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	Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla Microsoft issued a warning that nine fraudulent digital certificates were issued by root certificate authority Comodo Group. Although the certificates were quickly revoked, their initial release still poses a threat to browser users, including users of Internet Explorer. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cymphonix Application & Bandwidth Control: Complete Traffic Management Today, Internet traffic is mission-critical. Yet, the exponential increase in traffic traversing WAN connections is taxing networks and business operations. This white paper covers how to deploy an effective bandwidth and application management strategy that reduces bandwidth usage and costs. Read More In this Issue Microsoft sends traditional cake to Firefox team OpenFlow seeks to change the networking orld Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications Mozilla knocks Microsoft's decision to snub XP iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux: Microsoft now manages them all At Microsoft, don't forget your password or your phone gets wiped Private cloud can prevent end runs around IT, Microsoft says Microsoft preps System Center for the cloud Microsoft Intune goes live Microsoft updates Bing for mobile browsers WHITE PAPER: Quest Software It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing? In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More Microsoft sends traditional cake to Firefox team A Firefox release isn't a Firefox release until the cake arrives. Explains Fred Wenzel, a software engineer at Mozilla, on his blog fredericiana: "It has been a tradition ever since Firefox 2: Whenever we ship a major Firefox release, the Microsoft Internet Explorer team sends us a congratulatory cake." Read More OpenFlow seeks to change the networking orld A new foundation was announced yesterday to foster a new approach to networking. The founding members of the foundation are: Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, and Yahoo!. The aim of the foundation is to promote Software Defined Networking (SDN) and the open source standard they are pushing is called OpenFlow. Read More Microsoft: Next level of virtualization unlocks server OS, applications Microsoft virtualizes apps running on Windows Server ahead of rival VMware. Read More WHITE PAPER: Siemens Finding the Value in Unified Communications This paper examines the four stages of return companies can see from their UC investments: Lower communications costs are followed by lower operational costs, then better productivity, and finally a true competitive advantage. Read More Mozilla knocks Microsoft's decision to snub XP Microsoft's decision to limit Internet explorer 9 support to Windows Vista and Windows 7 prompted criticism from Mozilla, whose rival Firefox browser continues to support the still widely-used Windows XP. Read More iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux: Microsoft now manages them all Steve Ballmer and crew aren't going to miss a moneymaking opportunity, even if that means managing iPhones, iPads, Androids and, yes, even Linux computers. Read More At Microsoft, don't forget your password or your phone gets wiped Microsoft has famously decided to give Windows Phone 7 devices to all of its 89,000 employees, or at least those who want them. But it's not all fun and games for Microsoft workers who connect smartphones to corporate systems, whether that's a WP7 device or something else. Read More WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks 10 Things Your Next Firewall Must Do As the leader and pioneer of the next-generation firewall category, Palo Alto Networks would like to share what we have learned from securing over 3,500 enterprise networks in the past few years. Download our guide that depicts the top 10 requirements you should demand in your next firewall purchase. Read now! Private cloud can prevent end runs around IT, Microsoft says Microsoft kicks off Microsoft Management Summit with focus on cloud computing and virtualization. Read More Microsoft preps System Center for the cloud Microsoft is adding capabilities to System Center for both cloud and local deployments. Read More Microsoft Intune goes live After a year long beta, Microsoft's Intune hosted desktop management service is now fully operational. Read More Microsoft updates Bing for mobile browsers Microsoft rolled out some updates to its Bing for Mobile browser service, including real-time public transportation updates for select cities and the inclusion of apps in results when searching on the iPhone. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs Many tech vendors have shied away from extravagant perks, but there are still plenty worth highlighting. Like a $1.5 million tab for home security. Or how about the $36,619 one company paid to reimburse its CEO for the taxes he had to pay on the $106,589 he gained by using company aircraft for personal flights? Read on to find out which tech CEOs enjoyed the priciest perks in 2010 and which ones went to work perk-free. First look at Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Microsoft has a real competitor once again with IE9, released at midnight Monday night on Windows 7 and Vista after several months of beta testing. The focus is on speed, privacy and simplicity, with a stripped-down interface, tracking protection, pinned sites, jump lists and enhanced support for HTML5. MOST-READ STORIES U.S. Patent Office finds Google Doodle dandy Linux Torvalds: Android copyright violation claim is "bogus" Google funds tools to expose gov't attempts to shut down 'Net First look at Firefox 4 Firefox 4 performance lags behind Chrome 10 and IE 9 Industry split on data center network standards On the company dime: Rogue game server admins tell all Want to get ahead in IT? Make yourself uncomfortable Does RSA SecurID have a U.S. gov't-authorized back door? Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream,' says free software movement founder
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