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	Hackers turn back the clock with Telnet attacks A new report from Akamai Technologies shows that hackers appear to be increasingly using the Telnet remote access protocol to attack corporate servers over mobile networks. Read More WEBCAST: Cisco & Citrix Regain Control of the Desktop Learn how one IT organization is realizing the benefits of Desktop Virtualization and find out what they did to ensure a successful deployment of VMware View 4.5. Learn More In this Issue Facebook blames Zuckerberg embarrassment on API 'bug' Do you know how much your IT costs? Google previews tablet-optimized Android 3.0 Cisco content gateway vulnerable Top 10 Free Windows 7 Desktop Themes AT&T vs. Verizon: iPhone plans duke it out Smart cards no match for online spies Egypt's move to block Twitter a sign of social media influence Obama turns attention to supercomputing Open Source FAIL Should Walking While Distracted be a Crime? RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Netezza Get Proof. Not Promises. Take the TwinFin Test Drive. Your site. Your data. Our technology. Experience the high-performance and operational simplicity of the IBM Netezza TwinFin data warehouse appliance first-hand. Our open Proof of Concept allows you to test the TwinFin with your most demanding, real-world analytics challenges. Learn More. Facebook blames Zuckerberg embarrassment on API 'bug' Facebook is blaming Tuesday night's embarrassing defacement of CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook fan page on an API "bug" that allowed unauthorized persons to post not only on his page but those of an undisclosed number of other users. Read More Do you know how much your IT costs? For years, enterprise IT departments could be fuzzy about the costs of individual IT services and applications, but tight budgets and the relative clarity of cloud computing costs have forced CIOs into sharp focus. Read More Google previews tablet-optimized Android 3.0 Google Wednesday released a preview of the software development kit for Android 3.0, which has been designed specifically for mobile devices with larger screens, particularly tablets. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed 5 Key Principles to Redesign IT Infrastructure Wide Area Data Services can bring the distributed enterprise closer together. Read this paper to learn the 5 key principles you can leverage to redesign an environment of any size and provide better support for distributed employees and improved business continuity during a disaster. Read now! Cisco content gateway vulnerable Cisco this week issued a security advisory for its Content Services Gateway, which runs on the Service and Application Module for IP. Read More Top 10 Free Windows 7 Desktop Themes Take a cue from thousands of PCWorld readers, and try one of these popular downloadable themes. You can decorate your desktop with beautiful high-def images of tropical fish, exotic landscapes, and adorable pets -- or just make your PC look like a Commodore 64. Read More AT&T vs. Verizon: iPhone plans duke it out Now that Verizon has confirmed its data plan price for the iPhone, U.S. customers can compare the ongoing costs of owning an Apple smartphone. 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 Smart cards no match for online spies The U.S. government has been stepping up its use of smart cards to help lock down its computer networks, but hackers have found ways around them. Read More Egypt's move to block Twitter a sign of social media influence The Egyptian governments move to shut down access to Twitter in the country indicates how powerful social media can be as a protest tool. Read More Obama turns attention to supercomputing President Barack Obama's State of the Union Speech was so technology-focused that it buoyed expectations that U.S. investment in IT, particularly supercomputing, will survive his other plan to freeze domestic spending for five years. Read More Open Source FAIL I recently read an interesting blog on Open Source and ERP from Derek Singleton titled "Can Open Source ERP Succeed?" His blog focused on the ERP segment of the market and why no open source solution has succeeded. Read More Should Walking While Distracted be a Crime? You have been found guilty of texting while walking. That'll be $100, and we're not talking iTunes credit. Read More
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