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Cisco looking to make things right with West Virginia

Quiz: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said what?

'Fresh Prince' theme song on phone sparks school lockdown

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March 01, 2013
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Cisco looking to make things right with West Virginia

Cisco has offered to "take back" routers it sold to West Virginia if the state finds they are inappropriate for its needs, according to this post on wvgazette.com.

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Issue highlights

1. Quiz: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said what?

2. 'Fresh Prince' theme song on phone sparks school lockdown

3. Federal CIOs Still Say No to BYOD

4. iPhone 6 rumor round up for the week ending March 1

5. MWC 2013: Big Data is now a network problem, too

6. Now that there's a Samsung Galaxy S IV release date, are we getting less excited about the smartphone?

7. INSIDER 3 Ways to Give Your IT Organization a Skills Tune-Up

8. The sequester will hurt tech nationally

9. HTML5 Web Storage loophole can be abused to fill hard disks with junk data

10. How to survive inevitable cloud failures

11. NASA's hot radiation mission

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Quiz: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said what?

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is famous for his colorful quotes and keeping people guessing about what he might say next as he spreads the word about Windows 8, Surface devices and upgrades to a range of Microsoft servers. Given the great number of public speaking engagements he conducts every year, he expresses thoughts on a wide range of other topics, too. Here are some of his words lined up against those of some major historical figures who have opined on similar subjects. On each slide can you figure out which quote fell from Ballmer's lips? Keep track and check your score at the end. READ MORE

'Fresh Prince' theme song on phone sparks school lockdown

Take the most ubiquitous of modern gadgets (a cell phone) combine it with a classic '90s sitcom theme song ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air") add in overwhelming, unprecedented and fully justified public worry over school shootings ... and you get a story that should be funny but isn't. READ MORE

Federal CIOs Still Say No to BYOD

Government IT leaders who oversee sensitive or classified information require firm device-management policies to address security concerns before they will even consider allowing workers' personal smartphones and tablets behind the firewall. READ MORE

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How the Best Businesses Connect

Expectations that have become commonplace in today's modern, connected world demand a level of connectivity, performance and agility that conventional IT infrastructures were not built to deliver. Read Now!

iPhone 6 rumor round up for the week ending March 1

The iOSphere raised the word "intuitive" to new heights for the iPhone 6, seizing on an Apple patent that would introduce mind-reading to the mobile experience. READ MORE

MWC 2013: Big Data is now a network problem, too

This week is the annual "Mobile World Congress" shows in Barcelona where we get a glimpse of what's to come in the world of mobility. I didn't go to Barcelona, but I've been following the news, and one of the more interesting announcements was Gigamon's "Big Data for Mobile Operators. READ MORE

Now that there's a Samsung Galaxy S IV release date, are we getting less excited about the smartphone?

Finally. After months and months of hype, speculation, gossip and rumor, it's finally official: The Samsung Galaxy S IV has been released. Or, at least, it kind of feels like it has. READ MORE

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A Model for Effective Persistent Threat Management

Persistent Threat Management is a new operational model that takes advantage of integration and automation capabilities between vulnerability scanning services and web application firewalls. This paper looks at the application of the model in protecting web applications against exploitation. Read Now

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3 Ways to Give Your IT Organization a Skills Tune-Up

Three CIOs describe how they define and develop IT staff capabilities that keep pace with business needs READ MORE

The sequester will hurt tech nationally

The federal government's automatic budget cuts, due to begin Friday, may accelerate cost savings measures already in place. But there will be damage to IT spending, and a period of uncertainty as the government reacts to the cuts. READ MORE

HTML5 Web Storage loophole can be abused to fill hard disks with junk data

A security researcher has found a loophole in how the HTML5 Web Storage standard is implemented in the Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Apple Safari browsers that could allow malicious websites to fill visitors' hard disk drives with large amounts of junk data. READ MORE

How to survive inevitable cloud failures

Few people are as thoroughly engulfed in the mishmash of online-only services collectively dubbed "the cloud" as I am. Being a modern, always-mobile technology writer, I've arranged my workflow to be completely independent of my physical location. I need the ability toA plop down in front of any computer in the world, and suffer from minimal disruption. READ MORE

NASA's hot radiation mission

NASA is set to launch its Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) to explore the most intense areas of radiation around Earth - See more at: http://www.networkworld.com/slideshow/62234/nasas-hot-radiation-mission.html#sthash.tuKOEXxO.dpuf READ MORE

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A Guide for a Successful ERP Strategy in the Midmarket

Combining an experienced service partner with an informed ERP strategy helps to maximize ROI. This helps midmarket organizations to contain costs, communicate effectively, and improve to grow into more successful organizations. Learn More.

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