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	How to protect against Firesheep attacks Firefox users can protect themselves against Firesheep, the new browser add-on that lets amateurs hijack users' access to Facebook, Twitter and other popular services, security experts said on Tuesday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BICSI It Pays to Become Credentialed Rapid growth and technological advancements have created a high demand for those able to demonstrate knowledge and expertise in network transport systems (NTS) design. BICSI courses serve as a career path for those pursuing excellence in NTS design and are recommended for candidates preparing for the NTS Specialist exam. Click here for details. In this Issue No white Christmas for iPhone 4 fans AT&T lagging while others lead on IPv6 1,000 apps ready for Windows Phone 7 handsets Insider report: Enterprise Wi-Fi Mozilla warns of unpatched Firefox flaw used in attacks Juniper rolls out smartphone security suite Google CEO Schmidt: Google Implants Aren't Ready Yet Microsoft quietly delivers Windows 7 SP1 release candidate Oracle's Ellison vows to prove new HP CEO in on scheme The New CCNA Voice: Did it Just Get Harder? WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Making the Promise of Cloud a Reality Whether a business builds out its own cloud or buys cloud services from someone else, they need to be sure the end results are optimized for the speed users require. This paper identifies where the limitations of cloud computing exist and provides actionable strategies to unleash cloud performance. Read now! No white Christmas for iPhone 4 fans People looking for a white Apple iPhone 4 had an up-and-down Tuesday: The day started with a flurry of speculation that you could pre-order one via an Apple Store iPhone app, but by the end of the day Apple issued a statement that the elusive smartphone wouldn't be available until spring. Read More AT&T lagging while others lead on IPv6 Is AT&T behind on IPv6 deployment? That's one of the key questions facing U.S. government agencies and corporations as they scramble to deploy next-generation Internet technology ahead of the fast-approaching exhaustion of IP addresses using the current standard, known as IPv4. Read More 1,000 apps ready for Windows Phone 7 handsets Microsoft's online application catalog for Windows Phone 7 has already reached 1,000 approved applications and games. The first handsets go on sale in early November, and the company promises "hundreds" more apps will be added to Windows Phone Marketplace each week. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp How Efficient is your Storage Environment? Store the maximum amount of data for the lowest possible cost, without compromising performance. The key is selecting a platform that supports thin provisioning, data deduplication and virtualization. Dramatically lower your capacity requirements and costs. Read More! Insider report: Enterprise Wi-Fi Wireless networks are invading the enterprise, so in this series of tests we look at the hardware and software required for a full-blown enterprise WLAN. Tests in this handy PDF reference include: the largest 802.11n test ever conducted; a test of seven low cost spectrum analyzers; packet capture tools that help IT managers troubleshoot wireless networks; and a test of capacity planning gear. Sign up to become an Insider (it's free!) and get access to the full report. Read More Mozilla warns of unpatched Firefox flaw used in attacks Mozilla says it will patch a new zero-day flaw now being exploited in Web attacks. Read More Juniper rolls out smartphone security suite Juniper this week unveiled software, based on its recent purchase of sMobile, to protect mobile devices from security threats. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Consolidate and Virtualize Your Windows Environment Joint NetApp-VMware whitepaper on Windows consolidation. This whitepaper explores the reasons for consolidating Windows environments and the benefits of doing so with a joint NetApp-VMware solution. Read More! Google CEO Schmidt: Google Implants Aren't Ready Yet Google CEO Schmidt advises that you can move if you don't like your home being on Street View, but don't worry cause he also says a Google implant into your brain does cross the creepy line, "at least for the moment until the technology gets better." Read More Microsoft quietly delivers Windows 7 SP1 release candidate Microsoft has quietly released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 release candidate, slated to be the first and last RC version to be released before the final version ships early next year. Read More Oracle's Ellison vows to prove new HP CEO in on scheme Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Tuesday vowed to prove that new Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker was in on a scheme to steal large amounts of Oracle software, when Apotheker was CEO of software maker SAP. Read More The New CCNA Voice: Did it Just Get Harder? Dave Schulz guest blogs again today about Cisco's voice certification changes. Dave asserts that the new CCNA Voice - due to the new ICOMM exam - looks like it raises the bar a bit on getting your CCNA Voice certification. Similar to his post last week, Dave examines the new ICOMM 8.0 course to help interpret more detail about the kind of materials you might expect to see in the new ICOMM exam. Read More
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