Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Will feds mandate Internet routing security?

IE9's App Rep bumps browser's anti-malware score to 99% | TIME names Facebook's Zuckerberg its Person of the Year

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TOP STORY: Will feds mandate Internet routing security?
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has spent $3 million over the past few years on research aimed at bolstering the security of the Internet's routing system. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Mobility is in your workplace. Are you paying attention? (Sybase)
When devising a mobility strategy, one of the key decisions to make is whether to invest in point solutions or to move toward a MEAP solution. This affects your ability to manage applications, devices, and security as mobility becomes more prevalent in your organization. Learn more with this complimentary whitepaper! Read More

IE9's App Rep bumps browser's anti-malware score to 99%
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) blocks more malicious sites and malware than any other browser, including its predecessor IE8, according to a report released Tuesday. Read More

TIME names Facebook's Zuckerberg its Person of the Year
In a decision that will doubtlessly disappoint - if not infuriate - supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, TIME Magazine this morning has named Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg it's 2010 Person of the Year. I guess they liked the movie. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Business Benefits of Collaborative Communications (Alcatel-Lucent)
Discover how to increase employee engagement and productivity across your enterprise, even in a tough economy. This Alcatel-Lucent paper, featuring research from Gartner, shows how implementation of context-aware technology can ensure collaborative communications and build competitive advantage. Read now!

WikiLeaks' Assange runner-up as TIME Person of the Year
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has finished as a runner-up to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as Time's 2010 Person of the Year. Read More

Cisco, T-Mobile team up for Wi-Fi Calling for Business system
Cisco and T-Mobile USA today announced Wi-Fi Calling for Business to help ensure reliable voice calls over Wi-Fi as well as seamless roaming of voice and data traffic between Wi-Fi and cellular networks for smartphone users. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Solve Your Toughest Planning and Scheduling Problems (IBM)
Optimization is unique simply by being the mathematical discipline focused on efficiency. Along with statistics and predictive analytics, it is one of the two mathematical disciplines used most frequently in the world of business. Read Now

US offers $30M for high-risk biofuel research
This one sounds a bit like really wishful thinking. The US Department of Energy today announced $30 million for research projects that would develop advanced biofuels that could replace gasoline or diesel without requiring special upgrades or changes to the vehicle or fueling infrastructure. Read More

Cisco meeting with Obama a good photo opp
President Obama is meeting with Cisco CEO John Chambers and 19 other corporate leaders today in an effort to encourage more domestic hiring to help spur the US economy. President Obama will likely get an earful from Chambers on the need to lower taxes on overseas profits in order to do that. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Building a Successful Security Operations Center (ArcSight)
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

2010 robots review
2010 has been quite a year for our gear-driven robot friends. They've cycled hundreds of kilometers, they've walked for hours without a break and one almost got into space. Here's our review of the year's robot news. Read More

Rise of the tablet may be a blow to Intel, says Goldman Sachs
Tablets are making such a mark in the computer market that they just might start giving the world's largest chip maker a good bashing. Read More

Next-gen HSPA will offer 650M bps, says T-Mobile USA
Mobile broadband based on HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) will in the future be able to offer download speeds of more than 650M bps. The technology is called Long Term HSPA Evolution and should be ready for commercial deployments by 2013, T-Mobile USA and Nokia Siemens Networks said on Wednesday. Read More

Defense Department wants secure, global high-tech supply chain
Concern about the possibility of malicious back doors ending up in commercial high-tech products is prompting the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to push industry to establish a way to vet and identity what's being called a trusted global supply chain. Read More


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SLIDESHOWS

Best and worst celebrity technology moments of 2010
Here's a look back at the year's most memorable – for better or worse – celebrity moments in technology.

Top 15 Holiday Deals on Notebooks, Netbooks, and Desktops
Black Friday is gone, Cyber Monday is history, and Cyber Week is over, but the deals are still around--if you know where to look. The holiday shopping season is in full swing, and retailers are offering great computer discounts to fit everyone's budget. Take a look inside to find netbooks for $300, desktops with widescreen monitors for under $600, and 15-inch laptops starting at $400. Check it out.

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  6. Netflix touts open source, ignores Linux
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  8. Apple quietly drops iOS jailbreak detection API
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