How you could be collateral damage of ‘hacktivism’

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	How you could be collateral damage of 'hacktivism' Earlier this week, I wrote about how computer security expert Hugh Thompson warned that hacktivism is a new security threat to watch for in 2011. The attention drawn to retaliation attacks against sites that cut off funding to the controversial site WikiLeaks.org last year could inspire others to use the same tactic. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell AMD The End of 2P vs. 4P Server Compromises The processing power, larger memory and I/O bandwidth of 4P servers were generally a better fit for virtualization and multi-threaded database applications than 2P servers, but the increased power came at a cost. Dell and AMD have taken a new approach. Read now! In this Issue Cisco's 800 pound data center gorilla: Xsigo This changes nothing: A Schmidt is still a Schmidt Top 10 Tasks for IPv6 Application Developers Farewell IPv4; We Hardly Knew Ye Latest iPhone commercial from Apple highlights device's availability on Verizon and AT&T Jack Bauer Culture: Torture by "patriots" for national security Humans take the fast out of Fast Lane technology WEBCAST: Symantec The Smart Route to Windows 7 Join IDC analyst Al Gillen as he presents findings from "Windows 7 Done Right: Efficiency from Migration to Implementation" to demonstrate how planning and using the right tools can dramatically improve the Windows 7 environment, reduce security and backup concerns and automate the migration process. View now. Cisco's 800 pound data center gorilla: Xsigo By the looks of the presentation and the FUD it rakes up, Cisco's worried about the value proposition Xsigo offers against its own Unified Computing System and Nexus switches. Xsigo got a hold of the presentation and posted it on its blog, along with responses to the charges Cisco makes in it. Read More This changes nothing: A Schmidt is still a Schmidt A few days before Thanksgiving, I used this space to put forward the long-held (in my mind) notion that Eric Schmidt, when he left Novell to take the top spot at Google in 2001, committed the single greatest career move in the history of career moves. As a consequence, I argued, any great career move on the part of anyone should be known as "a Schmidt." Read More WHITE PAPER: HP TippingPoint Securing Virtualized Data Centers Learn how HP TippingPoint's secure virtualization framework addresses the unique requirements of virtualized data center environments. Learn More Top 10 Tasks for IPv6 Application Developers Many IT people, who are unfamiliar with IPv6, believe the responsibility for IPv6 deployment falls on the network-teams. However, those who are knowledgeable about IPv6 realize the migration to IPv6 will involve any system that uses an IP address. Read More Farewell IPv4; We Hardly Knew Ye There have certainly been no shortage of "the sky is falling" pronouncements about the Internet. But one refrain heard often over the last 20 years is finally coming true: the Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Top 2 Virtualization Challenges Virtualized data centers must become more highly available to ensure timely access to data. This paper examines the trends toward server consolidation and how WAN optimization technology can address application performance and information availability issues. Read now! Latest iPhone commercial from Apple highlights device's availability on Verizon and AT&T If you happened to watch the NFL playoffs this weekend, you might have caught Apple's latest iPhone 4 commercial. But as opposed to previous commercials which work to highlight apps and the like, the overarching theme of Apple's most recent ad is the simple fact that the iPhone 4 will now be available on two networks in the US - hence the title, Two is better than one. Read More Jack Bauer Culture: Torture by "patriots" for national security The television series 24 ran for eight seasons, but will America ever recover from a "Jack Bauer Culture" where acts of torture are "acceptable" methods in the War on Terror? Read More Humans take the fast out of Fast Lane technology Working from home would have been the wiser course this morning, given that the snow had already made traffic miserable as I was driving my son cross-town to school. However, the subsequent 90-minute white-knuckler to the office could have been a good 10-15 minutes shorter if only the Massachusetts Turnpike wasn't run by incompetents and/or hamstrung by unions. Read More
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