Cloud computing a 'security nightmare,' says Cisco CEO If anyone has the right to be excited about cloud computing, it's John Chambers. But on Wednesday Cisco's Chairman and CEO conceded that the computing industry's move to sell pay-as-you-go computing cycles available as a service on the Internet was also "a security nightmare." VMware to embed RSA security into vSphere 4 Embedded security promised for VMware's new vSphere cloud computing platform based on RSA's data-loss prevention and encryption technologies. Android to go beyond phones to a range of personal devices Android, the Linux-based operating system used in the G1 smartphone and others to come, is destined to be part of many other devices, including personal multimedia devices, mobile Internet devices, medical monitoring tools and home-entertainment controllers. Are price hikes in store for Sun software support? Oracle's pending purchase of Sun Microsystems may not have an immediate effect on what customers currently pay to use Sun software, but changes are likely coming, observers said this week. FTC targets mobile text messaging, security concerns Looking to stay on top of rapidly developing security and privacy challenges in the mobile communications arena, the Federal Trade Commission this week released the results of a recent town hall meeting it held to help it grasp everything from open source software to data protection. This week's 25 most-read stories 1. The evolution of Ethernet 2. Apple iPhoneys: The 4G edition 3. 6 things that could ruin Twitter (and 5 that won't) 4. Products shown at the RSA Conference 5. 100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet 6. Palm Pre vs. Apple iPhone: How they stack up 7. 10 iPhone apps that could get you into trouble 8. Are you an IT geezer? (and we mean that in a good way) 9. Apple yanks "Baby Shaker" from App Store amidst public disgust 10. Palm's webOS lives up to hype, early developers say 11. Intel CPU cache poisoning: dangerously easy on Linux 12. VMware vows to overhaul data center with "cloud operating system" 13. Bill Gates: The video tribute 14. Oracle acquires Sun in $7.4B stunner 15. Users reporting that Earthlink is down - on Earth Day 16. Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs 17. Five tools to prevent energy waste in the data center 18. The Biggest Loser in Oracle-Sun Deal: SAP 19. Hottest tech M&A deals of 2009 20. Controversial Einstein systems to inspect U.S. government's Internet traffic 21. 3Com's high-end switch: A fast, green alternative to Cisco 22. RSA Conference kicks off on somber note 23. Top 12 Twitter tools 24. 15 nifty BlackBerry apps for IT pros 25. Sun's MySQL could thrive under Oracle ownership, analysts say
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