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	Microsoft to FTC: Don't tell us how long to retain users' private data Microsoft believes it's willingness to delete IP addresses tracked by Bing after six months (and cookies after a year and half) makes it an example of how to do privacy right. It is urging the Federal Trade Commission to consider the desires of Internet marketers before settling on new guidelines that cover data retention and other online privacy restrictions. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Malware is Everywhere Get up to speed on the proliferation of security issues and hear about new techniques that combine IBM Rational AppScan and Internet Security Systems (ISS) technologies to scan and identify unwanted, embedded malware. View Now In this Issue Is Skype a security risk that endangers your privacy? Google patches 6 serious Chrome bugs Lawsuit alleges cloak-and-dagger conspiracy by Software AG Mozilla regrets keeping quiet on SSL certificate theft UPDATE: Russian security team to upgrade SCADA exploit tool ID thief sentenced to more than 16 years in prison Update Java and you may get annoying McAfee scanner too WHITE PAPER: HP Securing Virtualized Data Centers Understand the real need for security solutions that can address the reality of expanding virtualization. You will also learn how HP TippingPoint's secure virtualization framework allows organizations to gain control of the virtual environment by introducing in-line security policy enforcement. Read Now Is Skype a security risk that endangers your privacy? According to the NYTimes and Slashdot, there are reports of China stepping up electronic communications censorship beyond e-mail and the Internet in the form of "policing cellphone calls" such as if "antigovernment sentiment" words are spoken. Two callers, one speaking English and the other Chinese, have reported being cut off mid-sentence after saying "protest." Read More Google patches 6 serious Chrome bugs The latest security update to Google Chrome includes two blacklisted SSL certificates that may be related to the recent theft of digital certificates from a Comodo reseller. Read More WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard Software Compare Web Filters, Enter to win an iPad View this demo of iPrism Web Filter and learn why throughput speeds of up to 100+ Mbps, anti-virus protection, and seamless Active Directory/Terminal Services integration and reporting included at no charge has made iPrism the appliance-based choice for organizations of all sizes. Learn More Lawsuit alleges cloak-and-dagger conspiracy by Software AG Middleware giant Software AG conducted an elaborate corporate espionage scheme replete with "sex, lies and an audiotape," according to allegations in a lawsuit filed by RFID (radio frequency identification) vendor GlobeRanger. Read More Mozilla regrets keeping quiet on SSL certificate theft Mozilla admits keeping silent about theft of digital certificates was a mistake on its part. Read More WHITE PAPER: Bit9 Common Sense for PCI Compliance To safeguard this revenue stream and prevent negative publicity from a security breach, Ritz has implemented cardholder data security procedures and technologies specified by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Read now UPDATE: Russian security team to upgrade SCADA exploit tool A Russian security company plans to release an upgraded exploit pack for industrial control software that incorporates a raft of new vulnerabilities released by an Italian security researcher. Read More ID thief sentenced to more than 16 years in prison A Delaware man is sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on ID theft-related charges. Read More Update Java and you may get annoying McAfee scanner too Windows users who install the latest Java security patches may end up with a little more security than they bargained for, at least that's the risk they take if they don't pay close attention to the installation process. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show CTIA Wireless offers a look at the evolving mobile landscape, from handsets and apps to core network systems. Here's a few of the things that are hot at the show in Orlando. First look at Firefox 4 Firefox 4 has finally arrived, after months of delays and after rival Web browsers Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 10 already shipped. The browser gets a speed boost and several feature enhancements that are so significant that they all have their own proper names, like Panorama, JaegerMonkey and Firefox Sync. Were they worth the wait? Let's take a look. MOST-READ STORIES Microsoft pays Nortel $7.5 million for IPv4 addresses Wireless carriers delay Japan's text-to-give donations Microsoft now manages iPhone, Android, Windows, Linux Update Java and you may get annoying McAfee scanner too Nokia looks to make Windows Phone 7 hottest mobile OS Programmer fired for eating pizza Microsoft warns of hack attempt on Windows Live, Google Lots of "people" you interact with online are sockpuppets Is EMC/RSA poised to buy NetWitness? Can LTE really do it all?
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