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	IT careers: Do you need an executive coach? As companies demand soft skills from their tech team, some IT pros are turning to executive coaches for guidance. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BI & Analytics Perspectives Computerworld's BI & Analytics Perspectives Conference Hear first-hand from your IT executive peers, including Jim Alexander, Senior Director, Analytics for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and network and share best practices with IT execs from AAA, American Express, FedEx Services, PetSmart, Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Boeing Company, Ticketmaster, US Airways and many more! Register now. In this Issue Payment terminal flaws shown at Black Hat Apple will be the top chip buyer in 2012, says research firm Researcher wows Black Hat with NFC-based smartphone hacking demo Black Hat panel: Which do you trust less with your data, the U.S. government or Google? ARM, U.K. companies team on smart devices Programming languages even a business analyst can use Alcatel-Lucent announces loss, plans to cut 5,000 jobs Zynga swings to loss, partly blames Facebook New tool gives 150 ways to bypass web app firewalls Richi Jennings: Symantec board boots ex-CEO Enrique Salem WHITE PAPER: EMC Transform End User Computing Turn to EMC to bring new simplicity, power, and efficiency to end user computing-any user, any device, anywhere. Click to continue Payment terminal flaws shown at Black Hat Three widely deployed payment terminals have vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to steal credit card data and PIN numbers, according to a pair of security researchers from penetration testing firm MWR InfoSecurity in the U.K. Read More Apple will be the top chip buyer in 2012, says research firm Apple will be the world's largest chip buyer this year because of the surge in demand for the company's products, enabling it to command lower prices and quicker delivery, IHS iSuppli said in research released on Wednesday. Read More Researcher wows Black Hat with NFC-based smartphone hacking demo At the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas Wednesday, Accuvant Labs researcher Charlie Miller showed how he figured out a way to break into both the Google/Samsung Nexus S and Nokia N9 by means of the Near Field Communication (NFC) capability in the smartphones. Read More Black Hat panel: Which do you trust less with your data, the U.S. government or Google? A panel of experts at the Black Hat conference expounded on the the privacy and security messes of our times, and had plenty to say about the U.S. government, cyberwar and Google. Read More ARM, U.K. companies team on smart devices ARM on Thursday formed a group with other U.K. companies to create a reference design on how smart devices with Internet access should be deployed in coming years. Read More WHITE PAPER: Framehawk An Interactive eGuide: Bring Your Own Device BYOD brings some concerns, blurring the line between personal and corporate use raises security, compliance, and ownership issues. Does the BYOD trend actually make workers more productive, or is IT simply caving in to employee demand? Read Now! Programming languages even a business analyst can use In plain English, domain-specific languages let users define business rules, help ensure applications do what they're supposed to Read More Alcatel-Lucent announces loss, plans to cut 5,000 jobs French telecom equipment company Alcatel-Lucent plans to cut 5,000 jobs after reporting a net loss of a$308 million in the second quarter, it said on Thursday. Read More Zynga swings to loss, partly blames Facebook Social games provider Zynga swung to a loss in the quarter ended June 30, and lowered its outlook for the year, leading its shares to fall by about 40% in after-hours trading on Wednesday. Read More New tool gives 150 ways to bypass web app firewalls A tool for testing if web application firewalls (WAFs) are vulnerable to around 150 protocol-level evasion techniques was released at the Black Hat USA 2010 security conference on Wednesday. Read More Richi Jennings: Symantec board boots ex-CEO Enrique Salem Enrique Salem, president and CEO of Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), has been kicked out. He's replaced by the board's chairman, Steve Bennett. It's said that Salem's lot was to preside over a period of flat profits, missed opportunities, and unwelcome gaffes. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers unspin the PR and get to the bottom of the rolling head. Read More
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