Cloud security, cyberwar dominate RSA 2010; Weird but real gadgets

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	Cloud security, cyberwar dominate RSA Conference Cloud security loomed over the RSA Conference this week as a major concern of business, but worry about the threat of cyberwar was also strong, with officials from the White House and FBI weighing in to encourage private participation in government efforts to defend information and communications networks. 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 19 Weird but Real Gadgets and Gizmos Typical Windows user patches every 5 days FBI embeds cyber-investigators in Ukraine, Estonia Researchers find way to zap RSA security scheme Microsoft's Ballmer: 'For the cloud, we're all in' Microsoft gets I-O Data to sign Linux patent-protection license Intel unveils platform for home storage networks Juniper helps virtualization security vendor Altor raise $10 million RSA extends security tools to VMware US agency awards $255 million in new broadband funds Kickin' VAS with OpenVAS! Tweet this: Social network security is risky business WHITE PAPER: HP Networking Redefined Consolidation, virtualization, green Initiatives, cloud computing, etc., the state of the data center has never been more in flux. Is it time for a network overhaul built on the concepts of open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwiths of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and beyond? Read this Network World Executive Guide to learn more. . Read now. 19 Weird but Real Gadgets and Gizmos Take a walk on tech's wild side with some of the strangest, most original, and most bizarre gadgets you've ever seen. We've got vacuums for your lawn, swimwear that can charge your iPod, and grenades that don't explode but still go boom. Read More Typical Windows user patches every 5 days The typical home user running Windows faces the "unreasonable" task of patching software an average of every five days, a security and vulnerability research company said. Read More FBI embeds cyber-investigators in Ukraine, Estonia Hoping to catch cybercrooks, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has begun embedding agents with law enforcement agencies in Estonia, the Ukraine and the Netherlands. Read More Researchers find way to zap RSA security scheme Three University of Michigan computer scientists say they have found a way to exploit a weakness in RSA security technology used to protect everything from media players to smartphones and e-commerce servers. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP ProCurve Break Free from Proprietary Networking See why Gartner and the network industry have positioned HP as a leader and the fastest-growing enterprise Ethernet LAN networking vendor. HP's commitment to industry-standards can help organizations optimize their network. Read now. Microsoft's Ballmer: 'For the cloud, we're all in' Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at University of Washington about cloud computing, the company's strategy and why it's not just for techies. Read More Microsoft gets I-O Data to sign Linux patent-protection license Microsoft is on a roll with its Linux patent-protection scheme. On Thursday it announced that it has struck an agreement with Japanese company I-O Data in which I-O Data will pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum "that will provide I-O Data's customers with patent coverage for their use of I-O Data's products running Linux and other related open source software." Read More Intel unveils platform for home storage networks Intel today announced a new processor/controller combination targeted at home and small office storage networks that will increase performance for some home applications, such as video processing, by as much as 85%. Read More Juniper helps virtualization security vendor Altor raise $10 million Virtualization security vendor Altor Network has raised $10 million in a new funding round from investors including Juniper Networks. Read More WEBCAST: Actuate Discover BIRT. Understand how BIRT simplifies and speeds to market the development of rich information applications. In this presentation, a technical expert behind BIRT will demonstrate a customer-facing application in action with Flash, Ajax, and JavaScript interactivity. Click Here! RSA extends security tools to VMware EMC's RSA division is embracing the virtualization trend that its VMware spinoff helped kick off, announcing Thursday that three of its core security products will work in VMware virtualized environments. Read More US agency awards $255 million in new broadband funds The U.S. Rural Utilities Service (RUS) on Thursday announced US$254.6 million in funding for 22 broadband deployment projects in 18 states across the U.S. as it works to wrap up a first round of broadband funding made available in a huge economic stimulus package passed by Congress early last year. Read More Kickin' VAS with OpenVAS! I am still testing a few other things but I think I have found my new scanner! I am very impressed with OpenVAS and can see why Charles was so pumped up about it. Read More Tweet this: Social network security is risky business The debate about whether companies should let their workers access social networking sites on the job is about more than corporate productivity; It's about security, too. Read More
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