The paranoid user's guide to password protection

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	INSIDER Robert L. Mitchell: The paranoid user's guide to password protection: 10 steps to better security Yes, they are out to get you. Yes, they want your passwords. And if you're like most folks out there, you've given them plenty of ways to take them from you. If you're dead serious about securing your online life, here's 10 tips for locking down and protecting your accounts. Insider (free registration required). Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Strategic Guide to Converged Infrastructure In addition to other valuable information, this Computerworld guide contains a step-by-step example of how to converge a typical mid-size data center. Read more now. Read Now! In this Issue JR Raphael: Google Maps for Android: 4 hidden features Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhone 5 Maps app criticisms continue -- but users don't mind too much Preston Gralla: Maybe Microsoft really is green -- EPA names it Green Power Partner of the Year Shark Tank: Back to school RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hortonworks Live Webinar Series: The Future of Apache Hadoop Hadoop has evolved rapidly to become the leading platform for managing, processing and analyzing big data. Join us in this 4-part series with the core committers of the Apache Hadoop projects to gain insight into Pig, Ambari, Zookeeper and YARN. Learn use-cases and best practices on how to get started with Hadoop and live Q&A. Register now! JR Raphael: Google Maps for Android: 4 hidden features With all the talk over Google Maps and iOS right now, I thought it'd be a good time to take a look at Google Maps for Android and a handful of hidden features you might not know exist. Read More Jonny Evans: Apple's iPhone 5 Maps app criticisms continue -- but users don't mind too much iOS 6 Maps app may be this season's biggest iPhone 5 criticism as competitors jump around to point out its shortcomings, but iPhone users aren't particularly alarmed -- they're a little bothered, but the change hasn't reduced product satisfaction ratings too much. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Big Data, Big Storage Demands Unstructured data in the enterprise is growing faster than ever. With this surge in growth comes the need for new approaches to managing such data. What's needed is scale-out storage and analytics tools that offer improved data availability, performance and scalability – all which derive valuable insight and a competitive edge. Learn more. Preston Gralla: Maybe Microsoft really is green -- EPA names it Green Power Partner of the Year The EPA has honored Microsoft with one of its top awards, Green Power Partner of the Year, for its substantial purchase of green power and its innovative carbon reduction project. This comes only a few days after the New York Times charged that Microsoft burned millions of watts of unnecessary power in order to avoid paying fines. Who's right? Read More Shark Tank: Back to school This nursing school's fall registration includes a visit by each student to the IT department to collect the login information they'll need for the year -- and as soon as registration ends, IT's phones start ringing. Read More
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