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	Sony BMG rookit scandal: 5 years later The revelation 5 years ago that Sony BMG was planting a secret rootkit onto its music customers' Windows PCs in the name of anti-piracy is seen now as one of the all-time significant events in IT security history. Read More WEBCAST: NeuStar, Inc. 30 Minutes to Faster Web Pages Join this discussion and learn the importance and nuances of load testing, measuring scalability, setting page performance and transaction response rates, and what to do when things go wrong. You'll even hear performance improvement tips that are quick to implement and free. View Now In this Issue 8 cool features of Chrome 8 beta Network hardware failure blamed for PayPal collapse Google offers bounty to Web bug hunters 10 games you probably don't know about but should Train station photo tests your destination imagination 4G WiMax Comes to New York City Jurors banned from Twittering about Oracle-SAP trial Is Cisco Running for Governor in California? Google and Apple Are Smart, Microsoft Is Dumb TSA: Show Us Your Body Or We'll Feel You Up Really? Dropping a phone in a urinal will sell Windows Phone 7? IT graduates still find it hardest to get jobs, survey shows Got ROI? Payback drives boom in unified communications WEBCAST: NetApp Is Your IT Ready For The Future? Join us for a virtual event to learn about new NetApp technologies, products, and solutions that can make your IT ready for the future. With a shared infrastructure built on NetApp, IT can deliver unparalleled efficiency and flexibility to your organization. Learn More 8 cool features of Chrome 8 beta The version 8 beta release of Google's Web browser has several new and interesting features. Read More Network hardware failure blamed for PayPal collapse A network hardware failure knocked PayPal offline for all of its users globally on Friday, and the recovery and failover systems didn't spring into action as quickly as they were supposed to. Read More Google offers bounty to Web bug hunters Following up on a successful bug bounty program that pays hackers for finding security flaws in its Chrome browser, Google now says that it will pay cash for security bugs reported on its websites. Read More 10 games you probably don't know about but should How many great games have you not played yet this year? Check out our roundup of 2010's best video games that you might have missed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sprint Achieving Unified Communications Network options are critical to ensuring a converged network. This podcast outlines the critical components to achieve unified communications and provide users with an advanced mobile experience. Read Now Train station photo tests your destination imagination Network World Test Alliance partner Joel Snyder posted this photo to his Facebook page over the weekend with the caption: "Seen at Rome Ostiense station ... From the destination, I'm guessing that this must be a private train." Read More 4G WiMax Comes to New York City NYC, get ready for 4G. Today Sprint announced that its 4G WiMax network has arrived in all five boroughs of New York City, bringing the fastest data network to more than 8 million new customers. In addition to New York City, Sprint -- in partnership with Clearwire -- have blessed Hartford, New Haven, New Brunswick, Trenton, and Tampa with 4G coverage, bringing the total number of covered cities to 61. Read More Jurors banned from Twittering about Oracle-SAP trial Jury selection for Oracle's corporate theft lawsuit against SAP got under way Monday morning in a California courtroom, where potential jurors were warned they would have to refrain from posting on Facebook or Twitter about the case if they are selected to take part in the trial. Read More Is Cisco Running for Governor in California? As you might have read from my previous blogs - like my stance on Net Neutrality - you'll probably pick up quickly that I do not vote Democrat often (I don't vote for Republicans much either lately, but that's for a different blog). Nonetheless, I don't care for silliness in politics. 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 Google and Apple Are Smart, Microsoft Is Dumb Is Microsoft making the wrong bet? Read More TSA: Show Us Your Body Or We'll Feel You Up Feeling lonely and craving human touch? Book a flight and go through airport security. The TSA screeners have a new enhanced pat down which has been likened to "foreplay." What's that? You don't want to be fondled for TSA's new aggressive and controversial body searches? TSA is counting on that. Read More Really? Dropping a phone in a urinal will sell Windows Phone 7? I saw this ad for Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 over the weekend and was appalled. And this is from someone who was thinking I'd add Windows Phone 7 devices to my short list, if I hear some positive reviews on them from Network World's Cool Tools columnist Keith Shaw. Read More IT graduates still find it hardest to get jobs, survey shows IT graduates are most likely to struggle with finding a job, a new report has shown. Read More Got ROI? Payback drives boom in unified communications While many businesses tightened their IT budgets during the recent recession, a growing number of organizations are deploying unified communications solutions -- integrated voice, data, messaging, conferencing and collaboration services over converged networks -- as confidence creeps back and budgets expand. The driver? Return on investment. Read More
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