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	Microsoft hustles on IE patch, tests fix Microsoft is testing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer, but stopped short of promising to deliver an emergency fix before the next scheduled Patch Tuesday. Read More WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! In this Issue FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009 A new take on cloud security … from Hitler Iran hacks opposition Web sites, arrests cyber activists Security group preps IT shops to ask vendors 'nasty questions' Rizone Security Restore Rolls Settings to Default Humans continue to be 'weak link' in data security PayPal users close accounts after Cryptome attack Privacy is Not Dead, Just Evolving Tech apocalypse: Five doomsday scenarios for IT WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Increasing Energy Efficiency with x86 Servers According to the Robert Francis Group, power efficiency will be the number one issue for IT executives for the next decade, at least. Fortunately, the combination of IBM BladeCenter Systems with the new Intel® XeonÒ 5500 Series processors provide the best combination of value, performance, and reliability. Download the white paper to see how. Read More FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009 Last year was a tough one for most businesses, but for cybercriminals it was one of the best yet. Read More A new take on cloud security … from Hitler Yes, these "Hitler finds out" parodies are getting old - so old, in fact, that even the Wall Street Journal has gotten around to writing about the meme. Rarely, however, have practitioners of the genre gotten their inner geek on quite in the way that Marcus Ranum and Gunnar Peterson do here when Hitler finds out that there are issues surrounding cloud computing and security. Read More Iran hacks opposition Web sites, arrests cyber activists Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps hacked into 29 Web sites affiliated with U.S. espionage networks, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Sunday. 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! Security group preps IT shops to ask vendors 'nasty questions' The Jericho Forum, which advocates improving e-commerce security through knowledge that network perimeters are fading, says organizations need to ask themselves and their vendors tougher questions. Read More Rizone Security Restore Rolls Settings to Default Been the victim of a virus attack and cleaned it out...but still unsure whether your system has had its security settings altered? Then consider Rizone Security Restore. This freeware utility will restore the security settings of your computer to their defaults, so that any changes to the settings made by malware will be undone. Read More Humans continue to be 'weak link' in data security Nearly 90 percent of IT workers in the UK have said a laptop in their organisation has been reported lost or stolen, new research has found. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now PayPal users close accounts after Cryptome attack The spat between Microsoft, Cryptome and PayPal has led to some PayPal users withdrawing their accounts Read More Privacy is Not Dead, Just Evolving It's a brave new world. Unfortunately--continuing the literary allusion--Big Brother is watching. As technology makes more information more accessible, it also threatens to expose information that is not intended to be shared. Privacy is a concept that is caught in the middle of the struggle. Read More Tech apocalypse: Five doomsday scenarios for IT Power grid hacks, massive DNS rerouting, solar flares -- end-times for IT may be more likely than you think Read More
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