodiest battles Microsoft and Google fought in 2010 Microsoft and Google battle on a dizzying number of fronts. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Are You Ready for Real Business? (Xerox) Companies around the globe know it's better to let Xerox handle their back-office business-process needs so they can focus on what matters most: their real business. Learn more about their new services including finance and accounting outsourcing, human resource services, customer care and IT outsourcing. Get ready for real business> Former contractor says FBI put back door in OpenBSD A former government contractor says that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation installed a number of back doors into the encryption software used by the OpenBSD operating system. Read More Sheriff's Office mistakenly posts informant, others' data online The Sheriff's Office in Mesa County, Colorado mistakenly posted to a publicly available Web site a database containing names, Social Security numbers and contact information on confidential drug informants, suspects, and victims in criminal investigations. Read More WHITE PAPER: Load Balancers Are Dead! (F5 Networks) Get Gartner's take on: * Which vendors are leading the ADC market * Key recommendations on what you should do today * How to find a feature-rich ADC View the Gartner report, compliments of F5 Networks! Read now! Mozilla expands bug rewards for other web apps Mozilla has expanded the scope of its vulnerability reward program and will now pay out for problems found within applications used across its websites. Read More Netflix touts open source, ignores Linux If Netflix loves open source, where's the Linux client? Read More WHITE PAPER: Solve Your Toughest Planning and Scheduling Problems (IBM) Optimization is unique simply by being the mathematical discipline focused on efficiency. Along with statistics and predictive analytics, it is one of the two mathematical disciplines used most frequently in the world of business. Read Now Huge EFF win: Fourth Amendment protects email privacy The U.S. Appeals Court ruled that stored email is protected by the Fourth Amendment. This federal decision will hopefully urge Congress to update the law so when the feds secretly demand a user's email, but do not have probable cause, an email provider can safely say, "Oh yeah? Come back with a warrant." Read More Yahoo lays off 600 people Yahoo confirmed that it has laid off 600 people, following news reports often based on Twitter messages from employees who had been let go. Read More WHITE PAPER: How CIOs Can Help Drive Business Returns (IBM) The challenges encountered during attempts to gather, codify and distribute knowledge can be daunting. The answer for many organizations and their CIOs is Web 2.0 adapted for business—an environment that provides secure and integrated collaboration tools which allow employees to harness the total knowledge of the extended enterprise. Read now! Google, Microsoft join Obama to fight phony pharmacies High-tech heavy hitters--including Google and Microsoft--announced support for a new non-profit organization pledged to back the Obama administration's effort to crackdown on illegal internet pharmacies. Read More NASA Hubble telescope spots galactic holiday ornament Sometimes when you see these amazing images from space you almost cannot believe they are real. Read More FBI investigating Gawker Media hack The FBI confirmed to PC World that it is investigating the recent intrusion by a group of hackers into Gawker Media's servers last weekend. The hack exposed more than 200,000 reader e-mail addresses and passwords, and the data is now circulating online as a peer-to-peer torrent file. Read More IBM readies Lotus Notes Traveler for Android IBM is ready to ship an Android-compatible new version of its push-based e-mail software Lotus Notes Traveler. Read More Net neutrality supporters question Genachowski plan Many groups that want net neutrality rules don't like a proposal from the FCC's chairman. Read More
	FILL OUT A SURVEY, GET REWARDED Get a free Starbucks gift card for participating in a Network World survey about application performance management best practices. Research firm NetForecast is surveying enterprises about APM practices for an upcoming Network World article. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 Starbucks gift card. Click here. DECEMBER GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS SharePoint 2010 power user training for three people from Webucator, plus a brand new iPad available from Microsoft Subnet. Five massive libraries on CCNP, security, NX-OS up for grabs on Cisco Subnet. Enter to win! SLIDESHOWS Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2010 Here's a look back at the year's most memorable – for better or worse – celebrity moments in technology. Top 15 Holiday Deals on Notebooks, Netbooks, and Desktops Black Friday is gone, Cyber Monday is history, and Cyber Week is over, but the deals are still around--if you know where to look. The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and retailers are offering great computer discounts to fit everyone's budget. Take a look inside to find netbooks for $300, desktops with widescreen monitors for under $600, and 15-inch laptops starting at $400. Check it out. MOST-READ STORIES Goodbye Internet, we hardly knew ye? Gawker hack is bad news for us all Apple quietly drops iOS jailbreak detection API Favorite cheap network tools Cisco's most recent acquisition gains it network management Jackass IT: Stunts, idiocy and hero hacks Gawker hack analysis reveals incredibly weak passwords Nortel wireless patents have Apple, Google battling again Microsoft, Google spread malware hidden in holiday ads Gmail users unexpectedly spend a weekend without e-mail Get more IT peer perspective online: LinkedIn Group | Facebook | Twitter
	You are currently subscribed to networkworld_daily_news_alert as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2010 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **