Facebook-Google 'cold war' suddenly gets hot

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	Two laptops mean business: HP EliteBook 8460p vs. Lenovo ThinkPad L420 New HP 8460p and Lenovo ThinkPad L420 laptops are meant for business travelers who need reliable, durable and up-to-date technology. We compare the two machines. Read More WHITE PAPER: Argent What's the biggest bottleneck in VMware? Do more CPUs improve VMware?    Using VMware NIC Teaming?    Does TCP/IP affect VMware? (You'll be surprised)    Get this essential FREE white paper now    11 pages of technical details, not sales fluff     Click to continue In this Issue Facebook-Google 'cold war' suddenly gets hot Little new in Obama cybersecurity proposal New Intel tablets could slow iPad enterprise appeal From CIO.com: Microsoft Office Alternatives: Many are Trying, Few are Buying Facebook tightens log-in verification Facebook to warn users about dubious URLs Adobe Flash update puts users in charge of privacy Microsoft shakes up CRM release cycle Outage hits hosted Exchange customers Rambus buying Cryptography Research for $342.5 million IT Blogwatch: Osama bin Laden email body found on USB sticks WHITE PAPER: Cisco Social Technologies Add Business Value Social technologies are moving from the consumer space into the enterprise, and Enterprise Social Software (ESS) is changing how people work. A white paper based on a Forrester Consulting survey commissioned by Cisco reveals the benefits and inhibitors faced by decision makers and how ESS is transforming business processes. Read the white paper now. Facebook-Google 'cold war' suddenly gets hot Facebook's surreptitious public relations campaign against Google shows how intense the competition has become between the two companies -- and what lengths Facebook will go to in the fight. Read More Little new in Obama cybersecurity proposal A set of cybersecurity proposals, submitted to Congress on Thursday by the Obama Administration, contained little that was new or unexpected. Read More New Intel tablets could slow iPad enterprise appeal Tablets based on Intel's first dedicated tablet processor may not be a monster hit among consumers like Apple's iPad, but they could find adoption in enterprises, analysts said this week. Read More From CIO.com: Microsoft Office Alternatives: Many are Trying, Few are Buying Enterprises are intrigued by Office alternatives such as Google Apps, Zoho and OpenOffice.org, but not as a replacement for Microsoft's cash cow. At least not yet, writes Forrester. Read More Facebook tightens log-in verification To help its hundreds of millions of users prevent unauthorized access to their accounts, Facebook has added an optional verification step to its log-in process. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Transform Your Business with Video Business video is exploding in popularity. As video becomes increasingly pervasive, businesses need to uncover the most efficient and productive ways to deploy the media. Cisco Services offers four detailed white paper series—plus complementary short videos—that outline practical steps for harnessing the power of video and realizing the best ROI. Go Now Facebook to warn users about dubious URLs Facebook and Internet security company Web of Trust will provide Facebook users with a feature that protects them against dubious Web links, the companies said today. Read More Adobe Flash update puts users in charge of privacy Adobe has released an important update to its Flash Player software that fixes critical security flaws and gives users a better way of controlling whether they are being tracked on the Web. Read More Microsoft shakes up CRM release cycle Microsoft plans to increase the pace of releases for its Dynamics CRM software, according to a new "statement of direction" document from the vendor. Read More Outage hits hosted Exchange customers Delays hitting Microsoft's hosted e-mail service have been mitigated, the company said, following more than 100 posts on a forum about mail slowdowns and outages since Tuesday. Read More Rambus buying Cryptography Research for $342.5 million Rambus on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire Cryptography Research for $342.5 million in cash and stock. Read More IT Blogwatch: Osama bin Laden email body found on USB sticks U.S. intelligence staff have uncovered Osama bin Laden's body of archived email, stored on USB flash sticks. It seems he used an elaborate process of couriers and Internet cafes to communicate with his al Qaeda network. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers pull on their sneakers. Read More
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