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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Anonymous hacks Monsanto, targets Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips

Microsoft NAC and MDM: Your Future in Control | French three strikes law: 470,878 warnings, no lawsuits yet

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Anonymous hacks Monsanto, targets Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips
Anonymous has posted names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Monsanto employees, and is promising action against Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Imperial Oil, the Royal Bank of Scotland and others. Read More


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Why You Can't Ignore WAN Optimization
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WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks

10 Things Your Next Firewall Must Do
As the leader and pioneer of the next-generation firewall category, Palo Alto Networks would like to share what we have learned from securing over 3,500 enterprise networks in the past few years. Download our guide that depicts the top 10 requirements you should demand in your next firewall purchase. Read now!

Microsoft NAC and MDM: Your Future in Control
The number of break-ins to high profile networks is at an all time high. Media announcements of a seeming record number of ripped off user information, credit card links, and other sensitive information appears seemingly daily. Somehow, someone broke in. Admittance control doesn't necessarily make the fortress bullet proof, but conceptually, it allows a lot of control over credentials of users running... Read More

French three strikes law: 470,878 warnings, no lawsuits yet
France's High Authority for the Distribution of Works and the Protection of Rights on the Internet (Hadopi) has prosecuted no one for illegal file sharing in the nine months since it began operating under a so-called "three strikes" copyright enforcement law. Read More


WEBCAST: Riverbed

Eliminate Network Finger-Pointing
Cascade Demo: With Cascade, you get visibility into network optimization and analysis, application performance management, IT consolidation, and security. Watch as Jack, the manager of the network team, deals with user complaints about application performance. See how he uses Riverbed Cascade to solve them. Learn more!

"Depraved" Wi-Fi hacker gets 18 years in prison
A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after he hacked a neighbor's Wi-Fi router and then launched a vengeful two-year campaign to frame them with child pornography and threats to government officials, including Vice President Joe Biden. Read More

US to let everyday drivers test advanced wireless auto safety technology
Can new wireless auto safety systems work in the real world and how will drivers respond? Read More


WHITE PAPER: F5

Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers, 2010
The market for ADCs is consolidating. However, innovation continues, especially among some select smaller players. Although there are clear leaders in the ADC market, enterprises should focus their buying decisions on a vendor's ability to support specific application requirements. Learn more!

Is your company ready for legal holds and compliance with mobility and the cloud?
It has not been too long since Google lost millions of e-mails and struggled to get most (!) of them back for customers. Amazon recently had cloud issues where they were not able to restore all the data their cloud customers had placed on their servers. Read More

Senate report: Phone bill cramming costs billions
Senators call for new rules to prohibit unauthorized charges on telephone bills. Read More

Computer skills force out need for cursive writing in schools
Keyboard typing and messaging are the way of future no doubt but at the cost of cursive writing? That seems to be the trend as Indiana this week became one of a number of states that no longer require cursive to be taught, but rather require typing skills instead. Read More

IPv6 Deployment Misperception: I can do the minimum at my Internet Edge and get by
As we continue to work through my list of the Top 5 IPv6 Misconceptions, the No. 4 entry is what I call "taking the easy way out" when it comes to deploying IPv6 at your Internet edge. Read More



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10 HP TouchPad apps for newbies
HP took the wraps off its shiny new webOS-based tablet - the TouchPad - on July 1. And like the Apple iPad, the Motorola Xoom and the BlackBerry PlayBook, this tablet debuts with a pack of applications customized for the tablet form factor.

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