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	2011's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Five years makes an official franchise, no? Either way, what follows is this year's edition of our annual collection of the year's "geekiest anniversaries." Read More WHITE PAPER: ParAccel The Problem with Data Warehousing Tackle the most complex analytic challenges and glean insight from vast amounts of data. Learn how a columnar-based, massively parallel processing analytic database can provide high performance analytics against complex SQL workloads the most challenging analytic queries. Read now! In this Issue Google pays record bounty for Chrome bug Former TSA contractor gets two years for damaging data Bob Muglia aside, the brain drain at Microsoft is a good thing Palin e-mail snoop imprisoned, despite judge's recommendation Tablet battle to heat up, prices to fall in 2011 RIM Warns of BlackBerry Browser, BES Vulnerabilities Sprint issues mysterious, magical invite for Feb. 7 Cisco defrauder sentenced to 4 years Will Apple remove the home button from the next-gen iPad and iPhone? Federal watchdogs outline 6 critical electricty grid cybersecurity challenges Can Open Source Companies Win In A MadMax Market? Jon Stewart: Long national iPhone nightmare is over Handbook of technology management WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Long-Term Data Retention – Key Considerations Managing backup and recovery in today's environment is a multi-dimensional challenge with both near and long-term business requirements. Recent technological developments in disk backup have had a positive impact on short-term data retention strategy. This tool provides key topics to think about as you design your long-term data retention plans. Read Now Google pays record bounty for Chrome bug Google Thursday said it patched 16 bugs in the Chrome browser, including one tagged as critical that brought its founder a record $3,133 bounty. Read More Former TSA contractor gets two years for damaging data A former U.S. Transportation Security Administration contractor will serve two years in prison for messing with sensitive government databases used to identify terrorists as they try to enter the U.S. Read More Bob Muglia aside, the brain drain at Microsoft is a good thing Microsoft's replacements in other key positions are moving the company in a better direction. Read More Palin e-mail snoop imprisoned, despite judge's recommendation The 23-year-old Tennessee man convicted of illegally accessing Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account during the 2008 presidential campaign has begun his one-year sentence in a Kentucky prison, despite a recommendation from the trial judge that he serve the time in a halfway house. Read More WHITE PAPER: ParAccel Tackle the Most Challenging Analytic Queries Learn how a columnar-based, massively parallel processing database can provide ultra fast analytics with: • Schema-neutral, load-and-go analysis • High performance against complex SQL workloads • All-in-memory processing Read now! Tablet battle to heat up, prices to fall in 2011 Last week's Consumer Electronics Show was indisputably dominated by tablets. Almost a year since Apple redefined portable computing with its iPad, competitors launched attempts to cut the Cupertino company's lead. Taken together, the announcements at CES provide a much clearer picture of the likely evolution of the tablet market in 2011 and provide consumers a few tips on what to look for and when to buy. Read More RIM Warns of BlackBerry Browser, BES Vulnerabilities BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) yesterday issued two separate security advisories warning both BlackBerry smartphone users and corporate BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) administrators of newly discovered security flaws in many versions of RIM's BlackBerry handheld software and in BES. Read More Sprint issues mysterious, magical invite for Feb. 7 The one-upmanship between carriers will continue Feb. 7, as Sprint has issued an invitation to a press event in New York City featuring magician David Blaine and "yet another industry first" from Sprint. Read More Cisco defrauder sentenced to 4 years A Massachusetts man was sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding Cisco out of $15 million, the latest in a regular string of selling-replacement-Cisco-parts-for-profit schemes. 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 Will Apple remove the home button from the next-gen iPad and iPhone? Steve Jobs is notoriously frugal when it comes to buttons so the latest rumor emanating out of Cupertino might not come as a huge surprise. Read More Federal watchdogs outline 6 critical electricty grid cybersecurity challenges As the country's electricity grid undergoes a transformation and moves toward a more intelligently networked, automated system, it faces an increasing amount cybersecurity issues. Read More Can Open Source Companies Win In A MadMax Market? Matt Aslett says only Red Hat can survive in a post-apocalyptic commoditized wasteland. Read More Jon Stewart: Long national iPhone nightmare is over The Daily Show led off Tuesday night's episode with a segment during which host Jon Stewart celebrated the "Freedom!!!" now being offered Apple iPhone users who want to switch from AT&T's network to Verizon's. Read More Handbook of technology management Long-time readers know that I am a fan of Dr. Hossein Bidgoli, surely one of the most prolific creators of encyclopedias in history! Read More
	BECOME AN INSIDER Get premium content, in-depth reviews, practical tips and exclusive research. All for just signing up. Sign up for free today. SLIDESHOWS The weirdest, wackiest and stupidest sci/tech stories of 2010 It's hard to pick the weirdest and wackiest tech stories of 2010 considering there is so much nuttiness to choose from. But we'll give it a shot. Here we take a look at a number of stories that gave us pause in 2010. 2010's most popular iPad apps As the iPad celebrates its first birthday, it should raise a glass to Apple's App Store, which has provided users with an array of innovative applications. Late last week, Apple released a list of the 10 most popular iPad applications, with productivity apps making up the bulk. MOST-READ STORIES Facebook, Google, Yahoo commit to 'World IPv6 Day' trial Sony shutting plan that used to make 18M CDs a month The Verizon iPhone: Seven key facts you need to know 2011's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries Author warns of Russia's and China's 'Spinternet' Apple iPhoneys: the iPhone 5 edition Microsoft fights Apple trademark on 'App Store' AT&T and Verizon iPhone plans compared Cisco attorney's perceived anti-Semitism sends company back to court Be like Larry and Sergey: Google invites teens to online science fair
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