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Two new tools exploit router security setup problem
Researchers have released two tools that can take advantage of a weakness in a system designed to let people easily secure their wireless routers. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

Leveraging security from the Cloud
Cloud computing is a flexible, cost-effective and proven deliv-ery platform for providing business or consumer IT services over the Internet. This whitepaper discusses the who, what, when, why and how of cloud-based security services. Read Now

WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

WLAN Vendor Ranking
This 2011 Gartner Magic Quadrant analyzes and ranks the many options. Learn more.

Confessions of a Chromebook addict
I was sent a Cr-48 by Google a year ago and I've found myself using it almost every day since. Here are my thoughts on the strengths, weaknesses, and mixed aspects of the Chromebook platform -- one year later. Read More

Best tech- and geek-related videos of 2011
Earlier in the year we started the ITworld.TV blog, which writes almost daily about viral videos that have a tech-, science- or geek-related bend to it. Based on those posts, here are our Top 10 favorite videos of 2011. Read More

iPhone 5 with new design set to launch in Fall 2012
Citing a trusted source, BGR earlier this week dropped a number of interesting tidbits regarding the iPhone 5. Read More

Cisco dumps the UMI Personal Telepresence very quietly.
Speaking with a friend who purchased the Cisco UMI Telepresence from Best Buy, I was made aware he cannot get service on the product. Read More


WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL

Next-Gen Firewall Market Analysis: The SonicWALL Difference
The Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is rapidly becoming an essential element of the modern organization's information security strategy. Not only does it restore control over network activity and provide protection against dynamic threats, it also does so while reducing the cost and complexity of network security infrastructure. Learn more.

Verizon solves third 4G issue this month
Verizon on Thursday said its third 4G network problem this month was resolved over night. Read More

IPv6 doomsday won't hit in 2012, experts say
Next year will see one more regional Internet registry run out of IPv4 addresses, but 2012 will be more of a year to prepare for the inevitable shift to IPv6 than an Internet doomsday, according to networking experts. Read More

Five open source technologies for 2012
Next year, if all goes according to plan, Red Hat will become the first open source software company to generate more than US$1 billion a year in revenue. It will be a watershed moment for the open source community, who have long seen their approach of community-based development as a viable, even superior, alternative to traditional notions of how software should be written. Read More

Ten IT news stories we'll read in 2012
Well, we erred in our 2011 predictions in not repeating a 2010 forecast that Carol Bartz would be ousted as Yahoo CEO -- it was bound to happen, we just called that one too early. Then again, we also predicted last year that Oracle would buy Salesforce.com and have decided not to repeat ourselves this year, so we'll see if we were just ahead on that one, too. Meanwhile, these are our predictions for the next 12 months. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc.

Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications
This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more

Users desert Windows XP in near-record numbers
Microsoft's Windows XP lost a big chunk of usage share last month as users continued to desert the aging operating system for Windows 7. Read More

Windows Phone Roadmap, Hiring, Offer Hints
Microsoft's history has shown the company is nothing if not tenacious, and that habit is on display in the Windows Phone family. Despite single-digit market share, Microsoft is pushing ahead with at least two more versions of the software some time in the next year and expanded features. Read More

Former Microsoft Exec Explains Windows Phone's Failure
Charlie Kindle, a former General Manager for the Windows Phone team at Microsoft, recently posted an entry to his blog in which he explains what he believes are the main reasons why Windows Phone has not been a commercial success. Read More

Fabrics versus Networks: Part 1
Recently I was fortunate enough to be in a debate with some industry peers around the topic of data center network design. The customer requirement was for building a new set of data centers, implementing broad reaching virtualization where the workloads supported it, and of course, creating a stable and efficient operating environment. Read More

Letter to Hurd details allegations that led to his downfall at HP
Details of allegations of sexual harassment that ultimately caused Mark Hurd, now co-president at Oracle, to quit as CEO of Hewlett-Packard are now plastered across the Internet after a letter written on behalf of the complainant was unsealed by the Delaware Supreme Court Wednesday. Read More



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10 Things We Love and Hate about Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot 11.10
Ubuntu 11.10 has some jagged edges and documentation isn't easy to locate, but Canonical is certainly dreaming big with this latest update, dubbed Oneiric (dreamy) Ocelot.

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