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	Microsoft warns of 'man-in-the-middle' VPN password hack Microsoft yesterday warned Windows users of possible "man-in-the-middle" attacks able to steal passwords for some wireless networks and VPNs, or virtual private networks. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Five Myths of Cloud Computing Cloud computing continues to grow in popularity among the IT industry. And more businesses are advertising that they are the front runner for providing the best cloud services. However, in this race to remain top dog, IT pros remain unsure of what cloud computing is and the benefits it can bring to their organization. Read Now! In this Issue Sprint expands LTE to Baltimore; downloads measured at 15Mbps 7 reasons the FTC could audit your privacy program 12 new Windows 8 networking features NASA's Mars Curiosity ready for first test drive Wednesday Marvell to sell SSD accelerator adapters Lenovo Thinkpad USB 3.0 Secure Hard Drive: A High-Flying Performer Apple-Samsung jury told not to upgrade gadgets received as evidence Crisis malware infects VMware virtual machines, researchers say Apple-Samsung judge moves to keep court awake Amazon Web Services launches low-cost storage service Google adds search traffic alerts to its SEO service McAfee antivirus update causes problems for home and enterprise customers Engine Yard now offers Node.js JR Raphael: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1: To buy or not to buy? Rich Hoffman: Always start with the foundation: Governance is never optional Preston Gralla: Apple en route to becoming the most valuable public company ever -- will Microsoft ever catch up? Jonny Evans: 4 iPhone features I'd like to improve in iPhone 5 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > Sprint expands LTE to Baltimore; downloads measured at 15Mbps Sprint officials showed off new 4G LTE cellular service today in Baltimore, the carrier's 16th market in the U.S. to get the technology. Read More 7 reasons the FTC could audit your privacy program Audits can be expensive, and fines and compensatory actions could mean millions more. Here are the things you should be looking out for. Read More 12 new Windows 8 networking features Microsoft's new metro-style Start screen is getting all the buzz, but for IT administrators there are many new network-related features and changes in both Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 to be aware of. Read More NASA's Mars Curiosity ready for first test drive Wednesday NASA's Mars Curiosity rover wiggled its wheels Tuesday and is ready to make its first -- if brief -- test drive on Wednesday. Read More Marvell to sell SSD accelerator adapters Marvell plans to begin selling PCIe adapter cards that will act as cache accelerators for consumer-class SSDs to be used in enterprise-class servers. Read More Lenovo Thinkpad USB 3.0 Secure Hard Drive: A High-Flying Performer If having to pay $7+ per gigabyte for secure flash drives makes you blanch, take a look at the Lenovo ThinkPad USB 3.0 Secure Hard Drive. Read More Apple-Samsung jury told not to upgrade gadgets received as evidence Jurors hearing arguments between Apple and Samsung have been warned not to accept software updates or install apps on mobile gadgets they receive while deliberating the merits of the patent-infringement case. Read More Crisis malware infects VMware virtual machines, researchers say The Windows version of Crisis, a piece of malware discovered in July, is capable of infecting VMware virtual machine images, Windows Mobile devices and removable USB drives, according to researchers from antivirus vendor Symantec. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Drobo Drobo SAN for Business Live Demo Daily! We want you to learn from the very best–Drobo experts–available every day. Participate in live interactive sessions to see a live demo of Drobo products, ask questions, validate deployment ideas. Our experts cover configuration, sizing, network best practices, and infrastructure monitoring–and talk VMware, Hyper-V, iSCSI, Tiering, SSD acceleration. Join us for a live demo every business day, Monday to Friday Apple-Samsung judge moves to keep court awake Call it the legal equivalent of baseball's seventh-inning stretch. San Jose District Court Judge Lucy Koh plans to get the courtroom in the Apple versus Samsung case on its feet later Tuesday in a bid to stave off sleep as the jury hears a mammoth set of instructions. Read More Amazon Web Services launches low-cost storage service Amazon Web Services has announced Glacier, a low-cost storage service that has been customized for data archiving and backup. Read More Google adds search traffic alerts to its SEO service Google has added a feature to its Webmaster Tools search engine optimization (SEO) service that will alert publishers about sudden changes in their site's Google results and click-throughs. Read More McAfee antivirus update causes problems for home and enterprise customers A buggy update released Friday by security vendor McAfee for its consumer and enterprise antivirus products, left the computers of its customers unprotected and, in some cases, unable to access the Internet. Read More Engine Yard now offers Node.js Paving the way for more server-side use of JavaScript, platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provider Engine Yard has added the Node.js library to its collection of hosted Web application tools. Read More JR Raphael: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1: To buy or not to buy? Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 fails to wow in a lot of ways. So should you even consider buying it -- or what would be a better option? Read More Rich Hoffman: Always start with the foundation: Governance is never optional After previously dividing the realm of IT problems and projects into broad, high-level categories (the classic who/what/where/when), it's a good time to dive into the question of "who." Specifically, "who" is empowered and has the authority to manage and solve certain kinds of problems -- or, put another way, where precisely does the "buck stop?" Read More Preston Gralla: Apple en route to becoming the most valuable public company ever -- will Microsoft ever catch up? Yesterday, for a brief amount of time, Apple became the most valuable public company the world has ever seen. During Apple's rise, Microsoft has stayed in the doldrums. Can Microsoft ever catch up? Read More Jonny Evans: 4 iPhone features I'd like to improve in iPhone 5 The iPhone isn't perfect. There's a range of low-level features which don't appear to have made it into iOS 6, some of which could make the best-selling single smartphone even more popular. Here's four little features I think the iPhone lacks: Read More
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