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	Microsoft plans gigantic Patch Tuesday next week Microsoft will issue 10 updates, three labeled as 'critical,' to fix 34 vulnerabilities in multiple versions of Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and SharePoint. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Log Mangement in a Cyberworld Cybercrime, increasingly operated under well-muscled organized crime syndicates, has become a huge threat. With so many potential cyber villains poking around the gates, enterprises must have strong protections and pristine visibility into what's happening on the network. Read Now In this Issue FTC cracks down on spyware seller Facebook CEO Sweats Site's Privacy Issues at D8 NASA Mars rover spies rare red planet rocks Panda's free antivirus adds new malware blocking NAO wants status of risky government projects to be public Note to Washington: Read and react to Richard Clarke's new Book, "Cyber War!" Chrome OS Strives to Replace Desktop Culture SURVEY: Role & Influence Survey What information sources do you use to keep up-to-date with new technologies? Take our brief technology buying survey, enter to win a $250 prize and reserve your copy of the survey results (URL) Click to continue FTC cracks down on spyware seller The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Florida spyware vendor CyberSpy Software, two years after suing the company for selling "100 percent undetectable" keylogging software. Read More Facebook CEO Sweats Site's Privacy Issues at D8 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to criticisms surrounding user privacy and admitted his company had made mistakes during an interview at the D8 conference on Wednesday. The Facebook chief also took questions from the audience denying the rumor that the social network was building a Webmail service to compete with Gmail and Hotmail, according to All Things D. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell File Management Suite Better track and understand storage patterns, allocate and manage storage based on its relevance and value to the business, while saving money in the administration and procurement of storage resources. Learn to get a handle on the unchecked proliferation of data. Read Now NASA Mars rover spies rare red planet rocks NASA's now hibernating Mars rover Spirit spotted rocks scientists say could offer key clues to whether or not life ever did or still does exist on the red planet.  Read More Panda's free antivirus adds new malware blocking Panda Security has bolstered the features available in its free antivirus product, Cloud Antivirus, adding a new behavioural engine and Windows autorun control. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP SMB: Strategy Guide to Risk Mitigation This strategy guide offers concrete risk mitigation techniques specifically designed for midsize organizations. Learn how to proactively manage physical and virtual systems and see the early signs of infrastructure trouble to avoid outages. Read Now! NAO wants status of risky government projects to be public The National Audit Office (NAO) has called for the status of high-risk projects in government, including major IT contracts, to be reported publicly to reduce the risk of project failure. Read More Note to Washington: Read and react to Richard Clarke's new Book, "Cyber War!" I recently finished Richard Clarke's new book, "Cyber War," and I have but two words for the former cyber czar -- thank you. Read More Chrome OS Strives to Replace Desktop Culture Google's Chrome OS is coming to a netbook near you sometime later this year. The Web-centric, Linux-based, open source platform will offer a lightweight, cost-effective alternative operating system for portable computing. Eventually, Google plans to expand the scope of Chrome OS to take on Windows on the desktop as well--a goal that requires both a solid operating system and a significant culture shift. Read More
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