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	It's official: No more IPv4 addresses The Internet has run out of IPv4 address space. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority assigned two of the remaining blocks of IPv4 addresses - each containing 16.7 million addresses - to the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) on Tuesday, as predicted. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco The Cisco Borderless Challenge is Back! Take the new routing edition of the Borderless Challenge January 25- February 17, 2011 for your chance to win a trip to Hawaii or a Flip HD camera. Watch Video In this Issue Internet 'kill switch' bill reintroduced as Egypt remains dark Smackdown: Android Market vs. iPhone App Store Egypt muzzles last active ISP, but workarounds continue Lawsuit claims AT&T cheats iPhone, iPad owners on data How to protect Windows from the new MHTML zero-day hole What is an 'Advanced Persistent Threat,' anyway? Senate's H-1B foes begin new attack Escape the App Store: 4 ways to create smartphone Web apps Do You Get the Feeling That It Won't Be Enough WAN Bandwidth? BMW car key prototype unlocks hotel rooms, train seats RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Netezza Get Proof. Not Promises. Take the TwinFin Test Drive. Your site. Your data. Our technology. Experience the high-performance and operational simplicity of the IBM Netezza TwinFin data warehouse appliance first-hand. Our open Proof of Concept allows you to test the TwinFin with your most demanding, real-world analytics challenges. Learn More. Internet 'kill switch' bill reintroduced as Egypt remains dark On the heels of what's being described as the biggest electronic shutdown by a government, legislators in the U.S. are trying to reintroduce a bill that would give the President an Internet 'kill switch.' Read More Smackdown: Android Market vs. iPhone App Store The Android Market has made steady improvements since its introduction. But has it overtaken Apple's App Store? Let's find out. Read More Egypt muzzles last active ISP, but workarounds continue While Egypt's embattled authoritarian regime has managed to knock off the Internet its lone hold-out ISP, protesters within the country and supporters on the outside are continuing to marshal resources in attempt to keep the flow of information moving to and from those directly involved. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: St. Bernard, now doing business as EdgeWave Spend Less on Web Security, Earn $15 GC Get Email and Web security solutions with robust features and the lowest TCO on the market. Delivery options include hosted, on-prem appliances and hybrid. For a limited time, we'll try to match the cost of your current solution, or any competitive offer you have. And you'll earn cash just for checking us out. Click here for the EdgeWave Bid Desk. Lawsuit claims AT&T cheats iPhone, iPad owners on data AT&T has "systematically" overcharged iPhone and iPad owners with capped data plans by inflating the amount of data they download and adding "phantom traffic," a lawsuit claimed. Read More How to protect Windows from the new MHTML zero-day hole On Friday, Microsoft warned of a new zero-day bug affecting all versions of Windows that could allow remote code execution if users clicked on malicious links. It also released some guidance on how to determine if your Windows machines are vulnerable and how to turn off MHTML, the offending protocol that allows the attack. Read More What is an 'Advanced Persistent Threat,' anyway? "Beware the Advanced Persistent Threat"! is the security vendor mantra of the moment. But really, what is an APT? Depends who you ask ... Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Five Steps to Successful IT Consolidation Download this paper by Riverbed and discover a clear 5-step approach to making sure every consolidation project is successful. Read Now. Senate's H-1B foes begin new attack With the cap on H-1B visas reached last week, proponents have renewed calls for raising the cap. But two leading critics of the the program may be getting ready to seek new restrictions on the use of foreign labor. Read More Escape the App Store: 4 ways to create smartphone Web apps Proprietary, incompatible coding systems and app store controls can make mobile app dev too hard -- so try these HTML-oriented alternatives. Read More Do You Get the Feeling That It Won't Be Enough WAN Bandwidth? The primary goal of our WAN Transformation project was to give more bandwidth - a lot more bandwidth - to our field sites. A field site with approximately 50 people will get 30 Mbps MPLS bandwidth (and a backup 6 Mbps that will only be used if the 30 Mbps is down). But, something's been nagging me lately. Will it be enough? Read More BMW car key prototype unlocks hotel rooms, train seats Researchers at BMW have developed a prototype car key that will unlock much more than just car doors. They've taken the wireless key already used to many cars and added an NFC, or near-field communication, function. Read More
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