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	Rootkit infection requires Windows reinstall, says Microsoft Microsoft is telling Windows users that they'll have to reinstall the operating system if they get infected with a new rootkit that hides in the machine's boot sector. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective CIO Perspectives Boston CIO Perspectives is coming to Boston on July 20, 2011. Join your fellow Boston senior IT executives to discuss the latest strategies and technologies affecting organizations today. This is your best opportunity of 2011 to gain important insight on your most pressing IT and business issues. Register today! In this Issue Sony 'cut corners' in protecting user data, lawsuit alleges Opera follows rivals with minimalist 'Featherweight' UI Facing wildfire threat, Los Alamos National Lab closes From CIO.com: The Data Breach Quiz Pipeline installs new Sprint fixed 4G wireless system at Houston facility FTC's Brill: New online privacy tools needed Study: Colleges lack BI, analytics concentration Oracle discloses Fusion Apps pricing; finally available? SolidFire targets cloud providers with all SSD primary storage CA modernizes the mainframe with updated stack Houston's Yes schools cut costs using Aruba Wi-Fi with Lync Preston Gralla: Microsoft should rejoice --- Firefox throws in the towel on the enterprise Jonny Evans: Apple iCloud: Replacing iDisk, iWeb and Gallery Darlene Storm: Anonymous published Sentinel counter-hack anti-cyberterrorism training ISO image RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SAP The Real-time Value of BI Today's top performing organizations have developed a strategy to manage growth in data volume & complexity while exploiting that data to create quicker business insight. Learn how best-in-class companies are delivering broader access to information in a shorter timeframe to facilitate substantial improvement in key business performance metrics. Click to continue Sony 'cut corners' in protecting user data, lawsuit alleges Three PlayStation Network users charge that Sony 'cut corners' in its efforts to protect personal data of its users. Read More Opera follows rivals with minimalist 'Featherweight' UI Opera Software will debut a new, streamlined user interface in Opera 11.5, a company executive said today, that closely resembles the minimalist design now sported by most of its competitors. Read More Facing wildfire threat, Los Alamos National Lab closes The Los Alamos National Laboratory was forced to close this morning as an advancing wildfire closed in on the U.S. research facility. Read More From CIO.com: The Data Breach Quiz Find out how RSA, Sony, Citigroup, Anonymous and the U.S. Senate fit into this watershed year for data hacks. Read More Pipeline installs new Sprint fixed 4G wireless system at Houston facility Explorer Pipeline has deployed Sprint's new fixed wireless WiMax-based 4G Enterprise WAN at its Houston fuel storage facility. Read More FTC's Brill: New online privacy tools needed The mobile industry should adopt do-not-track tools, an FTC commissioner says. Read More Study: Colleges lack BI, analytics concentration Relatively few colleges and universities around the world offer dedicated degree programs for business intelligence, despite the rapidly growing popularity of analytics technology among businesses, according to a study. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems iPad at work Enterprises of all kinds are already using virtual computing allowing employees' use of an Apple iPad at work. By using virtual computing organizations are able to deliver virtualized applications and desktops to their employees' mobile devices. Learn how organizations reach new levels of mobility, flexibility and productivity while reducing costs. Read More Oracle discloses Fusion Apps pricing; finally available? Oracle has quietly revealed pricing information for its long-awaited Fusion Applications, suggesting the software may finally be available after six years in development. Read More SolidFire targets cloud providers with all SSD primary storage SolidFire recently revealed the details of its all solid state storage technology targeted at cloud storage providers. Read More CA modernizes the mainframe with updated stack CA Technologies has added fresh user interfaces to its stack of mainframe management tools. Read More Houston's Yes schools cut costs using Aruba Wi-Fi with Lync The Yes school system in Houston installed a wireless network using Aruba and Microsoft gear that officials say cost far less than a traditional wired system using PBX gear. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft should rejoice --- Firefox throws in the towel on the enterprise Microsoft's battle against Firefox for the enterprise appears to be over --- as made clear by a series of boneheaded decisions and statements, Firefox appears to have abandoned the enterprise. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple iCloud: Replacing iDisk, iWeb and Gallery Apple will introduce iCloud services this fall, and will kill its popular iDisk, Gallery and iWeb publishing services in 2012, leaving many searching for an alternative. Apple hasn't clarified if iCloud document sharing will offer iDisk's features, and most don't expect it to. Gallery and iWeb are also being cut -- how will you replace them? Read More Darlene Storm: Anonymous published Sentinel counter-hack anti-cyberterrorism training ISO image Anonymous released an ISO image of Cyberterrorism Defense and Analysis Center training for the Sentinel program that seems to have been published by FEMA. Here are some screenshots of the counter-hacks. Also there is news that anonymous hackers will teach their own online hacking classes. Read More
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