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	Iran's discovery of Flame malware turning into political hot potato With Iran's computer-emergency response center now decrying Windows-based cyber-espionage software known as Flame (or alternately Flamer or Skywiper) it says it discovered infecting its oil-ministry computers, the uproar is reaching into the United Nations, which is investigating the malware. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Research In Motion Introducing BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion Easily manage and secure mobile device deployments with BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion. From a single interface, manage BlackBerry® smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets and devices that use the iOS® and Android™ operating systems. Put an end to mobile chaos. 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See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Read now. Cisco software defined-networking products on tap in June Cisco will make software defined-networking (SDN) product announcements at its CiscoLive conference in June that will show initial steps in how it plans to roll out the fledgling technology. Read More Gearhead: Hardware We Want to Get Our Hands On Read More IT staff, engineers among top 10 toughest jobs to fill in US Forty-nine percent of US companies are having a hard time filling what workforce management firm ManpowerGroup calls mission-critical positions within their organizations with IT staff, engineers and "skilled trades" among the toughest spots to fill. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye Strategies for advanced threat security in 2012 Download this new FireEye research brief and learn how traditional security defenses can leave you vulnerable and necessary steps to gain visibility into all stages of the attack vector. Read now. HP: New data center technology goes easy on the grid A combination of solar power and carefully automated management should let data centers have a net grid impact of zero, HP said Wednesday in announcing its new data center infrastructure. Read More Do NOT dismiss TV host's frivolous lawsuit, EFF urges court Now here's something you don't see every day: The Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging a California court not to dismiss a frivolous lawsuit. Why? So that the "TV star" who filed the suit will get a taste of California's tough anti-SLAPP justice instead of scurrying off to the plaintiff-friendlier Illinois legal system. From the EFF press release: Read More Intel adds sleep-mode Wi-Fi connectivity feature to ultrabooks Devicescape today announced a deal with Intel that will give owners of certain Intel-powered machines "enhanced connectivity" to Devicescape's Wi-Fi network of more than 7 million public hotspots. 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Read More UNCC Breach Highlights the Need to Think Differently about Cybersecurity The University of North Carolina-Charlotte (UNCC) recently disclosed that they have discovered over 350,000 student, staff and faculty records – including Social Security numbers – that have been exposed to public access in multiple systems, in some cases for several years. RELATED: What a Psychopath Can Teach Us About Information Security Read More 1 in 5 U.S. Windows PCs lack antivirus defenses Nearly a fifth of Windows PCs in the U.S. lack any active security protection, an antivirus vendor said today, citing numbers from a year-long project. Read More 5 Ways to Send a Custom Software Project Off the Rails Unless you want to build a software system that quickly becomes a fossil (or a monster), you should avoid doing these five things that usually seem like a good idea at the time. Read More
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