Gaping Skype security hole & how you could've been safe

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	Sharon Machlis: Skype's gaping security hole -- and how you could have been safe Anyone could have hijacked your Skype account if they knew the email address you used to set it up. But there was an easy to protect yourself from even this security lapse. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Taking the Leap to Virtualization Read this whitepaper to learn how virtualization offers dramatic benefits for midsize companies, including efficiency, cost savings, and increased reliability and performance. Read Now! In this Issue JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 4: Understanding your carrier options Preston Gralla: Lack of Windows 8 apps may have helped cause Steven Sinofsky's downfall Aaron Davis: Making trends transparent across languages Darlene Storm: Hacking threats to big screen smart TVs & best holiday TV deals Jonny Evans: Microsoft's Ballmer says Windows can dance between Android and iPhone. Really? Shark Tank: Trust us, it always looks better when it works WHITE PAPER: Verizon Leading the Revolution of Device Independence As employees bring their own devices to work, employers must respond with effective strategies to secure and manage a plethora of new devices containing business-critical data. A Computerworld QuickPoll survey found approximately four in 10 smartphones and tablet devices in the enterprise are owned by employees. Learn More JR Raphael: Google's Nexus 4: Understanding your carrier options You can buy the Nexus 4 unlocked from Google -- but then what? Here's a look at some of the best carrier/plan options and how they work. Read More Preston Gralla: Lack of Windows 8 apps may have helped cause Steven Sinofsky's downfall If you're looking for one of the reasons that former Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky is gone from Microsoft, look no further than the Windows 8 Store -- its lack of apps may have accelerated Sinofsky's departure. So reports the New York Times, and the report may well be on target. Read More Aaron Davis: Making trends transparent across languages There's a data revolution afoot, and both business and government are in the thick of it. In corporate IT, hardly a day goes by where you don't hear about analytics. For the first time ever, executives can make decisions based on trends that are backed up by millions of data sources. Analytics take the guesswork out of business, and that's a big deal. Read More WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Strategies for Managing Distributed IT Environments Protecting your network architecture continues to be extremely critical. Distributed networking and computing spaces often times go unmanaged. Learn more about the importance of managing these distributed IT spaces including strategies for maintaining availability and energy cost savings opportunities. Learn more. Darlene Storm: Hacking threats to big screen smart TVs & best holiday TV deals Smart TVs are vulnerable to hacking. Can you imagine your "smart" TV being targeted by a zero-day exploit or becoming part of a botnet? How about if the TV manufacturer, an attacker, or even the CIA were to hijack the video camera in the TV? Suddenly, as you watch TV in your undies, it's smile because you're on spying candid camera! Denial of service attacks are possible, so is eavesdropping, and even stealing sensitive personal and financial information stored by TV apps. Here are five smart TV hacking threat scenarios. If you are still inclined to find a holiday steal on a big screen smart TV, then here are also the lowest Black Friday leaked ad prices. Read More Jonny Evans: Microsoft's Ballmer says Windows can dance between Android and iPhone. Really? Microsoft boss, Steve Ballmer, thinks he can transform his company's smartphone future by dancing between Android and iOS, but will Jony Ive change the game? And will Microsoft take the best of both world's, or the worst? Read More Shark Tank: Trust us, it always looks better when it works Pilot fish working for a city government gets a call from one department's receptionist, who tells him the network has disappeared -- or at least her documents have. And it soon appears she's not alone. Read More
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