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	Yahoo IPv6 upgrade could shut out 1 million Internet users Yahoo is forging ahead with a move to IPv6 on its main Web site by year-end despite worries that up to 1 million Internet users may be unable to access it initially. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Crunching Data Warehousing Workloads Cheaper Than Ever IBM's Balanced Warehouse solutions address diverse DW price points and requirements, ranging from high-end enterprise DWs down to smaller, function-limited DWs and departmental data marts. Balanced Warehouses build on and extend the Balanced Configuration Unit (BCU) DW appliance solutions that IBM had introduced almost two years prior. Read now! In this Issue Cisco beefs up Wi-Fi mobile payment security Tech That Will Matter in 2011 Gamers hijacked your server? Might be an inside job Researcher releases attack code for just-patched Windows bug New Cisco Linksys wireless router boosts multimedia performance Keyless systems on cars easily hacked, researchers say Public cloud services can provide useful tools for criminals Mobile device makers react differently to attack info, researcher says 14 year-old's Bubble Ball is #1 iTunes app; shoots down Angry Birds Uncensored Playboy on the iPad sidesteps App Store WHITE PAPER: Google Postini The How and Why of E-Mail Archiving This ESG report provides practical advice for small and midsize organizations to determine the best email archiving deployment method (on-premise, SaaS or appliance), evaluate the best time to adopt an archiving strategy, and address a lack of in-house email administrative skills. Read now! Cisco beefs up Wi-Fi mobile payment security Cisco is beefing up wireless transaction security with new software features for its Wi-Fi access points. The vendor says the changes add needed protection over and above that mandated by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard. Read More Tech That Will Matter in 2011 The road ahead reveals technology news, companies, websites, gadgets, and people that will affect your route in 2011. Read More Gamers hijacked your server? Might be an inside job This morning's post about a medical-center data breach being blamed on bandwidth-hungry gamers got me wondering about how often such parasitic intrusions happen and how they're viewed in the gaming community. Not knowing much about gaming or the gaming community, I asked Stephen Heaslip of the gaming site Blue's News to answer a few questions. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Webcast: Is Virtualization Right for SMBs? You've heard that large companies embrace virtualization to consolidate their data centers, reduce costs, and improve operating efficiency and IT service levels. However, your data center only has tens of servers, not hundreds or thousands. Should you consider virtualization as well? View this webcast to learn more. Register now! Researcher releases attack code for just-patched Windows bug Attack code for a Windows vulnerability that Microsoft patched last week was released by a researcher one day after the company fixed the flaw. Read More New Cisco Linksys wireless router boosts multimedia performance With more home users adding multimedia devices (any non-PC device that can connect to the Internet, such as TVs, set-top boxes, even iPads) to their home networks, the bandwidth requirements and performance needs are increasing as well. With that in mind, Cisco today announced an update to its Linksys brand of home wireless router, the E4200 Maximum Performance Dual-Band Wireless-N Router. Read More Keyless systems on cars easily hacked, researchers say The passive keyless entry and start systems supported by many modern cars are susceptible to attacks that allow thieves to relatively easily steal the vehicles, say security researchers. Read More WEBCAST: Symantec The Smart Route to Windows 7 Join IDC analyst Al Gillen as he presents findings from "Windows 7 Done Right: Efficiency from Migration to Implementation" to demonstrate how planning and using the right tools can dramatically improve the Windows 7 environment, reduce security and backup concerns and automate the migration process. View now. Public cloud services can provide useful tools for criminals Buying public cloud services passwords as demonstrated this week at the Black Hat D.C. conference is not the only malicious use these computational and storage resources might offer, according to one security expert. Read More Mobile device makers react differently to attack info, researcher says When a researcher at an ethical-hacking firm discovered mobile devices from Apple, Google, RIM and HTC had a flaw in them that would allow an attacker using malicious Web code to freeze them up and crash them, he contacted the companies last year. Read More 14 year-old's Bubble Ball is #1 iTunes app; shoots down Angry Birds Defined as a " fun, new physics puzzle game,"  Bubble Ball is the new iTunes free app champion, beating out the ever-popular Angry Birds and other big-time apps from the likes of Facebook and Skype. The game has racked up some 2 million downloads. Read More Uncensored Playboy on the iPad sidesteps App Store Playboy will land on the iPad in March, but the uncensored version of the adult magazine will not be offered as a native application, the company confirmed today. Read More
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