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	Apple unveils newest iPod touch: An iPhone 4 without the phone Apple today unveiled its newest iPod touch, in effect a Wi-Fi version of the iPhone. Like the iPhone 4, the newest iPod touch features iOS 4.1 and A4 processor, the same high-resolution touch display, FaceTime video chat, and high definition video recording. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Taking the Time Crunch Out of IT Compliance with Automation Read this exclusive white paper from compliance leader Tripwire to learn how a Protect, Detect, and Correct compliance strategy can give you back your most precious resource: time. Read More! In this Issue 6 useful Wi-Fi tools for Windows Huge spamming botnet injured but still alive Even mighty VMware faces IT problems VMware vShield: A Good Start, but. . . Check Point bolsters VMware security China demands real names from mobile phone users CEO pay rises the more pink slips fly, study finds News podcast: Network World 360 Russian Trojan blamed for credit card losses at US diner HP to announce 3D laptop, fastest netbook Researchers build mysterious "Quantum Cats" from light Portable Hotspots are the Future of Mobile Broadband 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 6 useful Wi-Fi tools for Windows Free or cheap apps can help troubleshoot your wireless network, turn your laptop into a hot spot and more. Read More Huge spamming botnet injured but still alive A botnet responsible for a significant amount of spam has been crippled but may reconstitute itself in a matter of weeks, according to vendor M86 Security. Read More Even mighty VMware faces IT problems Few companies know IT better than VMware, but no organization is immune to technology problems. The issue of software-as-a-service applications moving into a business environment without IT's knowledge is a common one, and VMware Paul Maritz says it's one his company faces too. Read More VMware vShield: A Good Start, but. . . You've got to hand it to VMware -- it clearly understands the strengths and weaknesses of the ESX environment and is focused on improving the platform. Case in point at this week's VMworld when the company announced the VMware vShield family of security products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel TCO Whitepaper Comparing competing solutions on equal footing can be difficult. We also know that a system with the lowest purchase price may not have the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) over the lifespan of the IP unified communications system. To help with your comparison, learn the 12 cost components that must be incorporated in any TCO analysis. Read more! Check Point bolsters VMware security Check Point's Security Gateway software is now available in a virtual edition that is compatible with VMware virtual environments. Read More China demands real names from mobile phone users China is now requiring people setting up new mobile phone accounts to register with their real identities as part of a new government measure to reduce anonymity among the country's 800 million mobile users. Read More CEO pay rises the more pink slips fly, study finds While not surprising by any means, it's still worth noting new research that quantifies what we would all suspect to be true: Bosses at big companies bank bigger bucks the more vigorously they wield the payroll ax. Read More News podcast: Network World 360 In order to expand its stack of cloud enabling software, VMware is acquiring two software companies. One company is performance analytics specialist Integrien, and the other is federated-access-management software provider TriCipher. Also, Russian police are reportedly investigating a criminal gang that installed malicious "ransomware" programs on thousands of PCs and then forced victims to send SMS messages in order to unlock their PCs. (2:14) Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Where Compliance and Data Protection Overlap Today's CISOs face more challenges than ever, including increased and more sophisticated threats, complex IT environments, decreased budgets, and greater compliance pressures. But these challenges present opportunity. Learn how CISOs can play these challenges to their advantage to meet both data protection and compliance demands. Read More! Russian Trojan blamed for credit card losses at US diner Hundreds of lunchtime customers of a diner in the US city of Memphis are believed to have had funds stolen from their debit and credit cards after PCs at the venue became infected with malware. Read More HP to announce 3D laptop, fastest netbook Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday plans to announce new laptops, including its fastest netbook and first 3D laptop, which combines cutting-edge technologies to raise the bar in performance. Read More Researchers build mysterious "Quantum Cats" from light Quantum science researchers have found a way to manipulate light that could enhance precision measurements as well as computing and communications based on quantum physics theory that says a particle can exist in two states at once. Read More Portable Hotspots are the Future of Mobile Broadband Clearwire and Virgin Mobile have both recently unveiled new portable Wi-Fi hotspots and contract-free unlimited mobile broadband data plans. The Clearwire Puck and the Virgin Mobile MiFi offer clear advantages over data plans offered by wireless carriers and will make bundled data plans obsolete unless wireless carriers get more competitive. Read More
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