Thursday, June 30, 2011

Don’t MISs Bidgoli’s Second Edition: Even Better

Microsoft Researchers Find Spammers by Graphing Social Networks | Inventor of SecurID token has new authentication system

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Don't MISs Bidgoli's Second Edition: Even Better
Last year I called Professor Bidgoli's MIS 2010 college textbook "the missing link in college education" preparing students for real life applications of computer science and information systems. Professor Bidgoli released the second edition of his text book as MIS2. Read More


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SLA Compliance: Wireless Fidelity Achieved
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Microsoft Researchers Find Spammers by Graphing Social Networks
Do you believe in the theory that only good people have lots of social media friends, while "bad people" don't have friends and don't leave many traces of themselves online? According to recent Microsoft Research, a spammer email account can be identified by the lack of connectivity to other people. Read More

Inventor of SecurID token has new authentication system
The inventor of the two-factor authentication SecurID token says the latest technology he's come up with is better because it can be used with a voiceprint biometric, plus it can be deployed for purposes of secure authentication in mobile phones, payments and cloud computing. Read More


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Introduction to Data Center Infrastructure Management
This paper looks at how DCIM products can help you streamline operations, automate asset management, optimize resources and reduce costs. Read More

Apple Exposes Limitations of the Cloud
Apple announced that it will allow customers to download the next release of Mac OS X, codenamed "Lion," at its Apple stores. This move comes as a result of customer concern that bandwidth limitations or caps will limit their ability to download Lion through the Apple Mac store. Read More

OECD declaration on Internet policy angers EFF
The OECD on Wednesday issued a communication on developing Internet policy that appears to put pressure on Internet service providers (ISPs) to take responsibility for policing their networks. Read More


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MasterCard blames ISP outage for site's downtime
MasterCard said on Wednesday that its main website was offline for a short period of time due to a weather-related issue at a third-party ISP and not a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack as claimed by WikiLeaks. Read More

Google patches 7 bugs in Chrome browser
Google patched seven vulnerabilities in Chrome on Tuesday as it issued the second security update for its browser this month. Read More

LulzSec's parting Trojan is a false positive
The LulzSec hacking group sailed off into the sunset Saturday, leaving behind a treasure trove of stolen data along with what some antivirus programs identified as a nasty surprise for anyone who downloaded the Torrent file: a Trojan horse program. Read More

Symantec compares iOS and Android security
Apple's iOS and Google's Android smartphone platforms are more secure than traditional desktop-based operating systems, but are still susceptible to many existing categories of attacks, according toa 23-page report from security software vendor Symantec. Read More



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