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	Cisco readying major core router upgrade? Cisco is reportedly soon announcing a new carrier core router as a next-generation follow on to the 6-year-old CRS-1, and a better competitor to Juniper's T1600. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware The Definitive Guide to APM In this Application Performance Management eBook, get hands-on, practical insight into industry best practices for managing your critical applications from an end-to-end perspective. Find out how to manage performance from the distributed front-end of IT operations to the mainframe back-end, while keeping the end-user experience in mind. Read Now. In this Issue Botnet targets major Web sites with junk SSL connection Google Hot Search a good tool for spreaders of malware and their adversaries Don't become a cube potato: Get out of your chair and get healthy Apple's iPad vs. e-readers Cisco readying core routers? 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Apple's iPad vs. e-readers Apple's iPad tablet may rival e-book readers, but these six e-readers have life in them yet. Read More Cisco readying core routers? Google Hot Search helps antivirus Cisco is reportedly soon announcing a new carrier core router as a next-generation follow-on to the 6-year-old CRS-1, and a better competitor to Juniper's T1600. Google Hot Search topics are turning out to be a useful tool for security researchers at SonicWall who are trying to find URLs for malicious Web sites as well as signatures to help block the malware they contain. Read More Microsoft exceeds goal of 5,000 layoffs Microsoft has more than made good on its promise a year ago to eliminate 5,000 positions by the middle of June 2010, the company reported as part of its quarterly 10Q filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW An Executive's Guide to Web Application Security Unfortunately, network firewalls and network vulnerability scanners can't defend against application-level attacks. It's more important than ever to implement secure application strategies to effectively protect your business. Learn More Chrome snatches share from IE, Firefox Google's Chrome gained browser market share in January at the expense of both Microsoft's Internet Explorer and IE's biggest rival, Mozilla's Firefox, according to data published today. Read More Cisco's Hidden Video Announcement You're going to be hearing a lot about video on wireless LANs this year. I've been sending relatively low-bit-rate (3 Mbps) video around my house for a long time, with satisfactory results on the small (monitor) screen and acceptable results on the big (projector) screen - the latter over two wireless hops, by the way. Read More NASA has tons of cool space technologies that may never get to space It will be a question of money over priorities. NASA is expected to release its budget for the next year and it doesn't look good for some ongoing projects – the Ares heavy lift rocket likely the biggest cut. If further manned exploration of the moon is significantly delayed or nixed altogether, what does that mean for the myriad technologies NASA already has in development? Here's a look at some of the best NASA technology currently in development that might never get to space. Read More
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