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5 years after major DNS flaw is discovered, few US companies have deployed long-term fix

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5 years after major DNS flaw is discovered, few US companies have deployed long-term fix
Five years after the disclosure of a serious vulnerability in the Domain Name System dubbed the Kaminsky bug, only a handful of U.S. ISPs, financial institutions or e-commerce companies have deployed DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC ) to alleviate this threat. Read More


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13 useful add-ons for Microsoft Excel and Word 2013
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RIM BlackBerry 10 blockbuster: Live stream Wednesday 10am EST/7am PST
Research in Motion is expected to pull out all the stops on Wednesday morning -- and is counting on West Coasters getting up early -- for its long awaited (er, delayed) BlackBerry 10 smartphone launch at 10am EST/7am PST. The Canadian company will make its big splash in New York City, where Network World and its sister publications will have reporters and video cameras on hand, but we'll also be providing... Read More

VMware to cut 900 jobs in 'realignment' as growth slows
VMware said Monday it will cut 900 jobs in a move to focus more on high potential businesses, as profits remained strong but growth slowed. Read More

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Cloud Services: It's not just what but how...and who
Cloud services can be an effective way to find the needles of value hidden in the Big Data "hay stack." Choosing a cloud provider capable of transport, storage and analysis in a single infrastructure can simplify this process and strengthen return on investment. Learn More!

Startup NetCitadel aims to orchestrate security management controls in virtualized nets
Startup NetCitadel today launched with a product called OneControl intended to automate what might otherwise be manual research and changes related to configuring firewalls, switches or other gear when virtual-machine (VM) workloads are spun up or down in enterprise data centers or cloud environments. Read More

Google stakes Pwnium hacking contest to $3.14M in potential prizes
Google today announced it would again host its Pwnium hacking contest at a March security conference, but boosted the maximum amount it will pay to $3.14 million and changed the target to the browser-based Chrome OS. Read More

Can Microsoft ever gain ground in the creative community?
As this reporter has gotten older, trade shows have become less appealing. Not only because it's just tougher on the body, but also this modern era requires running around with a laptop on your back between the floor and the press room to file stories immediately. Back when I started out, my show reports appeared a week after the event. Now, they are forgotten a day after the event. Read More

Review: AT&T MiFi Liberate mobile hotspot
Shaw reviews AT&T's Mobile Hotspot MiFi Liberate. Read More


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Optimizing Hybrid Networks for SaaS
With the delay and packet loss associated with the Internet and private WANs, SaaS-based applications tend to exhibit erratic performance that can become a barrier to SaaS adoption. Learn more.

Twitter begins censoring Vine as Apple removes "Editor's Choice" label from the app
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DARPA wants electronics that can dissolve or burst apart after use
The Mission: Impossible TV show famously started most episodes with a tape recorded mission message that ended with: "This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds, good luck Jim." Then it melted down in a burst of smoke and flame. Read More

Google AdSense rival adBrite calls it quits
Well, there goes my $30 or so in adBrite dividends that came in every few months. The company, which bills itself as "the largest independent ad exchange, reaching 300 million global unique visitors every month, including more than 150 million in the U.S.," has notified its advertising and publishing partners that it will cease operations on Feb. 1. (I've been using adBrite for several years to run... Read More

Products of the week 1.28.13
Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Fortinet and GFI Read More



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