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Monday, November 30, 2009

IT management start-ups to watch; five ways to lose your identity; new malware scam targets Twilight fans

Apple asks judge to shutter Psystar's clone business; Five ways to lose your identity (and wallet) this holiday season
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IT management start-ups to watch

Today's IT management start-ups are focused on cloud computing, SaaS, virtualization and more. We've picked 10 of these newcomers worth watching into the new year -- and today we're revealing two of them. Read full story

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Apple asks judge to shutter Psystar's clone business
Apple wants a federal judge to shut down Psystar's Mac clone operation and to pay more than $2.1 million in damages, according to court documents.

Five ways to lose your identity (and wallet) this holiday season
Instead of the usual lists of precautions that consumers can take to avoid becoming a victim of online fraud, here's a list of tips that can help maximize unwary consumers' exposure to online fraud.

Brocade/Foundry "resonating" as Cisco alternative, CTO says
Following a solid fourth quarter in which sales rose 31%, Brocade says the integration of its Foundry Networks purchase is complete. Penetration of its Foundry-based Ethernet/IP portfolio into data center accounts doubled in the quarter, which means Brocade's position as an alternative to Cisco is "resonating with people," says CTO Dave Stevens.

New malware scam targets Twilight fans
PC Tools' Malware Research Center is warning Web users of another online scam hoping to piggyback on hype surrounding the new Twilight New Moon film.

Vendor rages after iPhone hacker given job
A security firm has expressed incredulity at the news that the Australian prank hacker who wrote a program targeting Apple iPhone users has been given a job by an application developer.

2009: The year the cloud was seeded
The economic downturn may have dominated the agenda for much of 2009 but it was also the year the cloud was seeded, according to analyst firm IDC.

Microsoft's top developers prefer old-school coding methods
A panel of top Microsoft developers professed their preference for old-school development methods and offered opinions on what's next for programmers.

Almost half of US desktop PC revenue is Mac
Apple's US retail desktop revenue share for October was 47.71%, up from last year when its share was 33.44% based on figures from market research company NPD.

Apple releases developer tools for iTunes LP
When Apple released iTunes 9 not too long ago, it also unveiled iTunes LP which provides a whole new twist on the digital music download experience.

Is unified communications still relevant?
Debate over the significance of unified communications continues, with some analysts saying it's no longer a strategic priority and others saying it's an evolving technology still worth watching.

November giveaways
Cisco Subnet is giving away free books on VMware vSphere security. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and free books on Exchange Server 2010. Google Subnet is giving away free books on Android app development. Entry forms can be found on the main contest page. Trivia answers are revealed on each main Subnet page.

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November 30, 2009

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