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	The lowdown on Google's Safari tracking cookies A grad student has caught Google with its hand in the cookies jar. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Meet "Big Data" Backup Challenges Are you experiencing a data explosion? The trend toward leveraging Big Data for competitive advantage helps IT professionals successfully meet business goals. Learn how to reliably manage, store and access vast amounts of archived data while protecting it and keeping costs low. View Now In this Issue A sneak peek at Apple's upcoming OS X Mountain Lion Cisco's Nexus switches open to DoS attacks iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Feb. 17 Apple counts down to 25 billion apps, offers $10k App Store prize Wringing out $79B worth of IT: Feds debate system duplication IRS warns of Dirty Dozen 2012 tax scams Crypto researcher Arjen Lenstra shares thoughts on paper blasting RSA cryptosystem Android Jelly Bean eager to upstage Windows 8 debut Top brands dominate Google+ growth numbers Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, It's All About Hyper-Hybrid WEBCAST: VMware Introduction to VMware View 5 View this webcast and find out how VMware View 5 can help you: - Deliver the highest fidelity experience of desktop services across any device and any network - Simplify and automate IT management, security and control of desktop services - Reduce the costs associated with your desktop environment View Now! A sneak peek at Apple's upcoming OS X Mountain Lion Apple says its latest Mac OS X version will be released this summer; here's a look at what to expect Read More Cisco's Nexus switches open to DoS attacks Cisco this week issued a security advisory for a vulnerability in its NX-OS operating system, the software driving its Nexus data center switches. The vulnerability could leave the switches open to denial of service (DoS) attacks, the advisory states. Read More iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Feb. 17 The iOSsphere seemed to be nearing exhaustion, swinging between summer and fall release dates, the differences between .1 and .2 firmware versions, and wild longings for a 3D user interface. Read More WHITE PAPER: Array Networks Remote Access for Business Continuity Remote access for business continuity has requirements that far exceed traditional remote access. Learn why VPN will not scale in terms of security, cost, ease-of-use or performance and why remote desktop access is a superior choice for enterprise-class business continuity planning. Read now. Apple counts down to 25 billion apps, offers $10k App Store prize Apple, which launched its App Store in mid-2008, is on the verge of celebrating its 25 billionth app download and is dangling a $10,000 prize to one lucky customer. Read More Wringing out $79B worth of IT: Feds debate system duplication When you have some of the largest IT organizations on the planet, it probably comes as no surprise - though no less of a costly problem --when you find out you have multiple redundant systems. Read More IRS warns of Dirty Dozen 2012 tax scams The Internal Revenue Service this week issued its annual "Dirty Dozen" ranking of tax scams the agency says tend to surface around tax season each year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mitel Virtualized Voice This study by Forrester Consulting found an 84% risk-adjusted ROI for Mitel's Virtual Solution. The Total Economic Impact Study commissioned by Mitel provides a framework for businesses to evaluate the costs and benefits of deploying Mitel Virtual Solutions within their organizations. Learn More Crypto researcher Arjen Lenstra shares thoughts on paper blasting RSA cryptosystem What a week for the RSA cryptosystem! A group of prominent researchers published a paper blasting it as woefully insecure, RSA said there's nothing wrong with the RSA algorithm, it's an implementation issue mainly with random-number key generation, and now the cryptography researcher behind the paper, Arjen Lenstra, signs off the week with a few thoughts about it all. Read More Android Jelly Bean eager to upstage Windows 8 debut Google may be eager enough to head off Microsoft's clear bid to cut into tablet PC sales that it will rush the release of the next version of its Android operating system. Read More Top brands dominate Google+ growth numbers The number of Google+ fans for the site's top 100 brands grew at a 1,400% pace last month, but almost all of the new followers were concentrated in the top 10 brands on the social media site, according to a new report. Read More Forget Public Cloud or Private Cloud, It's All About Hyper-Hybrid As organizations increasingly adopt cloud offerings for critical business operations from public and private providers, connecting them all back to the core of the business is becoming a challenge involving complicated integration, orchestration and rules management. Read More
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