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IE Flaw Could Allow Hackers Access to your Facebook, Gmail, Twitter Accounts
Regardless of the version of Windows you use, if you also use any versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, then you might not want to do any drag-and-dropping within your IE browser, or you might be done in by "cookiejacking." It's not the CookieMonster or Firesheep, but there is a zero-day hole in IE that allows an attacker to steal any session cookies from any website. Read More


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This reference booklet contains a sampling of real business results that organizations around the world, in a variety of industries, have achieved by implementing data warehousing solutions with Oracle. Learn more.

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Three Steps to Effective Cloud Planning & Design
Before you build your cloud, there are many considerations. Are there security requirements? Compliance rules? Will you use public cloud resources as well? Learn more about how to plan a cloud effectively – from defining requirements to identifying the costs - in this compelling white paper from BMC Software. Read More Today

Everything you need to know about Mac scareware
You'd think it was the end of the world. Read More

Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's personal possessions set for creepy online auction
Ok this is kind of creepy.  The US Marshalls Office today said it will hold an online auction of the personal effects of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski. Read More

Google demos e-wallet app with Citi, MasterCard, First Data and Sprint
Google today said it showed off its Google Wallet app that it says will make your mobile phone a wallet for the ages. Read More


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This ebook will provide the fundamental differences between the Netezza TwinFin® and Oracle Exadata solutions from the perspectives of query performance, simplicity of operation and value. The ebook will help you determine which solutions best meet your business needs and how to achieve optimal results from your data. Read now

Google Wallet: Five things you need to know
Now that Google has officially released its mobile payment platform, here are five things you need to know about it. Read More

Pressure SCADA developers on security
The discovery of a number of what have been described as serious vulnerabilities within industrial control systems built by manufacturing giant Siemens AG -- and the subsequent nixing of a presentation about those very vulnerabilities -- has raised questions about how the nature of vulnerability disclosure should -- or shouldn't -- change when it comes to the security flaws in industrial systems. Read More

New U.S. bill requires ISPs to keep 18-months records
A bipartisan bill introduced on Wednesday in the U.S. House of Representatives will require Internet service providers to retain subscriber information for up to 18 months to assist federal law enforcement in investigations into online child pornography and child exploitation cases. Read More


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Distributed Virtualization Management from Big Iron
Many enterprises started virtualization efforts to reap the benefits of consolidating their distributed infrastructure. This consolidation, however, has not ended datacenter infrastructure heterogeneity since enterprises seem intent on acquiring different virtualization platforms as well as heterogeneous hardware platforms. Read Now

Oklahoma City using SIEM to crack down on hackers - and wayward employees
Oklahoma City is using technology that not only watches for signs of any hacker activity on its municipal government network, but monitors employee online behavior to assure no one's going out of bounds. Read More

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Honda Canada warns customers of data breach
Honda Canada has warned its customers that their personal data may have been exposed in a breach of its systems. Read More

Windows 1.0: Still playing Reversi after all these years
Hide the women and children: It's the first version of Windows! Read More



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