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Microsoft may not scan your email for keywords like Google, but your boss can
The Scroogled campaign in which Microsoft warned about Google disrespecting your privacy by scanning "every word of every email" to deliver ads in Gmail is now winding down. Read More

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3 Steps to a Cost-Effective Mobile Strategy
In the new Moovweb white paper, "Creating the Right Mobile Strategy: What You Need to Know Before You Get Started", get the insight you need to make an educated decision on the move to mobile. Read Now!

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WHITE PAPER: Cirba

How to Reduce Processor-Based Software Licensing Costs
Most organizations that license software such as Windows, SQL Server, Oracle Weblogic and Oracle Database on a per processor or per host basis are spending far more than is required. By optimizing VM placements considering licensing, utilization, business and technical policies, organizations can achieve savings of greater than 50%. Learn More

Google squashes 10 Chrome bugs as $100K Pwn2Own hacking prize looms
Google today patched 10 vulnerabilities in Chrome, just two days before the start of Pwn2Own, a hacking contest that has $100,000 in prize money waiting for the first researcher to crack the browser Read More

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WHITE PAPER: AccelOps

Operationalizing Information Security ebook
The use of security information and event management (SIEM) as part of an integrated security management program is an information security best practice. Read Now

Oracle should stop sneaking Ask.com adware into Java updates
Like most of you, I received a notice to update Java on my laptop yesterday. It seems like it has become a weekly occurrence. In fact, Java has taken the place of Flash as the primary attack vector used by the bad guys. So, I dutifully clicked the "update now" button. I sat through the download, the extraction and the installer firing up. I was clicking through when I came to the screen below. Luckily,... Read More

Hope these guys don't work for Yahoo!: Nearly 600,000 mega-commuters have 90 minute ride to work
If anyone needs a pretty darn good reason to telecommute it's these guys: the nearly 600,000 mega-commuters whose ride to work is 90 minutes or longer and ove Read More

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Smart Solutions Deliver Unified Workspace Strategy
Workers today use up to four mobile devices daily--yet companies are struggling to integrate mobile devices into their business models. Learn how Cisco Unified Workspace can help meet these challenges for increased efficiency and growth. View Now

Cybercriminals using digitally signed Java exploits to trick users
Security researchers warn that cybercriminals have started using Java exploits signed with digital certificates to trick users into allowing the malicious code to run inside browsers. Read More

Privacy as product differentiation. Is it time?
One of the big problems standing in the way of getting anything that remotely resembles a concern among Internet companies for the privacy rights of their customers is that there has been no business reason for any such concern. That may be changing, but don't bet big on the possibility. Read More

Five new flaws found in the latest version of Java
A week after disclosing two Java vulnerabilities, a Polish security firm reported finding five more in the latest version of Java. When used together, the new holes could bypass the technology's sandbox in order to install malware. Read More

'Tis the season for tax scammers -- and now, 'long-lining' phishers
The upcoming April 15 tax filing deadline in the U.S. has tax scammers popping up in larger numbers online even as a new phishing trend called long-lining is starting to gather steam. Read More

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