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	Father of Firesheep fires away after wild week in Wi-Fi security Firesheep, the Mozilla Firefox add-on released about a week ago that lets you spot users on open networks visiting unsecured websites, has given creator Eric Butler more than his 15 minutes of fame. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CDW Keep your networks running with Business Continuity solutions from CDW. Click to continue In this Issue The New CISO: How the role has changed in 5 years Antivirus software didn't help in zero-day malware attack on power plant Will Oracle acquire a networking company? Broadcom readies 100G Ethernet chip Cops: Hacker posted stolen X-rated pics on Facebook Google settles Buzz lawsuit with no payout to Gmail users Cisco No. 7 among green Fortune 500s Researchers tout unique automated firewall fault fixer Broadcom gains femtocell technology with aquisition Cloud computing underwhelms PHP developers Android Revolution May Overwhelm BlackBerry WHITE PAPER: Sprint "Business-class" Service for the Global Customer Can global customers that are not part of the world's largest global companies get the "business-class" service they deserve? Do these smaller globals have to lower their service expectations? Read More The New CISO: How the role has changed in 5 years The role of CISO has evolved in the last five years from one of IT security administration to high-level risk management. Here are four perspectives on how and why it happened and how you can go about doing the job effectively today. Read More Antivirus software didn't help in zero-day malware attack on power plant When the zero-day attack known as the "Here You Have" virus hit about 500 PCs at the Salt River Project, a large public power utility and water supplier for Arizona, it turned out that the antivirus software in use provided no defense. Read More Will Oracle acquire a networking company? There is a lot of momentum behind the belief that the future of IT is based on tightly integrating the key components of IT such as networking, servers and storage. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Introduction to Data Center Infrastructure Management This paper looks at how DCIM products can help you streamline operations, automate asset management, optimize resources and reduce costs. Read More Broadcom readies 100G Ethernet chip Broadcom is shipping samples of a processor for 100-Gigabit Ethernet, part of an architecture that can scale up to a clustered system with a total capacity of 100Tbps. Read More Cops: Hacker posted stolen X-rated pics on Facebook A 23-year-old California man is set to appear in court Tuesday, after police say he broke into the Web mail accounts of more than 3,000 women and posted sexually explicit images of many of them on Facebook. Read More Google settles Buzz lawsuit with no payout to Gmail users Google on Tuesday said it won preliminary approval to settle a class-action lawsuit related to alleged privacy violations caused by its Buzz service. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed An In-Depth Look at ROI In this whitepaper, Riverbed discusses its compelling and powerful return on investment in hard dollars, and a way to leap past the obstacles preventing you from reaching your IT objectives. Read now! Cisco No. 7 among green Fortune 500s Cisco Systems is No. 7 on a list of the leading green companies among the Fortune 500. Twenty-nine percent of Cisco's total electricity usage is from green sources such as wind and biomass, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its Green Power Partnership. Read More Researchers tout unique automated firewall fault fixer Researchers will next will detail a tool they say will automate changes and significantly reduce the administrative upkeep of firewalls. Read More Broadcom gains femtocell technology with aquisition Broadcom, a successful supplier to multiple manufacturers that build everything from cable modems to VoIP systems to network switches, has announced it plans to buy Percello Ltd., a privately held company that develops system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for femtocells. Read More Cloud computing underwhelms PHP developers Developers still see it as the future, but they think it is currently overhyped and vendor-driven. Read More Android Revolution May Overwhelm BlackBerry The Android army may soon claim Research In Motion's BlackBerry as its first victim in the smartphone war. Read More
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