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Google, Verizon in talks on net neutrality deal
Google and Verizon are reportedly in talks over how to manage network traffic, an agreement that could influence how U.S. regulators view network neutrality. Read More


WHITE PAPER: ArcSight

Building a Successful Security Operations Center
This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center

VIDEO: Intel

More than Speed: ROI and TCO still the benchmarks
Faster performance is great, but in today's economy, IT decision-makers ranked ROI and TCO atop their list for PC refresh benefits in a recent Intel quick poll. Learn how processor choice can cut costs and increase efficiency. Click here

Microsoft sets stage for IE9 beta
Microsoft on Wednesday updated its bare-bones preview of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) for the last time, saying that the next release would be a beta build. Read More

10 Dream Machines Almost Nobody Can Afford
Whether you're in the market for an insanely high-end rig or you just feel like doing a little high-tech window shopping, these pricey PCs deliver serious bang for a whole lot of bucks. Read More

DHS quietly dispatching teams to test power plant cybersecurity
The Department of Homeland Security is quietly creating teams of experts charged with assessing the cybersecurity needs of power plants in the U.S. Read More

iPhone vs. Everybody: Battle of the Smartphone Death Grips
When reports began flooding in that Apple's new iPhone 4 suffers from a serious antenna problem that disrupts voice and data signals, Apple fired back at its critics and competitors by claiming that all smartphones have the same issue. But do they? To see how common a problem antenna attenuation is, we took the iPhone 4 and five of its top smartphone competitors into the field to put Apple's claims to the test. Here's what we found. Read More

US sends message to IT industry to play fair
Wednesday's antitrust settlement between Intel and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sends a strong message to IT companies not to exploit their dominance in a way that squashes competition or deprives consumers of choice, industry observers said. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks

To Block or Not. Is that the Question?
There is a serious problem with today's enterprise networks – the users are in control. This paper examines the difficult tradeoffs that IT departments face when determining the appropriate strategy and policies for Web 2.0/Enterprise 2.0 applications. Read now!

Your Workplace in 2020: Gartner's Predictions
How will people work 10 years from now? Take a peek at Gartner's thoughts on big trends emerging in the office: Get ready for "work swarms" and "hyperconnectedness." Read More

IT security auditors are NOT evil and could keep you from getting hacked
As I sit here writing my first blog entry, while attempting to recover from a week in Las Vegas spent taking in the sights, sounds, and insanity that only Black Hat and DEF CON can inflict on a mere mortal (robots and ninjas are immune, or so I have been told), I can't help but to be amazed by how many security issues could be prevented with a strong security auditing and assessment program. Read More

White spaces: Technology overview
The radio frequency band used to broadcast TV in the United States has evolved over time, primarily due to the Federal Communication Commission's desire to make more bandwidth available for wireless two-way communications. When the TV industry transitioned from analog to digital signals it freed up radio frequency spectrum, some of which the FCC auctioned off to wireless carriers. The rest, having been designated for unlicensed use, is known as TV white spaces. Read More

How Microsoft ranks with the most tardy bug fixers
When HP's Tipping Point issued an ultimatum today to software vendors to fix and reveal to the public software vulnerabilities within six months, Aaron Portnoy, manager of security research at Tipping Point, directed me to a page on the company's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) site that lists all the vulnerabilities known to ZDI and to the software vendors but for which a patch hasn't yet been developed. Read More

Marketing Gone Wild: One Product Helps You Stalk, One Stalks You
Sometimes, strange stories catch my privacy watchdog eye like when consumer products can stalk their buyer. Today we have a story of two different marketing promotions, one seems cool and one seems creepy, but both are high tech and include GPS. One sets off a privacy red alert by taking marketing promotions to a whole new disturbing yet innovative level. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Sybase

IT Guide to Managing Personal Devices in the Enterprise
You can't avoid it any longer: Developing a strategy for managing employees' personal mobile devices. Get this paper and learn how to create a more secure and manageable mobile enterprise. It's yours, compliments of Sybase. Read More

'Cyberchondriacs' jump to almost one-third of all adults
The number of people using the Internet to find information about health topics has jumped from 154 million last year to 175 million this year, according to market research firm Harris International. Read More

Facebook logins freely available on Net, researcher finds
Far from having to force hack Facebook passwords in the style of last week's harvesting exercise by Canadian researcher Ron Bowes, it turns out that thousands are already freely available on the Internet. Read More

Indonesia presses RIM over its BlackBerry service
Indonesia is continuing to press Research In Motion (RIM) to allow monitoring of BlackBerry data for security reasons, a request made last year but renewed as the Canadian company feels similar pressure from other countries. Read More

Contribute or Be Shamed
I came across an article titled "Does Ubuntu Contribute its Share to Free Software Projects? and thought I would share the issue with my readers to see what your thoughts on contribution expectations are when considering open source projects. Read More

A daughter follows her father into a mainframe career
Kristin Harper's decision to become an expert in mainframe technology could prove to keep her employed during good and bad times as more and more of today's experts pass retirement age. Read More



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Nine real iPad alternatives
Even since Apple released its "magical and revolutionary" iPad, other vendors have been scrambling to deliver products that go Apple one better. Here are nine that are expected to hit the stores this year.

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