Monday, February 23, 2009

2009 Best of the Tests winners; Techies end-run feds on DNS security; Citrix makes hypervisor free

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2009 Best of the Tests winners
By Christine Burns
Out of the more than 150 products tested by our Lab Alliance members last year, a baker's dozen rise to the top of the list. They excel in performance, usability and enterprise feature functionality. Check them out

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More than half of booted workers steal data on way out, survey finds
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EMC adds flash to another array and de-dupes primary storage
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Fed agencies push new security audits
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Engineers Not Scientists Will Rescue the Economy: Part II
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02/23/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Conflicker worm gets an evil twin
  2. Citrix drops price of hypervisor to zero
  3. Bring in the iPhone clones
  4. Five fantastic open source tools for Windows admins
  5. 9 dirty tricks: Social engineers' favorite pick-up lines
  6. More than half of booted workers steal data on way out
  7. Proposed law might make Wi-Fi users help cops
  8. Lessons from a light socket
  9. A $99,999 keyboard is the best bargain I've seen yet
  10. Forget the Oscars: Sit back for the 404 Awards


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