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	A gated social network for IT pros only A planned IT-focused social network called Wisegate launches next month to provide a place online where IT executives can share problems, seek advice and swap their opinions about products and services. No vendors allowed. Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software PCI-DSS Compliance and GFI Software Products The intent of this document is to provide you with GFI's understanding of the requirements, and how the GFI Software product line can assist you to meet PCI compliance as outlined in the PCI DSS Requirements. Read now! In this Issue Lawsuit accuses comScore of extensive privacy violations Twitter turns on SSL encryption for some users Will desktop virtualization prosper over the WAN? Researchers find first Android malware targeting Gingerbread iPhone thief accidentally IDs himself via Photobucket China hacking video shows glimpse of Falun Gong attack tool WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Performance Metrics and the Cloud Unlike static configuration management databases, which often contain information too outdated for real-time understanding, a dynamic operational service model provides relevant, timely information. Read More Lawsuit accuses comScore of extensive privacy violations A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in Chicago accused online tracking and analytics firm comScore of surreptitiously collecting Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords and other data from consumer systems. Read More Twitter turns on SSL encryption for some users Twitter has made SSL available as a security option on its site and turned it on as the default setting for some but not all members. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Simplify, Improve, and Save with Dynamic Workload Management Join us in our conversation with John McKenny, BMC vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Mainframe Service Management (MSM), as we uncover the advantages of dynamic workload management. Learn More! Will desktop virtualization prosper over the WAN? If virtualization can ease endpoint management and improve security, why stop at remote-office Windows PCs? More and more endpoints will simply render graphics over the network rather than receive software updates and store sensitive data on local memory and disk. Read More Researchers find first Android malware targeting Gingerbread Researchers have spotted the first malware that exploits a critical vulnerability in Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread, finding samples tucked into legitimate apps on Chinese download sites. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Taming the Cloud This whitepaper explores the components of the cloud computing ecosystem, demonstrates how Akamai is delivering services for cloud optimization, and looks forward into the evolution of this dynamic and growing market. Read now iPhone thief accidentally IDs himself via Photobucket Photobucket has a cool mobile application that allows users to automatically upload mobile pictures to the company's photo-sharing website. That's something that Korey Heess is unlikely to forget anytime soon, after allegedly snapping a picture of himself that was used by police to identify him as a smartphone thief. Read More China hacking video shows glimpse of Falun Gong attack tool China Central Television ran a documentary with footage that shows a government attack tool being used against a Web site sympathetic to the spiritual movement Falun Gong. Read More
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