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	Will electronic toll systems become terrorist targets? Weaknesses in 802.11p vehicular wireless networks could make them targets for terrorists seeking to wreak havoc on the nation's highways, according to a briefing scheduled this week at the Black Hat DC conference. Read More WHITE PAPER: ParAccel Stop Fraudulent Transactions Learn how creative, iterative analysis detects and halts fraud in minutes, rather than hours or days by leveraging: • Massively Parallel Processing • Columnar database for faster responses • Schema-neutral, no tuning required • Built-in compression and encryption Read now! In this Issue Apple's Jobs takes medical leave; Cook in charge with iPad 2, iPhone 5 in wings 15 Crazy Japanese Tech Gizmos Israel tested Stuxnet worm, says report A roundup of reaction to news of Jobs's latest leave Oracle issuing 66 patches IBM will not be a networking company Microsoft re-issues Outlook 2007 update after Dec. blunder Military aircraft flying to all-fiber network gear Hands-only remote control emerges in Taiwan DOWNLOAD: LogMeIn Remotely manage hundreds of computers From a single, web-based console, LogMeIn Central lets you remotely deploy, implement and automate tasks on all the computers in your system. Update software, run scripts, install patches – all with just a few clicks. Try Central free now! Apple's Jobs takes medical leave; Cook in charge with iPad 2, iPhone 5 in wings Almost two years after taking a medical leave of absence, Apple CEO Steve Jobs Monday announced he's taking another one. Read More 15 Crazy Japanese Tech Gizmos From an electronic unicycle to light-saber chopsticks, you've got to see these ... uh ... innovations. Read More Israel tested Stuxnet worm, says report The Stuxnet worm that disrupted Iran's ability to enrich uranium into bomb-grade nuclear fuel was reportedly created by Israel and the U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Defragmentation in Virtualized Environments Performance corrupting file fragmentation is severely compounded on virtual platforms and threatens to undo most of its efficiency benefits. Coordinating defrag resources between VMs was an insurmountable barrier until recent innovations eliminated conflicts. Learn More A roundup of reaction to news of Jobs's latest leave As the technology and business worlds digest today's revelation that Apple's Steve Jobs is taking another health-related leave of absence, here is a wrap-up of news coverage and opinion. Read More Oracle issuing 66 patches Oracle is planning on Tuesday to release 66 security patches affecting hundreds of products, according to a notice posted on its website. Read More IBM will not be a networking company One of the topics that we frequently wrote about in 2010 was the ongoing coalescence of the IT industry around a few key players. We are going to use this newsletter to provide more insight into how one of the players, IBM, is likely to leverage its acquisitions to position itself in the IT market. 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 Microsoft re-issues Outlook 2007 update after Dec. blunder Nearly a month after it yanked an Outlook 2007 update over connection and performance problems, Microsoft has re-released the patch to correct its mistakes. Read More Military aircraft flying to all-fiber network gear Looking to significantly reduce weight, improve on-board communications and make it easier to upgrade avionics, the US military is developing prototype phonic gear for use in all aircraft. Read More Hands-only remote control emerges in Taiwan A Taipei university team has developed a tiny chip that allows remote control over home appliances with no more than a wave of the hand and features that make it faster, cheaper and more resistant to interference than rival inventions, the professor in charge said on Tuesday. Read More
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