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Quest expands virtualization
It's always nice, I guess, when two old friends take an informal relationship and make it permanent. That's what happened last week when Quest Software announced the acquisition of virtual directory vendor Symlabs. Read More


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A Practical approach to Wireless 2.0
Creating "Wi-Fi that works" is a tall order given the breadth of client and application types, the speed and complexity of 802.11n, high-density environments, etc., controller-based vendors cannot live up to their promises of Ethernet-like determinism. Read now!

Turkish government sites targeted by Anonymous
Hacker group Anonymous said on Thursday it has launched DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks on some Turkish government websites, in protest against government plans to introduce Internet filtering. Read More

Apple iCloud: How do you stay secure with this thing?
Memo to IT departments that were caught flat-footed when people started bringing their iPhones to work: You'd better get ready for the iCloud. Read More

Data loss hits vast majority of businesses: survey
Data loss is rampant among businesses worldwide, with the most common cause of losses being lost or stolen equipment, according to a survey. Read More


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US looking for revolutionary binary code system
It may be one the oldest, most basic components of software code but the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to develop what they call revolutionary technologies for analyzing, identifying, and slicing binary executable components. Read More

IBM building security into cloud fabric
IBM executives said this week that the company is looking to many of its existing tools, from the Tivoli management system to Cognos business intelligence software, to secure private and IBM-hosted hybrid clouds as customers migrate to these new computing setups. Read More

Reports: Citigroup breached, customer credit-card info stolen
Citigroup has acknowledged that hackers broke into its network and stole credit-card information related to tens of thousands of customers in North America, according to several reports. Read More


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Warning: Urgent Microsoft update may be Firefox malware
A phony anti-virus scam is presenting itself as a near-perfect Microsoft update popup with one notable exception - it appears only on machines using Firefox browsers. Read More

Anonymous withdraws Indian hack under pressure
The fledgling Indian operation of hacker group Anonymous attacked the website of the Indian army on Friday, but reversed its decision after it ran into criticism from Indian supporters who were annoyed that the Indian army was targeted. Read More

Federal courts to begin first ever digital video pilot of criminal cases
Federal district courts have been prohibited  from allowing any sort of electronic dissemination of trials since 1946, but that is about to change. Fourteen federal trial courts and 100 judges have been selected to take part in the federal Judiciary's three-year digital video pilot, which will begin July 18 and will go a long way towards determining the effect of cameras in courtrooms. In other news:... Read More



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