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	WikiLeaks' Assange arrested in London WikiLeaks' chief spokesman Julian Assange was arrested on Tuesday by U.K. police after turning himself in to authorities, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Faster Recovery for Windows Applications and Data Are your backup & recovery plans up to snuff? Will you be able to restore critical systems & data quickly in the event of an outage? Learn valuable information on how to protect Windows applications & data in a distributed environment. Learn about challenges in protecting & restoring Exchange, SQL, & Windows file server, & more. Learn more! In this Issue VMware to virtualize Android smartphones for business users Smartphones or laptops for mobile workers? iPhone customers dump on AT&T in Consumer Reports survey WikiLeaks furor spawns rival DDOS battles Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2010 Google engineer demos prototype Motorola Android tablet White House points to Sputnik to save tech Unwrapping Google's Android "Gingerbread" gift Retailer accused of inflating Google ranking is arrested Regulatory compliance hogs security pros' attention Hackers promoted bogus terror attack at APEC 2009 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 VMware to virtualize Android smartphones for business users VMware is teaming up with LG to sell Android smartphones that are virtualized, allowing a single phone to run two operating systems, one for business use and one for personal use. Read More Smartphones or laptops for mobile workers? Smartphones are essentially computers, capable of accessing the core corporate resources mobile workers need on the go, but laptops are still best for heavy lifting. So which platform is best for mobile workers? Tom Henderson says the limitations of smartphones are too great, while Pejman Roshan says you don't need anything more. Read what they have to say and join the debate. Read More iPhone customers dump on AT&T in Consumer Reports survey Apple iPhone users made their displeasure known with AT&T in the latest Consumer Reports wireless carrier satisfaction survey, resulting in a last place finish for the carrier. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sybase Mobility Management for Dummies In this informative Dummies Guide, you'll learn why mobility management and security is vital to your business. Plus, we'll introduce some of the best solutions and why you need to be prepared for the future—today! Read Now WikiLeaks furor spawns rival DDOS battles An anonymous, loosely affiliated group that has been responsible for a series of recent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against entertainment industry Web sites over copyright issues, has started attacking organizations viewed as being hostile to WikiLeaks, says a PandaLabs researcher. Read More Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2010 Lindsay Lohan, Lady Gaga and Stephen Colbert collide with Twitter, iPads and hackers. Read More Google engineer demos prototype Motorola Android tablet Google's chief Android engineer on Monday showed a glimpse of a forthcoming tablet from Motorola, a potential competitor to Apple's iPad with a more powerful processor. Read More WHITE PAPER: Hitachi The Greener and Sustainable Data Center There are many shades of green when it comes to sustainability. What does sustainability mean for business and particularly for IT? This paper focuses on how to improve on data center efficiencies and deploy greater sustainability across the IT infrastructure to achieve a greener data center. Read Now White House points to Sputnik to save tech President Barack Obama is calling for more investment in science and technology, and said the "Sputnik moment is back" for the U.S., referring to the 1957 orbiting Soviet satellite now synonymous with any foreign challenge to America's technical dominance. Read More Unwrapping Google's Android "Gingerbread" gift Android fans got an early Christmas gift from Google Monday as the company released the new "Gingerbread" version of its Android mobile operating system. Read More Retailer accused of inflating Google ranking is arrested An online retailer who boasted that complaints about his business helped boost its standing in Google search results was arrested Monday. Read More Regulatory compliance hogs security pros' attention One out of every two IT security professionals spends 50% of the work week on regulatory compliance initiatives, according to a new survey sponsored by eEye Digital Security. Read More Hackers promoted bogus terror attack at APEC 2009 More information has come to light about the hacking attacks against Singapore Government and APEC officials at last year's Lion City meetings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC). Read More
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