Jackass IT: Stunts, idiocy, and hero hacks

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	TOP STORY: Jackass IT: Stunts, idiocy, and hero hacks Sometimes you have to get a little crazy to find the right solution to technology problems gone absurd. Read More WEBCAST: Increase Download Completion Rates (Akamai Technologies) Join IDC for this live Webcast as new research on Electronic Software Delivery is revealed. Find out how to effectively monitor and deliver small and large downloads to ensure end user success and satisfaction. And because it's live, you can ask the experts questions specific to your environment. Register Today. Top selling or innovative gadgets from holidays past From the kitchen computer to Furby, take a stroll down Random Access Memory Lane. Read More Judge dismisses Paul Allen's patent suit against Apple, Google, others A federal judge has dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit filed by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen against Apple, Facebook, Google, YouTube, and seven other companies three months ago. Read More WHITE PAPER: PacketTrap IT Network & IT Infrastructure Management (Scriptlogic) PacketTrap IT is a comprehensive solution that solves problems with bandwidth, connectivity, network & infrastructure performance quickly & easily. PacketTrap supports multiple sites, is easier to use & more complete than traditional network monitoring products. Download a FREE 21 day trial. Learn More Modem 'hand-off' from 3G to LTE can take two minutes, Verizon says Verizon Wireless said on Friday that laptop users with USB modems on its new high-speed LTE network may experience up to a two-minute delay when switching over from a 3G coverage zone. Read More Once "explained," ancient "computer" unfolds new mysteries The 2,000-year-old Greek mechanical "computer" known as the Antikythera Mechanism continues to inspire both scientists and science fans. The geeks are suggesting the geared device may have inspired Greek astronomy, instead of the other way around, and one of the fans has created a new model of the mechanism…out of Legos. Read More WEBCAST: 10 Must-Do's for a Profitable Selling Season (NeuStar, Inc.) The e-tailing group will ensure your team is ready to realize your maximum share of holiday dollars by highlighting best practices drawn from the e-tailing group Mystery Shopping and Mindset of a Multi-Channel studies. Learn More Gawker Media hacked, warns users to change passwords E-mail addresses and password details for 200,000 registered users of Gawker Media websites are now circulating on peer-to-peer networks after a weekend hack attack. The company warned users to change their passwords -- including on other sites, if they use the same passwords elsewhere. Read More First look: Chrome OS beta's Achilles' heel is its reliance on the Web In its first public version, the forthcoming cloud-based alternative to Windows and Mac OS X is too limited by -- ironically -- the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: Get Control of Your Datacenter (Array Networks) Application Delivery Controller helps IT leverage data center technologies to quickly adapt to changing business demands. Read now! 5 Websites that used to rule the Internet These 5 giants once dominated the ancient Interwebs. While some survive, weakened, others are only kept alive by legend. Read More IPv4 Reputation Filtering Not a Long-Term Solution As public IPv4 addresses become more scarce, multiple layers of NAT will be required to sustain the Internet for years to come. Use of Large Scale NAT (LSN) systems by service providers will cause problems for many applications. Read More Hackers steal McDonald's customer data McDonald's is working with law enforcement authorities after malicious hackers broke into another company's databases and stole information about an undetermined number of the fast food chain's customers. Read More Website attackers could be easily traced, researchers say People using a tool to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against other websites in support of WikiLeaks can easily be traced, according to computer security researchers. Read More It's two, two, two phones in one LG and VMware have created a partnership intended to deliver a dual-profile mobile smartphone sometime in 2011. As a result, users should eventually be able to carry a single device that logically segments personal applications and data from work resources so that IT departments can manage and secure just the corporate "side" of the device. Read More
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