Federal judges wary of Facebook, Twitter, Google+ impact on juries

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	Federal judges wary of Facebook, Twitter, Google+ impact on juries The impact of social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Google+ and others on federal juries is a concern that judges are frequently taking steps to curb. According to a study 94% of the 508 federal judges who responded said they have specifically barred jurors from any case-connected use of social media. The Federal Judicial Center was asked by a committee of the policy-making Judicial Conference... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers - from dynamic firewalls to intrusion detection, and account management. Halo is SaaS and installs in 5 minutes. Halo Basic is free for up to 25 servers. Try Halo In this Issue Information Security Budgets Will Increase in 2012 Banking under a bad sign Is Security An Afterthought For NoSQL? Prying government eyes hurting U.S. cloud services: EFF Sh*t End Users Say Goal of new security service: More involvement from ISPs, carriers Huge 4th Amendment Win for Privacy: Supreme Court Requires Warrant for GPS Tracking 4 Ways to Manage Your Online Reputation Google patches several serious Chrome bugs U.S. government online security website hacked RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Provide instant on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs, smartphones and tablets anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try it free today. Information Security Budgets Will Increase in 2012 As part of our annual IT Spending Intentions survey, ESG asks IT professionals about overall spending trends for the coming year. Like other analyst firms, ESG found that IT budgets will increase in 2012, albeit at a modest rate. Read More Banking under a bad sign Birthplace, mother's maiden name, first dog: These are the staples of online identity authentication questions. Not so much this next one, as encountered and tweeted by Boston Globe reporter Todd Wallack: Read More Is Security An Afterthought For NoSQL? There has been a not so silent debate going on in the security world about the security posture of the NoSQL database products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Juniper Blade Switches Don't Cut It in a 10 Gig Data Center To realize the full potential of virtual data centers, the network must undergo a significant transformation. Read the following Yankee Group recommendations to help your company begin the transition to a virtualized data center. View Now Prying government eyes hurting U.S. cloud services: EFF A blog post from the Electronic Frontier Foundation makes the case that the United States is jeopardizing its position in the worldwide cloud-computing market by failing to provide the kinds of privacy assurances demanded by international laws. Moreover, the authors contend that U.S. officials are speaking out of both sides of their mouths on the issue. From the post: Read More Sh*t End Users Say Killing a video meme with one of our own Read More Goal of new security service: More involvement from ISPs, carriers New security analytics service purports to arm service providers with the information they need to keep their network traffic clean. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Tackling the New Normal: Unified Infrastructure Management The new normal for IT is change; and it's up to you to keep pace with that change. You need to leverage innovations—like cloud and mobility—with a cohesive approach to management that ensures full visibility and control across the infrastructure. Learn More Huge 4th Amendment Win for Privacy: Supreme Court Requires Warrant for GPS Tracking Read More 4 Ways to Manage Your Online Reputation This Saturday, Jan. 28, is Data Privacy Day. DPD, as it's known, is a day to "increase awareness of privacy and data protection issues among consumers, organizations and government officials and help industry, academia, and advocates to highlight consumer privacy efforts." Read More Google patches several serious Chrome bugs Google on Monday patched four vulnerabilities in Chrome, and disclosed that it had patched a fifth two weeks ago. Read More U.S. government online security website hacked Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 2012's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries Network World's 6th annual collection of the year's "geekiest anniversaries" this time includes the births of pioneering companies such as UUNet and NEXTEL; technologies like OS/2 and SPARC; television classics topped by "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the first "Simpsons" shorts; disposable contact lenses; the first naked-eye supernova in four centuries; and, who could possibly forget The Woodstock of Physics? CISCO SUBNET Looking for a place where everyone understands your joy and pain with Cisco routers, switches and other gear? Check out our Cisco Subnet, a community of Cisco experts blogging on the latest network topics. Enter here. MOST-READ STORIES Inside Apple's secret packaging room 2012's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries Cloud activity to explode in 2012 Google looks to speed up the Internet iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Jan. 20 LTE spectrum: How much do the big carriers have? Fear the tablet: Cisco survey First look: Windows 8 breaks new ground U.S. government online security website hacked Stupid user tricks 6: IT idiocy loves company
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